Person believes Gilbert could be the backup

[t96]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Comfortable with him in a non-WCO system?

As a backup yes. Though I wouldn't want him anyways because of his price tag. But I do think he could be an Anderson replacement and be our longterm backup, IF that's the route we want to go.

[Mr. Scot]

I don't see us going here, buuuuttt...

Brent Musburger would certainly support this.

[Black&Blue]

The Jets and McCown have already openly talked about re-upping for 2018.

 

https://thejetpress.com/2018/02/06/new-york-jets-josh-mccown-comments-confirm-likely-return/

So yeah, you'd be "bidding" with another team for a player who likely won't see the field anyway.

[Black&Blue]

2 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

As a backup yes. Though I wouldn't want him anyways because of his price tag. But I do think he could be an Anderson replacement and be our longterm backup, IF that's the route we want to go.

You have to be able to consistently throw the ball down the field in this offense.  System fit matters more than Madden ratings.  

[cookinbrak]

Ladies and gentlemen, let's flip the Joe Person coin.....

Heads, he's a mental midget who couldn't add 2 + 2 three times and come up with the same number twice.

Tails, he's a competent newswriter that has his finger on the Panthers pulse, with lots of in-depth analysis.

 

 

 

 

Just kidding, of course it's a two-headed coin.

[Ricky Spanish]

7 hours ago, Black&Blue said:

He's started one game over the last three years.  One.  This is why Carolina Huddle has such a rotten reputation.  You guys a really, really idiotic.  

 

Go ahead and get into a bidding war for backup quarterbacks.  

Well, first off, he's started TWO games the past 3 years. TWO. 

Someone's forgetting about his amazing opening drive against Seattle. That's like, 100% more starts than what you originally thought.

He has seen meaningful time in a number of games though, and in those games he's looked not great recently. Last pre-season he was just not very good at all. His price is going to be too high to retain most likely, so I'm fine with bringing in a younger back-up with potential to trade away a la Jimmy GQ. 

[Paa Langfart]

9 hours ago, Black&Blue said:

DA is a sufficient backup QB for this offense.  Stop over thinking it.

No. Gilbert was the most polished looking guy under center in preseason last year.  And that includes Cam.  Give him a chance to become our backup guy.  From what I saw hes already better than Anderson.

[kungfoodude]

In fairness, most backup QB's would have cost us games in the Shula offense. It was based around, "PLEASE SAVE US, CAM" as it's central philosophy. 

If we can get a legit QB option to draft as a backup, I am okay with that as long as we aren't neglecting other positions of need(of which we will likely have many). I am down with signing a free agent assuming they don't break the bank. If DA is cheaper than the free agent options, I don't have a problem with keeping DA for another year or two. The discussion of what to do if Cam goes down is a little overstated. Without Cam, we aren't a very good offense at all. Period. 

[ThPantherFan]

I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be a good backup.  He may be heir apparent too.

[mc52beast]

Will Gilbert be good enough that Carolina has a QB controversy in the near future... 

[brandon_87]

I'm ok with Gilbert, he seems to have poise in the pocket, different then Cam, but he seems confident.

 

Ideally, I'd love to get Bridgewater here, but I'm sure he wants to start somewhere, and Cam rarely misses time

[BrianS]

I'm very curious to see how Gilbert looks this preseason.  I'd like to see him as the preseason #2 instead of #3.  That would give us a much better idea of what we have there.  In the glimpses we have, he's looked ok.  

[Mr. Scot]

11 minutes ago, BrianS said:

I'm very curious to see how Gilbert looks this preseason.  I'd like to see him as the preseason #2 instead of #3.  That would give us a much better idea of what we have there.  In the glimpses we have, he's looked ok.  

Preseason #2 would mean him getting the majority of the snaps, even against the first team. You know they're not going to trot Cam out there for any extensive time. 

[kungfoodude]

13 minutes ago, BrianS said:

I'm very curious to see how Gilbert looks this preseason.  I'd like to see him as the preseason #2 instead of #3.  That would give us a much better idea of what we have there.  In the glimpses we have, he's looked ok.  

The problem with that strategy is that if you find out he ISN'T the guy at that point, you are most likely SOL until next offseason. The FA QB market will be picked over and the draft will be in the rear view. Essentially, if you elevate him to #2 by the preseason, you have to be convinced he is your #2. 

We will see what they think of him by watching our moves in the draft and/or free agency.