In a world where Taysom Hill gets 2/21/16, and injuries occur to QBs so frequently, I find it interesting that so many people here are willing to instantly write off Cam as an option in AZ when Hundley is apparently 50/50 to get cut (per the implications of the terms of Zeno’s bet).
The legitimate criticism seems to boil down to:
1. We can’t afford him. This is classic question begging: how do you know, when you don’t know what his price is? Every day he sits there, unsigned, his price goes down and his value goes up. Nobody even knows what he’s asking for now, much less when he remains unsigned 6 weeks from now.
2. He won’t be satisfied as a back-up. Almost all the Bayesian priors seem to argue against this: his teammates (Greg Olsen, Luke Kuechly, Christian McCaffrey, Steve Smith) all speak glowingly of him as a leader and winner. When healthy, he’s been a winner (68-55 as a NFL starter), and in 2018 he had a passer rating of 94. It’s definitely not certain that he will step in and be ok with being a back-up QB, but I have to think if he’s willing to sign then he will know his role. He’s an intelligent guy. Keim and Mike are intelligent guys. If this happens it will be because all three of them understand the situation. From the discussion on here it’s as if Cam not being a team player is already written in the stars. Where is the proof of that? He’s bizarre? So what? So is Hopkins ffs, and no one questions his will to win. If anything, I think Cam could be a positive influence on Kyler and I would bet very good money (at even odds) that Kyler respects the hell out of Cam. And he’s the guy that matters; not us losers on the Internet.
Finally, I think Cam (as another poster mentioned above) gives our offense a kind of Taysom Hill like component that could really help us in areas like 3rd and 4th and short (where we don’t really have a guy that can get that yardage consistently). If nothing else, Cam is a short yardage monster (better than anyone not named Brady at getting it).
