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I am pretty much resigned to the fact that next week we will probably add Brooks Bollinger to be the 3rd string QB. On the record, I am not too jazzed about the idea.
Brooks Bollinger is exactly that, a 3rd string QB. I was under the impression as the process began that the idea was to bring in someone to groom as Brad Johnson's replacement. Brad's the 2nd string guy, not the 3rd string guy even though some would prefer Johnson be 3rd string.
Let's look at the names that have been mentioned. Bollinger, Simms, and Beck. The way I see it Bollinger stands out from the other two for one reason and one reason only. No one else is interested in him at this point.
Not a good sign.
Regardless of whether you like Chris Simms or hate him, remember his Longhorn days fondly or as him being a known caddy for Major Applewhite, there is one thing that is a given. Chris Simms did all right in a complex offense before he got hurt. Also relevant is that other teams showed interest in him.
I remain convinced that John Beck was the best option of the three. First of all the guy running the show in Miami is Bill Parcells and we all know how nervous he is about young QBs. If Chad Pennington goes down, and let's be real he has a History of it, as it stands right now Parcells has to go with either the 4 games of experience of John Beck, or his handpicked future QB, Chad Henne. I am still shocked Parcells traded McCown instead of Beck. For a 7th round pick no less.
So now Miami is sitting there with 2 unproven young QBs behind a delicate veteran Friend of Bill. Maybe Miami is not quite done at QB?
Which brings me back to Bollinger coming here. He's not a bad QB and I'm not saying he is. His completion % is fairly good and he is a smart QB, an under rated intangible IMO. The other 2 are just as smart. Simms may be the toughest of the three. Beck has the most upside. Beck is the one that could be our Matt Schaub down the road.
Bollinger in blue and silver. What does that mean? It means that we are short one more position on the 53 man roster at a time when we have guys dinged up at WR and LB. I repeat, no one is racing us to Bollinger.
My suggestion, stick with 2 QBs and Bartel on the Practice Squad so we can keep the extra roster spots open. In a pinch late in a game if both Romo and Johnson have gone down, insert Stanback or Crayton as the emergency QB.
If Romo and Johnson are both too dinged to play the next week...Bollinger will be there and so will Bartel. If it comes to that we're screwed anyway. Sort of like keeping him on retainer without actually screwing up the roster.
It'll obviously never happen that way, and he is likely going to be the 3rd guy. One of these days I hope Jerry will make this place a QB factory like I want. Where we have 3 viable options and 2 of the options can always garner us draft picks while we groom someone to be the guy one day.
Thank our lucky stars above that Tony Romo seems to be be durable and he's young.
Brooks Bollinger is exactly that, a 3rd string QB. I was under the impression as the process began that the idea was to bring in someone to groom as Brad Johnson's replacement. Brad's the 2nd string guy, not the 3rd string guy even though some would prefer Johnson be 3rd string.
Let's look at the names that have been mentioned. Bollinger, Simms, and Beck. The way I see it Bollinger stands out from the other two for one reason and one reason only. No one else is interested in him at this point.
Not a good sign.
Regardless of whether you like Chris Simms or hate him, remember his Longhorn days fondly or as him being a known caddy for Major Applewhite, there is one thing that is a given. Chris Simms did all right in a complex offense before he got hurt. Also relevant is that other teams showed interest in him.
I remain convinced that John Beck was the best option of the three. First of all the guy running the show in Miami is Bill Parcells and we all know how nervous he is about young QBs. If Chad Pennington goes down, and let's be real he has a History of it, as it stands right now Parcells has to go with either the 4 games of experience of John Beck, or his handpicked future QB, Chad Henne. I am still shocked Parcells traded McCown instead of Beck. For a 7th round pick no less.
So now Miami is sitting there with 2 unproven young QBs behind a delicate veteran Friend of Bill. Maybe Miami is not quite done at QB?
Which brings me back to Bollinger coming here. He's not a bad QB and I'm not saying he is. His completion % is fairly good and he is a smart QB, an under rated intangible IMO. The other 2 are just as smart. Simms may be the toughest of the three. Beck has the most upside. Beck is the one that could be our Matt Schaub down the road.
Bollinger in blue and silver. What does that mean? It means that we are short one more position on the 53 man roster at a time when we have guys dinged up at WR and LB. I repeat, no one is racing us to Bollinger.
My suggestion, stick with 2 QBs and Bartel on the Practice Squad so we can keep the extra roster spots open. In a pinch late in a game if both Romo and Johnson have gone down, insert Stanback or Crayton as the emergency QB.
If Romo and Johnson are both too dinged to play the next week...Bollinger will be there and so will Bartel. If it comes to that we're screwed anyway. Sort of like keeping him on retainer without actually screwing up the roster.
It'll obviously never happen that way, and he is likely going to be the 3rd guy. One of these days I hope Jerry will make this place a QB factory like I want. Where we have 3 viable options and 2 of the options can always garner us draft picks while we groom someone to be the guy one day.
Thank our lucky stars above that Tony Romo seems to be be durable and he's young.
