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Ben DiNucci anyone?
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Some wanted Dalton to take the place of Dak from the jump. While others wouldn't mind the 7th round rookie getting a chance to upend Dak starting position. So let see both under center, since there is no reason to leave any stone unturned when it comes to quarterback with Dak being out..
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Good idea. When both of those guys are on the shelf, you gonna suit up and stand on the firing line, or what?
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I couldn’t imagine Dallas going to Dinucci to start and he tells them he’d like some more time on the bench to watch.
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So basically, you posted this just to tell everybody, again, what you think about Dalton? Whatever, you'll get your wish here soon enough.
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My wish is Dalton never got a start. Great back-up for 1.5 games. Once Dak's season was over we should have gone to DiNucci immediately. I think that was McCarthy's plan as he mentioned DiNucci name and getting reps in the Presser following Dak's injury.
Dalton is not and will never be a viable option. He was an average leader at his best. Now he sucks and Professionals don't listen to players who suck especially older players with zero skins on the wall.
As far as Colin........I've been consistent.....Cowherd will say anything
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I don't agree with that. You have no idea where DiNucci is in his development. Can he start and does he give you the best chance to win? I mean, there is no question in my mind that Dalton is better then DiNuccie at this point. I see no reason to throw DiNucci in at this point, unless absolutely necessary. The guy needs all the reps, all the practices he can get at this point but it may be that he gets the start next week. Time will tell. The thing is, when he's the next man up, there is nobody behind him so no matter how bad it gets, it's him. That's a tough place to put a rookie in.
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Fair enough, I think DiNucci is better than Dalton at this point and logically into a successful season. Dalton arm and body would not last a season into a play-off run. It's proven by the fact the game is too fast for Andy at this point 32yrs old. DiNucci feet set-up and wrist flick on his pass to Cooper (only bright spot I conceed) is the best raw talent since Romo.
I will eat crow if proven wrong, but I think DiNucci wins 5 more games this season. Time will tell. I agree Sir
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For anyone who actually wants to talk about DiNucci.
I really like Ben’s arm. He throws a very nice ball and can actually make decent throws all over the field. He has a bit of an odd throwing motion. It’s a bit sidearm with a wrist flick like Aaron Rodgers. His wind up seems a bit slow.
His decision making at times is in question. He threw two bad INTs to lose important games at the end of the season, back to back seasons. One tho I will write off as a desperate throw on the last play of the game.
His pocket presence was fine in college but last night he looked like a baby deer. Granted anyone who isn’t Russell Wilson would feel heat behind this OL. He isn’t fast. He can move in the pocket but he isn’t a running QB.
He stares down receivers too much. Seems to like to go with his first read. Granted the receivers at James Madison weren’t exactly elite. I’d like to seek him go deep more because he really has a nice deep ball. Likes to go with the safe throw most the time.
I really like Ben’s arm. He throws a very nice ball and can actually make decent throws all over the field. He has a bit of an odd throwing motion. It’s a bit sidearm with a wrist flick like Aaron Rodgers. His wind up seems a bit slow.
His decision making at times is in question. He threw two bad INTs to lose important games at the end of the season, back to back seasons. One tho I will write off as a desperate throw on the last play of the game.
His pocket presence was fine in college but last night he looked like a baby deer. Granted anyone who isn’t Russell Wilson would feel heat behind this OL. He isn’t fast. He can move in the pocket but he isn’t a running QB.
He stares down receivers too much. Seems to like to go with his first read. Granted the receivers at James Madison weren’t exactly elite. I’d like to seek him go deep more because he really has a nice deep ball. Likes to go with the safe throw most the time.
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I think that if you put any QB in this league back there with that OL, right now, they are all going to show the same results and that is an L. I get it, some will throw for more yards, some will throw fewer yards, some will end up out for the season but all of them are more then likely going to post Ls and that's the only stat that matters in this game. So Dalton is likely gone next year. Why not play him and give DiNucci as many practice reps as he can get before you have to play him. We have like 10 games to play still and we are down to our third string guy once DiNucci gets the call. Since Dak has gone out, DiNucci has been getting second team reps. Get him as many of those as you can before you have to go to him. Give him as much of a fighting chance as you can because once he's in the fire, he's gonna get burned. It's just a matter of to what degree and what percentage he gets burned. When he goes in, it's going to be ugly and as I said, there is nobody who can come to his rescue. The kid could get ruined very easily.
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I understand your train of thought which has been successful way for many teams but I think the era of sitting young QBs is over especially if the starter is NOT a starter anymore