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Who will be our week one starter

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You guys did see the first pre-season game, right? DA sucked.

Yes he had the TD to Pilares (who did the tough part), but he would have been picked twice had decent CB's been in the game at that point.

Add in that even though Cam had a bad practice last night, DA's was even worse.

I could see Clausen or Newton, but DA? I just don't see it.

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Cam has to be. If this guy is gonna be the face of the franchise you gotta march him out week one. Pickles and DA aren't gonna put butts in the seats or make anyone forget about Cam anytime soon. If Pickles showed flashes of anything last year I doubt we draft Cam. DA had a team Warner took to a superbowl and did jack. Fug this "not ready" crap, the kid will either rise up to it or fail. We can't afford to dick around with scrubs and baby the kid. Adversity won't break Cam if he is for real, didnt hurt Peyton, Troy, or Big Ben. I might be wrong but I think RR has the guts to do it.

And you know what haters, you can't undraft him. Like Ric Flair said "like it or don't like it, learn to love it cause it's the best thing going today ....Wooooooooooo!!!!!!!

WRONG. Just because you think he is the future and the face of the franchise, you do NOT throw him out there if he is not ready.

I trust that Rivera, Chud, and Shula will make the correct decision. That is what they are paid for.

If they send him out there to only "put butts in the seats", they should all be fired. Because that is terrible coaching.

Ryan is the face of the Falcons franchise and he started right away. Rogers is the face of the Packers franchise and they let him develop.

There is no right answer....which is why I will defer to the coaches.

I just only hope that sending him out there too soon does not leave us with a Harrington...or Carr...or Leaf.

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With his personality and the lack of a good veteran why would you not? My take on the failed guys is they were gonna fail regardless. Adversity is something good players must overcome, if he can't cut it week 1 likely he can't cut it week 4 or 6 either

You missed my point entirely.

I did not say that Cam should not be the starter. I just said that you logic of why he should be the starter is massively flawed.

He should be named the starter if his on the field play earns him the position.

Only time will tell.

I am very interested to see how this plays out in the preseason.

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Earning it is all well and good but that isn't how the world works. If he looks like he can play, even if Pickles looks a lil better at 1st, you start him IMO. Sorry, but butts in seats is the business side of things. If he looks Zod awful you let him sit(I don't see it happening).

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Earning it is all well and good but that isn't how the world works. If he looks like he can play, even if Pickles looks a lil better at 1st, you start him IMO. Sorry, but butts in seats is the business side of things. If he looks Zod awful you let him sit(I don't see it happening).

Winning cures the butts in the seats, i know it's a business, BUT do you see the Jaguars naming Blaine Gabbert the starter over David Garrard???? do you see the Broncos naming The Golden Calf of Bristol the starter over Kyle Orton. the best player should play no matter what. now will it be Cam, maybe, will it not be, maybe, Cam WILL start sometime this year, dont worry about that, but saying he should start just to put butts in the seats is NOT how you build a sports franchise, you build it on winning and playing the best players even if they arent popular and like if that was how the "world works" then The Golden Calf of Bristol would be starting right now and so would Blaine Gabbert because both those franchises want to see their new QBs playing. The Golden Calf of Bristol has this "love/hate fest" (like Cam does) and Gabbert is a fresh face that people in Jacksonville love and they are tired of inconisistant Garrard, but both arent ready to start and are backing up, even if their ticket sales arent great, the coaches are wanting to win games.

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