Season defining - Pickett must start next game

Who are these “better” vets who were out there? It was super slim pickings.

 

All failed starters who were allowed to leave their first teams, and in some cases multiple teams, with no effort by the team to retain them. Just like Trubisky. Mariota’s passer rating is 85.4 and he’s thrown 3 interceptions (vs. Mitch’s 1). He also hadn’t started a game at QB since 2019 before this season, and had an injury history, so there was quite a bit of risk in signing him. Brissett has looked better than Mitch so far this season, but his career up until this year has been underwhelming. The last time he was a serviceable starter was 2019. Also this season he has had the benefit of a great rushing attack. Mitch has certainly not. Bridgewater was allowed to walk from 3 different teams as starting QB.

I’m not saying that Mitch is a good QB. I’m saying that there were no good QBs to be had in free agency, and we got one of the available bridge QBs to start until our draft pick is ready. I still think that Mitch was the best of a number of bleh options when we were shopping.

 

1. Jimmy G wasn’t a free agent, so trade compensation would have been required. 2. Before Jimmy G. agreed to a 1 year contract at a reduced value he was playing under a larger contract that the acquiring team would have taken on. I don’t have that contract detail handy, but I’ve read that the new 1 year deal cut his cap hit from $27 million to $8.5 million. The point being, he would have been expensive both in terms of trade compensation and dollars. That’s what you do for a longer term starter, not a bridge QB. I think we made the right choice not paying up for him.

 

1. Joe Flacco. Look at his game by game performances this season. It was 1 big game vs. the Browns where the Browns had massive communication breakdowns in the secondary and left receivers free. In the Jets’ 2 losses, he sucked and they scored 9 and 12 points in those games. Also, we were seeking a mobile QB because Canada’s offense (allegedly) requires QB mobility. 37 year old Joe Flacco wasn’t going to fit the bill.
2. Bridgewater is the only guy you listed that I can see a good argument for as a bridge QB back when we made our decision in March. However, Teddy has had starting opportunities with a few teams recently, and he’s been allowed to leave each time. Why? You say that the reason that a QB leaves a team should be considered, well the last 2 seasons he was the starter somewhere (Carolina and Denver) and they didn’t want him back even though he was healthy and in need of a job, and they were in need of a QB. Also, there’s the whole “mobile QB” aspect of what we were looking for.
3. Brissett. Yeah he’s looked better than Trubisky, but he’s had it a lot easier than Trubisky so far by operating with a top-tier O line and running game. Would he be as effective here? I don’t think so. Go back and rewatch the game last Thursday and see how many uncontested throws and clean pockets he was allowed by our defense. He played well, but he was able to play pitch and catch from a clean pocket all night. It takes hindsight to look back and say that we should have gotten Brissett because he hasn’t done much with his starting opportunities.
4. Mariota. Same deal as Mitch. Former #2 overall pick who wasn’t wanted by the team that drafted him. Mariota had some injuries, but similar to Mitch he made the playoffs early in his career and then didn’t do much after that when he was healthy. But yeah, let’s play the hindsight game after 3 weeks and say that he’s better in a different situation with different opponents because he had 1 decent game vs. the Seahawks juggernaut defense.

I don’t have time to do this anymore. If you want to engage in hindsight and say that there was somehow a good vet option out there for the taking, then enjoy.

 

Should have had an OC commit to him. Not three different ones all committed to forcing a square peg into a round hole.

 

I’ll need to see the whole quote and context.

Guy who leads team to championship game was not going to work, hmmm.

I think you can say the same just about every QB then.

 

So by that logic every QB that doesnt become elite shouldn’t have tried to be a QB.

Stewart had a lot more success than other QBs that have played.

If you don’t think having 3 different OC’s in as many years matters than I dont know what to tell you. Especially when not one of them game planned around his strengths.