Re: Backup QB?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:09 am
I agree. I'm not ever going to be worried about LB as long as Zim is herePurpleMustReign wrote:Kendrick will be a star. I think Barr will be as well.
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I agree. I'm not ever going to be worried about LB as long as Zim is herePurpleMustReign wrote:Kendrick will be a star. I think Barr will be as well.
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HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Maybe it is just me, but the backup QB position is a major concern for this team. We have to act like Teddy Bridgewater will not play this season. I like Taylor Henicke, but it would be foolish just to count on him.
Bradford stayed healthy last season, but there is no way we can assume Bradford will stay healthy all this season. I am not trying to be ominous, I am being realistic. We need to figure out the backup QB position. It sounds like the team is leaning toward drafting a rookie. But, we have seen this story play out before.
Well yeah I think we all do. I highly doubt we're going into next year with just Heinecke as our only backup. I'm guessing they will draft one given Bradford is almost 30Mothman wrote:
You're certainly not alone. I consider it a major concern as well.
Yes, Kendricks is a beast. Barr I'm not as sure yet but I'll take your word for it. Hopefully he'll stay healthy.PurpleMustReign wrote:Kendrick will be a star. I think Barr will be as well.
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I have a feeling the plan here is to pick up Bridgewater's option and see how his recovery goes, with the underlying, unspoken plan being that he is still their QB of the future. I doubt they will extend Bradford before this season. Instead, I think they'll see how he plays, see how Bridgewater recovers and then make a choice after the 2018 season.HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Well... Now with Case Keenum in the fold my hopes for us drafting a QB have severely plummeted. We've seen this movie before more than a handful of times....
Don't get me wrong, I want them to pick up Teddy's option. They have to.Mothman wrote: I have a feeling the plan here is to pick up Bridgewater's option and see how his recovery goes, with the underlying, unspoken plan being that he is still their QB of the future. I doubt they will extend Bradford before this season. Instead, I think they'll see how he plays, see how Bridgewater recovers and then make a choice after the 2018 season.
I doubt they'll draft a QB before round 6 or 7, if they draft one at all.
We'll see but it does look like a familiar movie.
I'm not sure they should, although I'm unclear on whether a preexisting injury would lead to that option being guaranteed once picked up. If so, it might be a good idea to pass on it.HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Don't get me wrong, I want them to pick up Teddy's option. They have to.
I've been a proponent of that approach for years so I understand where you're coming from.Still, I am a big proponent of drafting QBs. What is the harm taking one every year or so? If they don't pan out, they don't pan out. However, recent history has shown the reward of drafting a QB even with an established starter in place (Prescott, Kapernick, Russell Wilson, Carson Wentz).
I wonder where we could be right now if we took Brett Hundley or Trevor Siemman in 2015. Last year, we could have taken any of the QBs outside of round one. Hell, going the extremely route: Just think if we had drafted Dak this past year.
We need to draft a guy to compete with Taylor and Case. If he loses out, he loses out. If not, then that can only be a good thing for the team.
Agree. I'd rather draft and develop than sign the Keenums of the world. Everyone knows Keenum is marginal at best and you're probably losing with him as your starter. It's a waste of a roster spot. The only way to get a good QB is to draft one, get lucky, or trade a first for a solid but unspectacular one. I'll go draft everytime. Rounds 2 through 4 are where you take them to develop behind your starter.HardcoreVikesFan wrote: Don't get me wrong, I want them to pick up Teddy's option. They have to.
Still, I am a big proponent of drafting QBs. What is the harm taking one every year or so? If they don't pan out, they don't pan out. However, recent history has shown the reward of drafting a QB even with an established starter in place (Prescott, Kapernick, Russell Wilson, Carson Wentz).
I wonder where we could be right now if we took Brett Hundley or Trevor Siemman in 2015. Last year, we could have taken any of the QBs outside of round one. Hell, going the extremely route: Just think if we had drafted Dak this past year.
We need to draft a guy to compete with Taylor and Case. If he loses out, he loses out. If not, then that can only be a good thing for the team.
Patterson wasn't on my radar at all. Neither was Treadwell. Once I see a player, especially when they are not talking BIG about them but you see them play and wonder why they are not rated higher really puzzles me. For me, the Vikings would have done themselves a better favor by drafting a lineman, either side of the ball, instead of Treadwell. McCarron was available later but was passed on. Clearly no hindsight needed to know that Andy Dalton was better than Ponder. These choices that have been made, no matter where they are rated makes absolutely the most absurd sense to me. Ya feel me?S197 wrote: I see. The "draft a wr that was not on too many radars" threw me. Patterson and Treadwell were by almost all accounts, projected 1st rounders. I wasn't thrilled with Treadwell pick, I wonder if Fuller would have been the pick had he not gone right before.