Gabbert

[pmacLean]

Yes, I haven’t missed a play, regular season/preseason/postseason, since I was in college (2011). When AP is your second leading wr(in catches) it means your qb isn’t putting you in a position to win. If you push then ball downfield they won’t stack the box, which sets up the run game and play action off of that. You can’t just run or check down if the first read isn’t open because you’re scared to get hit.

Lets see:
he gets 3 completions of 25 or more yards ... "more than the Jaguars have allowed in any game this season"
he throws for 2 TDs... "he joined Phillip Rivers as the only other QB to throw multiple TDs against them"
he avoids numerous sacks (which with any other QB on our roster would have been SACKS and most of the points this team got could not have happened

This against the #1 rated D in the league (I know, I know, they are just so overrated, even though he is the only QB to achieve point 1 and ties with that bum Phillip Rivers as the only other QB to achieve point 2).

oh, and most of the passes to AP were not 'checkdowns' they were designed pass plays (designed for David Johnson) and AP was just doing his best DJ impersonation.

And last time I looked, they went down field several times, against the # 1 D ...

 

[Snakester]

So far Gabbert is playing just like I expected him to, but he still needs to improve more each game to show me he can be the starter next year. If he continues to improve each week I think Steve Keim should offer him a three year contract worth 5 to 7 million a year after game 14. I think we are giving Drew Stanton just over 4 million this year and he's a free agent next year so I think that would be a fair contract for Gabbert and if he does become our starter we have him cheap for a few years so we can spend money on other players to help the team.

If we let Carson Palmer go he only counts 6.6 million against the Cap next year so we don't have to have his 24 million salary for 2018. We can either draft a QB with our first pick or a WR to help out Gabbert. Gabbert is still fairly young at 28 so its not like he's old and won't be able to play long. He probably has 10 years left in him so while i'm not anointing him the QBOTF just yet he is still young enough to be that. To me the rest of the year is Gabbert's trial run at becoming our starter. We will see by season's end if he can be the guy, but there is a lot going for him and the Cards if he can be that guy. Salary wise and he already has a lot of experience so its not like he's a rookie that might need a couple of years to get good.

 

[daves]

If we let Carson Palmer go he only counts 6.6 million against the Cap next year so we don't have to have his 24 million salary for 2018.

Not sure where you got those numbers, but according to overthecap.com, his salary would be $12.5M next year, plus a $1.5M roster bonus. So the difference between keeping him vs. releasing him or having him retire is $14M, not $24M.
...dave