[CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com

[Ross McCoy]

It is unlikely we would fill the roster with 2 inexperienced guys, so whether
you draft a player has a tremendous impact on whether you pick someone up
off of a practice squad of free agency. In general, there are not enough
snaps to go around if you have 4 QBs on the roster to reasonably evaluate in
training camp. That and I would have to think most fans would really scream
if we went into next year with Orton, no-name FA and a draft pick as our QBs.
That is almost like going into a year with Quinn, Hutchinson and Krenzel as 
your backups (with an inexperienced starter to boot). Who in in their right
mind would do that ;-).

Ross

Tom Shannon (tshanno at gmail.com) writes:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Victor Waldron
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:23 AM
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] Long goodbye -- chicagotribune.com
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> > So what you're really saying is we should not sign Grossman and not
> > draft a QB high, rather fill the third QB spot on the roster (not
> > necessarily third on the depth chart) with some backup who hasn't
> > played much but is intriguing, and let the three of them compete for
> > the starting job. If this is what you're saying it's more practical
> > than profound. It's much different than saying we need to find the
> > next Derrick Anderson.
> 
> But that's how you find the next Derek Anderson.  By taking a chance on
> someone.
> 
> And I didn't say don't draft a QB.  But that's a separate issue from this
> one because you shouldn't realistically expect your draft pick to have any
> impact on next season.  I have no real opinion on whether they should draft
> a QB or not.  It probably depends upon who you like in the draft, who your
> new guy is and how young he is.  If you draft in addition to taking a flier
> on someone, you are probably talking about eventually letting two QBs go
> (someone gets cut in camp).
>  
> Tom S.
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