Are any of the following QBs really the answer for their team?
Buffalo - JP Losman
Jacksonville - David Garrard
Oakland - Josh McCown
KC - Damon Huard
Minnesota - Tarvaris Jackson
Chicago - Rex Grossman
Can any of those teams - even the Bears and their great D - really win with those guys? Maybe I'm being too hard on them, but it just seems like finding a quality QB gets tougher all the time.
Your thoughts? Any teams you'd add to that list?
2007-09-19 05:20:38 · 17 answers · asked by Craig S 7 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Man.... If i were going to hazard a guess, Garrard might have the best chance. Losman may develop but he needs some more weapons. McCown is a stop gap, make no mistake. Huard *and I'm a chiefs fan* is showing WHY he's held a clipboard for so long. I think we caught "lightning in a bottle" last year. Jackson is again, another stopgap. Grossman just plays good enough not to hurt you. I think I'm going to Kitna to that list. Maybe he'll have a Renaissance, but, I don't know. Cleveland would be my last one. Derek whatever isn't the answer and Quinn is going to be the man there.
2007-09-19 05:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Cellophane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo - Though Losman hasn't been playing well, the problems(unfortunately for me) go far deeper than just him. The offensive play-calling is atrociously predictable and vanilla. It is extremely difficult for me to tell how much Losman is actually a problem, or if he even IS a problem at all, honestly. Our coaching staff seems intent on ignoring his mobility and strong arm and instead force him to sit in the pocket and try to complete it from behind a line that needs a TE and a RB to stay in to pick-up a 6-7 seven man blitz. Is he the answer? That's not the relevant question, IMO. The question is: do the Bills want him to be the answer? And that, I think, is no. He's one of those few players who will have success despite being a "bust" with his first team, IMO.
Jacksonville- I think the bigger problem is the defense that is supposedly so great against the run but then gets run over. It doesn't help that Garrard hasn't exactly lit it up...
KC- Absolutely not. He has crumbled now that teams have tape on him. They should prepare to start Croyle, and soon.
Minnesota- This kid is a project. In other words, it'll take at least the rest of this season(though probably more) to answer it.
Oakland- I don't think the Raiders care whether or not he's the answer. As far as they are concerned, the answer is already on the roster, and they are using McCown as a stop-gap to prepare him. And the answer's name isn't Daunte Culpepper or Andrew Walter. McCown does have a golden opportunity to show he can be some one else's answer though...
Chicago- He seriously is the only thing holding that team back. They have a good running game, good receivers, one of the best defenses in football, and excellent special teams. He isn't the answer, and I am shocked that they are sticking with him. I would've at least brought in some one to compete with him...
Oh...here're a few more to chew on...
Falcons- Joey Harrington/Byron Leftwich
No...just....no.
Giants-Eli Manning.
I personally think Coughlin has lost that team and they can't be bothered to show up, and that doesn't help Eli at all. However, he is disturbingly streaky, and seems to have a bad habit of disappearing against top defenses.
Edit: Losman never gets to utilize Lynch, he's taken out on passing downs in most situations, for no discernable reason. And Evans can't beat an entire secondary(Peerless may as well not exist), considering we seem to go two-wide in most passing situations...
2007-09-19 13:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Elminster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is how I look at your list
Buffalo - Severe issues with the offensive line making life difficult for Losman. If line improves he should be solid
Jacksonville - Career backup who makes fewer mistakes than Leftowich. Garrard could win with Jacksonville, but it will be difficult
Oakland - McCown is a fill in. The team overall has too many holes on offense to do much even with a top tier QB.
KC - Huard is a fill in for a team that has a lot of holes on offense. Croyle will be the starter by next year
Minnesota - Jackson is the real deal, he just needs another year or so. The rest of the team is solid so they may continue to win in spite of the QB
Chicago - Mistake prone, and the worst starter in the league. Grossman would have difficulty being a backup almost anywhere else much less a starter. They will struggle as long as he is QB.
2007-09-19 12:30:18 · answer #3 · answered by arimarismacon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
McCown is only playing till Russell is ready. Probably the same in K.C. with Huard until Croyle is ready or they draft someone else. I think Griese is better the Grossman and should be playing now. I'm not a Buffalo fan, but i've tried hard to like Losman, but the more i watch him play it becomes obvious he will most likely never be great. the bills spent money in the offseason to strengthen the o-line, he has weapons evans and lynch. He can't read defenses, has looked very uncomftorable this year. they could open up the playbook more but they don't trust him. they have the answer and he's sitting on the bench, Trent Edwards. I mean, Jay Cutler has now started 7 games and already looks 100 times better than Losman.
2007-09-20 00:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by triplezero19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo - JP Losman - Hell No, he will always be a loser
Jacksonville - David Garrard - He could be decent with a good team around him.
Oakland - Josh McCown - I would not have him as a 3rd line QB.
KC - Damon Huard - He has to mature more and would be nice as a backup QB.
Minnesota - Tarvaris Jackson - Too early to tell. They just need to get it together. They looked really good in week 1.
Chicago - Rex Grossman - Trade him to the Patriots.
Right now Donavan McNab should be on this list. He is playing horrible, and may not bounce back, as loong as he is with the Eagles.
2007-09-19 12:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that of all the QB's that you listed only Losman could possibly be the real answer for his team. I think Gerrard, Jackson, McCown and Huard are good back-ups...I think that Grossman hurts the team no matter what position he is in.
Losman is not hurting the team with horrible decisions like Grossman and Gerrard are. Losman needs better protection. The rest of them are bad starting QB's on bad teams, the only thing making Jackson not look horrible is the fact that AP is taking over the team. The Bears would be better off with Griese (Brian or Bob) than having Grossman back there. Huard has no line and lead feet, he is so immobile that he forces bad passes.
2007-09-19 12:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by bdough15 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Win?, Sure, why not. Baltimore won with Dilfer and Tampa with B. Johnson. The thing is to have the QB play in a system, where they don't have to win the game, just manage the game.
A great RB, a couple of sure handed WR/TE, an OL that is solid, a Def that plays "lights out", and a QB that limits his mistakes, can make anything possible.
If Grossman doesn't get fumblitis, SB XLI COULD have ended differently.
2007-09-19 12:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by Vaffanculo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
out of all those teams the only QB that i still side with would be JP Losman, he is a good QB, so far it just seems like they have bad timeing on offense as well as NO O-LINE but also the play of Defense....if your D is getting scored on every series then the moral and hype on your offense drops which lowers they're production rate.....not to mention they have played two very good teams in the first two weeks.....Lossman will get them some wins and prove that he is a good QB
2007-09-19 12:27:44 · answer #8 · answered by gary t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bears are good enough in other areas to win with Grossman but he is not the long term answer unless he improves. Remember he is still young with few starts under his belt.
Another young guy with few starts is Losman. I actually think he is going to be a really good QB and maybe even this year.
The rest on your list are stop-gaps and journeymen.
2007-09-19 12:26:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a great defense is the first step to a good football team but you need a good QB to take advantedge of the turnovers the defense makes
2007-09-19 12:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by tim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋