Plan for a veteran QB is what?

[Jmac]

No matter who they draft, they need a serviceable starter right now and a mentor. It could be a full season untill any 'rook' will be ready.

Do they get a JAG to plug in and hope for the best? Don't think CAP space will allow for much more then that actually. Maybe a trade?

Options to hold down the fort are.....

 

[therealmjl]

This is the most overblown topic on this board. We don't need to rush out day 1 of tampering and try to find that "veteran presence!1!11!11!!!" when our QB coach just hung up his cleats after like 15 years of being a journeyman backup/vet presence. From a mentorship perspective we are fine. Obviously McCown isn't going to play on Sundays so we'll fill that void - it's just not the priority it was in 2011 when we were in a similar spot.

And no, you don't draft a QB #1 overall after trading up for him to sit and be ready. Stroud and Young are Day 1 starters.

Regardless I still expect us to sign Jacoby Brissett once he realizes the market is bare and wants to reunite with Reich. 

Edited March 14, 2023 by therealmjl

[SteveSmithTD89]

Josh McCown pretty much checks that box. 

The bridge QB went out the window when we traded to 1. Young or Stroud will start day 1 with the full attention of the staff being to develop them and play through their growing pains. 

I think your Brissett/Jimmy G type bridge guy would happen in the event we stayed at 9 and took Richardson/Levis or Hooker in round 2. I imagine that ship has sailed. 

If a vet QB as a backup comes available we may sign someone on the cheap but anyone with any aspirations of starting or making money will looks elsewhere.

[csx]

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/ufa/quarterback/available/

[Aussie Tank]

Our rookie is starting day 1

[Billy Goat]

Tender PJ Walker? I mean I wouldn't really want to do it but he's cheap and won't care about sitting behind whoever we draft. It feels like a waste of cap space signing a higher profile QB to sit behind whoever we draft.

[csx]

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/ufa/quarterback/available/

 

Brissett, Flacco, Dalton, Heinecke, Minshew. One of the first 3 for being veterans would be preferred 

[Smithers]

The rookie will start right away.  Maybe bring PJ back since he has experience, but I don’t see Eason or Corral going anywhere anytime soon.  My gut tells me we roll with the youngsters 

[FuFuLamePoo]

Maybe just start your #1 pick right away like… every #1 pick ever?

[Stingray3030]

Some of y'all are funny - a 2nd string QB is very important - it is both a mentor AND a potential starter.  You can't act like just because we have McCown we don't need a vet backup to mentor - we do.  You can't act like we don't need a potential starter - we do....hello....Lisfranc in preseason....

The goal is to get both without spending much....personally I think it is likely Wentz or Brissett or Mariota...all depends on their thoughts of trying to still be starters.

[Camp Fodder]

I’m more concerned with finding WR,TE, and RBs right now

[BrewerHouseBeer]

Brisket or Heineke, would work. I dont think either would get much attention in FA. Im sure it will be well after the draft before they give up though. They are going to see who comes out of FA and the draft still needing a QB before they take backup/mentor money. 

[csx]

We still need a backup regardless. They do some things beyond just wait to be thrown in.

Gabbert might not be an awful vet backup. He's soent time around Brady and I'm sure there's something he has learned about mindset and preparation that he can pass on. He's clearly in the backup zone 

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by csx

[WarPanthers89]

I’ll take Brissett, but he may be too much. Our rookie will be starting from day 1. I wouldn’t mind this man honestly and he can come for cheap. He made 3 million last year, 1 million the year before 

Edited March 14, 2023 by WarPanthers89