Life after Kitna

[Fletch]

Kitna is a locker room guy. But his skills have diminished over the last few years. Is it prudent for the Cowboys to keep Kitna on after this season, or do we let him go and try our hand with a younger, more mobile QB that has an arm?

Now before you begin hurling stones in my general direction, here me out. Denver has at least 3 QB's that I can name. Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow, and Brady Quinn. Guess which one will most likely be hitting the bricks next season? It won't be Orton who just signed an extension. And it definitely will not be Tebow for the foreseeable future. That leaves us Mr. Quinn.

Believe me, I hated every single Brady Quinn thread that was out there, but it is starting to make some sense if we're talking about backing up our franchise QB, Mr. Tony Romo.

Do any of you really believe that Kitna can hold up if the worse happened to Romo? I think Quinn would at least have a fighter's chance.

 

[Hoofbite]

I wouldn't mind Jimmy Clausen blowing up in Carolina.........maybe Dallas could swoop in and pick up Matt Moore on the cheap so we no longer have to rue.

 

[BrassCowboy]

could of been Matt Moore :bang2:

 

[sureletsrace]

I wouldn't mind Jimmy Clausen blowing up in Carolina.........maybe Dallas could swoop in and pick up Matt Moore on the cheap so we no longer have to rue.

 

[laythewood28]

I wouldn't mind Jimmy Clausen blowing up in Carolina.........maybe Dallas could swoop in and pick up Matt Moore on the cheap so we no longer have to rue.

Couldn't he just become the panthers backup?

 

[sureletsrace]

Couldn't he just become the panthers backup?

Not if we give him Moore money to become our backup than they offer.

u c wut i did thar?

 

[Hoofbite]

Couldn't he just become the panthers backup?

No, absolutely out of the question.

This is about more than them needing a backup.

This is about us needing to end our eternal rue-age.

 

[SDCowboy]

could of been Matt Moore :bang2:

Isn't Moore already retired and in the Hall of Fame and ring of honor?

 

[Stautner]

Kitna is a locker room guy. But his skills have diminished over the last few years. Is it prudent for the Cowboys to keep Kitna on after this season, or do we let him go and try our hand with a younger, more mobile QB that has an arm?

Now before you begin hurling stones in my general direction, here me out. Denver has at least 3 QB's that I can name. Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow, and Brady Quinn. Guess which one will most likely be hitting the bricks next season? It won't be Orton who just signed an extension. And it definitely will not be Tebow for the foreseeable future. That leaves us Mr. Quinn.

Believe me, I hated every single Brady Quinn thread that was out there, but it is starting to make some sense if we're talking about backing up our franchise QB, Mr. Tony Romo.

Do any of you really believe that Kitna can hold up if the worse happened to Romo? I think Quinn would at least have a fighter's chance.

I can understand going younger, and the older Kitna gets the less effective he will be - that is the case with all QB's whether backups, starters or stars. But who says Kitna doesn't have an arm? That's just plain inaccurate.

I wouldn't mind Jimmy Clausen blowing up in Carolina.........maybe Dallas could swoop in and pick up Matt Moore on the cheap so we no longer have to rue.

Hell, Matt Moore isn't even off Carolina's radar as a starter, and there may be a couple other teams that would at least give him a chance to compete to start. We almost certainly couldn't interest him in a sure backup spot with no chance to play short of injury to Romo.

 

[8FOR!3]

I don't see Brady Quinn being the kind of guy you want as your backup QB on a team.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Colt McCoy and Matt Leinert are on the bubble.

We could do worse. Actually, we have with McGee. But at this point, McGee at least knows the playbook and is said to be improving his technique.

 

[Stautner]

Colt McCoy and Matt Leinert are on the bubble.

We could do worse. Actually, we have with McGee. But at this point, McGee at least knows the playbook and is said to be improving his technique.

I think we have to judge next year. My concern with someone like Leinart and Quinn (which someone mentioned before) is that they would be costly, and they would have already proven they are not capable of being a starter. Th only reason to pay a high price for a young player is if you feel he has the ability to rise above backup status. Otherwise you are just as good having an older guy who has proven some value as a starter in the past.

 

[AlcoholicNinja]

I don't see Brady Quinn being the kind of guy you want as your backup QB on a team.

I don't see Brady Quinn being the kind of guy you want as any string QB on your team. Uber-JAG.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

I would take Sage Rosenfels. I think he can play and would be a good backup QB. I really wish we could develop a young player to take over Romo someday if needed.

 

[Stautner]

I would take Sage Rosenfels. I think he can play and would be a good backup QB. I really wish we could develop a young player to take over Romo someday if needed.

Rosenfels would be a nice player - not quite a starter quality guy, but a quality guy to hold down the fort for a few games here and there, and young enough to give us time to develop someone to replace Romo down the line.

 

[CowboyMike]

Ideally I would like to see McGee progress to the point where he can take over for Kitna.

That being said, I'll take John Kitna over Quinn every day of the week, and twice on Sundays. I know Kitna will fight for every yard and be able to lead this team if needed. Quinn will not. He's just a pretty boy masquerading as a QB. I don't want him on this team at all.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I think we have to judge next year. My concern with someone like Leinart and Quinn (which someone mentioned before) is that they would be costly, and they would have already proven they are not capable of being a starter. Th only reason to pay a high price for a young player is if you feel he has the ability to rise above backup status. Otherwise you are just as good having an older guy who has proven some value as a starter in the past.

Well, they would be relatively costly. But, again, they'd be cast-offs. Ipsom factum doodum, they could not demand their original value.
but I don't mention the McCoys and Leinerts of the world because they would be costly backups.
I see these young QBs as capable of being developed.
These two guys were not drafted because they sucked. They were viewed as high-potential QBs.
So I am thinking of developing these guys behind Romo and not strictly as high-priced backups.

This year the college world is filled with good QBs.
Many will graduate and it is high time we think of the future without ROMO.
With romo's love of golf, who knows? He might one day decide that being tackled is not as much fun as joking with his fellow golfers and teeing up and drinking nutrients in the clubhouse. It could happen sooner than we think.

Cowboys 27, Miami 3

 

[Stautner]

Well, they would be relatively costly. But, again, they'd be cast-offs. Ipsom factum doodum, they could not demand their original value.
but I don't mention the McCoys and Leinerts of the world because they would be costly backups.
I see these young QBs as capable of being developed.
These two guys were not drafted because they sucked. They were viewed as high-potential QBs.
So I am thinking of developing these guys behind Romo and not strictly as high-priced backups.

This year the college world is filled with good QBs.
Many will graduate and it is high time we think of the future without ROMO.
With romo's love of golf, who knows? He might one day decide that being tackled is not as much fun as joking with his fellow golfers and teeing up and drinking nutrients in the clubhouse. It could happen sooner than we think.

Cowboys 27, Miami 3

I don't think any QB is drafted because they suck ........ Ryan Leaf wasn't drafted because he sucked.

You point makes sense with relation to McCoy. In just his 2nd year it can still be assumed or at least reasonably projected that he can develop. I wouldn't mind a costly backup like that. Leinart, on the other hand, was brought in to start immediately, and the Cardinals felt he couldn't handle the job so they brought in Warner. No problem in and of itself, but for him to be availabe next year would mean he still didn't develop after a few years behind Warner, and he still couldn't earn his way competing against less than heralded players. I wouldn't pay much for that.

I do agree that a young QB should be in the works. I'm personally not ready to bail on McGee, although who knows what my opinion may be after he plays the bulk of the game tomorrow. At the least we need to see some serious improvement from him next preseason.

 

[baj1dallas]

I would rather get a guy that started at the bottom and worked his way up to solid backup borderline starter, than a guy who started at the top and worked his way down to not even backup level.

 

[DFWJC]

I would take Sage Rosenfels. I think he can play and would be a good backup QB. I really wish we could develop a young player to take over Romo someday if needed.

Me too!
I think the Vikings paid him alot...not sure how mych was guaranteed. I assume that this really is Favre's last year, but even if he plays in 2011, they will need a backup (beyond Jackson) after that. They could keep Webb.