Ryan Lindley, starter vs Rams
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Just got the text too..
Good..
I hate redneck Skelton
Good..
I hate redneck Skelton
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is anyone really surprised by this. The second Skelton spear-chucked that missed TD to Fitz I thought, barring injury, it was the last time we'll ever see him on the field this season.
so... here we are... with our 6 quarterback seeing playing time in 3 years. That's beyond horrific.
so... here we are... with our 6 quarterback seeing playing time in 3 years. That's beyond horrific.
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As Jaworski stated on Burns and Gambo... the benching of Skelton had less to do with what actually took place on the field in the Falcon game, and much more to do with the broader perspective Whiz has gained since mini-camp, training camp and practices... Jaws is convinced that Skelton just wasn't doing enough to buy him the slack needed to overcome his craptastic play in the Falcon game.
Jaws also said that since the Cards are done, they NEED to find out what they have in Lindley - I agree!
Jaws also said that since the Cards are done, they NEED to find out what they have in Lindley - I agree!
Quit being so dramatical Cheese.. I know your in Hollywood and everything but damn.. haha.. Not everything should should be a script
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lol... what is dramatical about anything I said?
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i agree with all of this and is the biggest reason I had no problem with the benching mid game. He wasn't benched just because of that pass... he was benched because that pass was the last straw that broke the camel's back. not sure how a lot of you don't get that.
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This is the easy decision, e.g. Lindley over Skelton. The harder decision is does Kevin Kolb start again once he's healthy. In other words, how good does Lindley have to be to hold onto the job? Is he capable of playing well enough to hang on?
I mean Lindley is on the roster next year regardless. Whether Kevin Kolb is or is not, is an open question in my opinion. Do you play Kolb in December to see whether you offer him a reduced contract or cut him outright? With his injury history there is no way he's going to be a hot commodity in the open market unless Andy Reid somehow gets another job very quickly.
I mean Lindley is on the roster next year regardless. Whether Kevin Kolb is or is not, is an open question in my opinion. Do you play Kolb in December to see whether you offer him a reduced contract or cut him outright? With his injury history there is no way he's going to be a hot commodity in the open market unless Andy Reid somehow gets another job very quickly.
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what a nightmare. There's no need to see what Lindley has. He has nothing.
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I'm betting the Rams defense is getting a huge uptick in Fantasy Football right now.
But if it's true that Skelton's work ethic was lacking I'm all for it. Like I said it was pretty obvious however he was preparing for games wasn't working.
But if it's true that Skelton's work ethic was lacking I'm all for it. Like I said it was pretty obvious however he was preparing for games wasn't working.
You'd rather see what Skelton has? lol
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My problem with benching Skelton is that there was no way that Lindley gave us our best chance to win the Falcon game. Once he put Lindley in, he basically quit on that game even though we were leading at the time.
Bunk. That does not signal quit in anyway shape or form.
We already saw what redneck Skelton has.. Its nothing..
exactly
To me it signaled that we wanted to win.. And will do whatever we need to do to win.. Cant miss Fitz wide open..
After Lindley finishes the Rams game with a completion average in the 50% range, remember his college career completion average was just 55% and than included playing against the smaller schools with crummy pass defenses.
So the Cards plan was to help Lindley relearn how to properly pass the ball to increase his accuracy. 9 for 20 in the Falcons game did nothing to show that he will ever be an over 60% passer. Lindley lasted until the 6th round so lots of teams had chances to pick him before the Cards took a gamble on him. So far, he has not busted down the doors like any of the successful rookie QBs of the past few years who showed what they can do right out of the gate. Besides, no team today, including the Cards, would give the player Kurt Warner was right out of college a decent chance to develop in today's game.
So the Cards plan was to help Lindley relearn how to properly pass the ball to increase his accuracy. 9 for 20 in the Falcons game did nothing to show that he will ever be an over 60% passer. Lindley lasted until the 6th round so lots of teams had chances to pick him before the Cards took a gamble on him. So far, he has not busted down the doors like any of the successful rookie QBs of the past few years who showed what they can do right out of the gate. Besides, no team today, including the Cards, would give the player Kurt Warner was right out of college a decent chance to develop in today's game.
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i really don't get this. Skelton has shown this season that he literally gives us ZERO chance to win. He's a known quantity at this point. A guy who is horrific, plain and simple. At least with an unknown quantity, you don't know for sure what's going to happen.
the idea that he quit on the Falcons game because he took out the guy he KNEW couldn't lead the team anywhere makes zero sense to me.
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When Lindley came in, I had almost zero confidence that the offense was going to produce anything from that point foward. I'm not saying Skelton has looked much better but at least he has been there and won games like that.
My point is, if Whiz was so down on Skelton, I would have preferred that he just announce Lindley the starter after the week 9 loss and then use the entire 2 weeks between games to prep Lindley as much as possible.
This is Max Hall 2.0, with the way he handled the timing of it.
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