Boyd Out and Another WR Signed

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/08/steelers-waive-qb-tajh-boyd-sign-wr-jarrod-west/

 

Landry Jones can now breathe. Another year for $100,000 on the practice squad.

 

Good they let him go , he is not a terrible player , but there was no way he could make this roster.Coach T usually does that with 1 or 2 players a year .Cut them loose early give them a chance to catch on somewhere else.

 

I know Boyd's resume isn't great, but I still wanted to see him get some snaps in the preseason. Actually, I'd like to see anyone, other than Jones, get some reps behind center. Oh well.

 

It was clear that two qbs weren't gonna get an equal opportunity to play...with Landry Jones getting all the snaps. I thought we would have some serious competition but that 3rd spot was handed to Jones once again

 

You know, maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not sure I get this move. I know if you're down to your third QB you're hosed anyway, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't want to get the best player you can at that position. Does the front office really think that Landry is that person? If I was running this team I probably would have brought in at least one other QB besides Boyd and Jones this offseason. You had 5 preseason games to evaluate talent. Switch up the personnel groupings every week so every QB gets to play with the (mostly) first team offensive line and skill players. I know whoever the WR is that they picked up is a camp body, but couldn't they have at least let Boyd see some game time? What would it have hurt?

 

Boyd started out nice in camp and as soon as that started his reps were cut.As you stated he was handed the job once again . The Team really has a hard time admitting they made a draft mistake.

 

Well, technically letting Boyd go doesn't mean they see Landry as the answer. It means they didn't see Boyd as the answer.

Kay last year, Boyd this year. I see a pattern of messageboard reactions here.

Out of interest - genuine interest, this isn't a rhetorical question - but do people think Landry Jones is that much worse than Brian St Pierre was?

 

Haven't heard that name in a while... You know, I think Jones may be better than St. Pierre, but that's not saying much. I guess Brian did carve out a bit of a career as a back up, however.

 

I was just thinking that he was a 5th rounder (not too much difference there) and attempted one pass in his 4-5 year stint with the Steelers. Never looked great, even in preseason. I don't remember a similar kind of vitriol against the guy, though. He was just the number 3, and that was that.

Maybe it's changed now we don't have to officially carry 3 QBs on a roster, but we did then?

 

Maybe I read something different or incorrect, but Boyd was the one having all the issues with taking the snap early in camp. Like 6 or 7 botched exchanges. I also read that he wasn't taking advantage of the reps that he got in practice.... Had a few lasers, but most of his play was poor. I don't think the job was given to Landry as much as Boyd just proved that he wasn't on Jones' level.

 

This. I still think Jones could get cut outright if we decide to carry only 2 with Murphy on the PS though. We will see who gets cut at the end of camp too, but I doubt there are too many (or any) guys that I would feel way better about than Landry. Who knows tho.

 

Oh know he's not practice squad money.

He's 53 man money, so he's getting at least $405k.....

 

Exactly what crossed my mind when I read the post title. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read.

Signed,

A tall, thin, good looking guy.

 

Landry Jones couldn't hit the ocean if he was standing on the beach with the water lapping at his feet. NLF QBs DO NOT throw the ball 3 feet over wide open receivers' heads or way out of bounds 3 out of every 4 passes they throw. He should have been jettisoned last year. And Gradkowski is a joke as well. We are in deep trouble if we have to depend on the likes of Gradkowski or Jones to run the offense.

 

They only let him go to make cap space for Landry's upcoming blockbuster deal. I totally predicted all of this and feel completely vindicated now that it has finally come to pass.

 

I think Grad is more serviceable than you're giving him credit for. I would rather have Colt McCoy but still. Grad is a lot better than Landry for sure.

 

I would almost bet money that Landry is the MOST talked about 3rd string qb in the history of the Steelers. If he had been drafted in the later rounds we would never hold him to such a high standard. BUT it's really all Tomlin's fault for making the standard the standard. LOL.

 

Maybe that is true but Gradkowski has been nothing but a journeyman, run of the mill QB for his entire career. I think his one distinguishing game was the one where he gunned the Steelers down when he played for Oakland. That one still hurts. I think he is better than Jones but it doesn't take much. We should only be carrying two QBs any way. I think a third QB on the roster is a waste of roster space that could be used for another defensive player.

 

I tend to agree with wasting a roster spot on a 3rd string QB. But isn't the very norm for a backup QB to be a run-of-the-mill serviceable journeyman? How many NFL teams have potential star caliber QB's wasting away on the bench while their franchise QB is in his prime of his career and barring major injury will be taking every snap for the next X number of years? And for that matter what potential star QB would be dumb enough to stay with a team where he was going to always be a backup with no hope of advancement? 2nd string QB's are normally journeymen that can come in and give you a chance to win a few games in spot starts.....3rd string QB's are normally nobodies whose most realistic hope is to progress enough to maybe become a 2nd string QB one day, but most don't, just like the situation we have here. Nothing about our QB situation is out of the ordinary.

 

Most backups have been journeymans that never worked out as starters really though ya know? Matt Hasslebeck has probably seen more success as a starter than most of the backups in the league and he was a very good backup but was worth a little too much money for us. I think Kyle Orton sorta falls in that category as well. I think with Haley's schemes and Munch's coaching Ben isn't in near as much jeopardy as he once was and I think the BA years sorta make us feel the need for a really solid backup since Ben got hurt quite a bit during that time.