If We Don't Go QB in the 1st Round, Who is Your QB?

[mick eye]

Oh and Orton Neck Beard is a joke. He is a dink and dunker who inflates his stats in a pass happy offense. Also he is a PR nightmare. The guy is an overgrown frat boy with no leadership skills.

[mav1234]

honestly my biggest issue with alex smith is his inconsistency. He can look great one minute and terrible the next. I do wonder if a great QB coach and solid OC couldn't resurrect his career.

However, I don't know if I want to take that risk with this team. He's an intriguing option, and certainly an upgrade over Clausen, but I'm not certain what he'd cost and I don't know he'd be our best long-term option. I would almost have an older QB as a mentor for our younger guys.

[scarface]

Go Green, save our future.

[NFLKING]

I'm not a clausen fan either but the fact is luck is staying in Standford and it is very unlikely we acquire him in next years draft because i truly believe we will not be the worst team in the nfl we have to groom the young qbs we have. So hopefully we will pick up a young efficient passer in FA or the draft maybe make a move for Matt Flynn QB from Green Bay.

[NFLKING]

MIK EYE well said!

Everyone wants a simple fix and no sacrifice... lets let the people that get paid to run the organization make the decisions!

[frash.exe]

bulger and volek suck and are both ancient

we might as well suggest goldie hawn to play QB

[rayzor]

There is a bit of value in a player who is always brought back to be on the roster, despite young players being drafted. Whilst he might not have the skills on the field, it would suggest he has the right skills off the field, or is at least a very good second pair of eyes.

Like most have said, you bring in a Volek or Bulger IF you are sold on clausen, because you want the best safety net you can get. If you are not sold on Clausen you take a chance on someone like Smith etc as they might have just needed knew scenery to blossom.

The point is, you pick up the Qb who suits what you need. If you want to give Clausen the start, then you need a QB who can teach him and fill in in a pinch.

if you are going to have a vet QB on the sidelines, i would rather it be someone with some actual playtime. he has been in the league for 10 years and started 10 games...most of which he has lost. sorry, thats not somehting that is appealing to me. i would rather have someone who has won in the league than a lifetime scrub helping our QBs.

I don't get the opposition to Volek. He obviously isn't a long-term answer but we're not looking for one from a FA. He's in the black on TD/INT ratio, has a career completion percentage in the neighborhood of 60%, and any time he's been given significant time he's been solid. He'd be pretty good for the stop gap/mentor role while we get our poo together on offense.

i don't see what is so appealing about a guy that has a 3-7 career record who has been in the league for 10 years. sorry, i would not consider that solid. why the appeal? he's just that guy you mention when you a desperate for a scrub QB backup and you can't think of anyone else.

[rayzor]

By the way you changed the context of my post you seem to be saying that Alex Smith should not be an option.

you would be correct. i don't want anything to do with him. not even for cheap.

i'm tired of piss poor QB ideas. i'm tired of looking at failed QB projects and hoping that we could make something out of it. really, it's embarrassing.

[frash.exe]

it's surreal how much people reject drafting and developing in this fanbase.

oh, that's right, because they're looking for the easy way out of here. QBs you don't have to develop in your system, don't spend too much, blah blah blah. We got incredibly lucky with Delhomme, and everyone thinks it's going to be that easy again. Moreover, we had two awful QB coaches. Rip Scherer did a terrible job coaching this unit, and Mike McCoy barely did anything and skated by for so long only because Jake played decent enough.

[bleys]

Orton is the most successful QB on the market and has put up good numbers.. especially his TD/INT ratio the past 2 years.. not horrible either his last year in Chicago (considering there was no real offense to help him out)

Clausen (as should be expected) is going to take 2-4 years to develop and may turn out to be a real solid QB..

[TheRealDeal]

Orton is the most successful QB on the market and has put up good numbers.. especially his TD/INT ratio the past 2 years.. not horrible either his last year in Chicago (considering there was no real offense to help him out)

How on the market is he though?

[Urrymonster]

Orton is the most successful QB on the market and has put up good numbers.. especially his TD/INT ratio the past 2 years.. not horrible either his last year in Chicago (considering there was no real offense to help him out)

Clausen (as should be expected) is going to take 2-4 years to develop and may turn out to be a real solid QB..

Orton is not a free agent. Denver are reportedly asking for a 2nd...

[bleys]

How on the market is he though?

go find out.. I think it would be a better use of our time to find out than to pick up Volek.. lol

Orton is not a free agent. Denver are reportedly asking for a 2nd...

I'm very aware of this..

[frash.exe]

denver wants a 2nd round pick for him lol lol