Wild Card said:Skkorp:
I'd say that any close observer of the Cardinals should know that now. There's no QB on the current roster that I expect--or want--to be starting for the Cards in the 2007 season and beyond. If there's a quarterback available in the draft that's worth the pick, it's time to pull the trigger.
But I think your evaluation of Kurt Warner is premature, at best. Operating behind one of the league's worst offensive lines, with the 28th-ranked running game, Warner's running the #4 passing offense after two games. And if we agree that other parts of this team are works-in-progress, let's allow for the possibility that a QB playing for a new team--in an offense run by a first-time OC--and still learning his receivers' tendencies may have some upside left.
For the Cards' sake, you'd better hope I'm right. Warner would be the perfect transition QB, starting the remainder of this season and at least the beginning of 2006. How far he'd go into next season would depend on both his performance and the prize rookie's learning curve (not unlike Warner's experience last season with the Giants). I don't see either Josh McCown or John Navarre filling that role as well.
And I hope you don't really believe that the season will be "destroyed" if the Cards lose to the Seahawks (as I fully expect). This looked like an 8-8 team to me at the outset, and I expected the games at NY and Seattle to be losses. With thirteen weeks left, I couldn't imagine bringing McCown or Navarre in off the bench.
Unless they can pass-block, that is.
WC
I think Warner is good through next season if he stays healthy. I do not think we have a QB on this team beyond that. Either we draft one high or continue on with older QB's. We sure have missed some good ones along the way these past 5 years and many on this board were calling for us to draft one.