Agreed, BUT there are only 3 roster spots available in all reality for a QB, Mason will in all likelihood be the backup for gameday early on. Unless you are willing to run with Howard as the 2 and a rookie as the three it might not make sense to draft a guy this year if Rodger’s is the guy.
They had a plan B though.
I can't find the article now, but they talked to four QB's at the combine, have brought in two for top 30 visits (for some reason the list is much tighter lipped this year and only 14 so far have been announced), and they are also high on Howard. They've talked about a lot of options other than Rodgers. It's just a much different feeling this year IMO. I'll keep looking for the article, but I know it talked about Howard and other Vet QB's. Because even if Rodgers retires or signs elsewhere, a VET QB is more than likely going to be signed. McCarthy doesn't seem to impressed with Rudolph...
This! I believe they will sit on their third to whoever falls or use it to move up. After Mendoza who knows. So they go to camp with most likely Rogers, Howard, Rudolph and the draft pick. If Howard can handle QB2 they turf Rudolph.
It should be, we're handling our QB situation like we're the damn Browns. The Browns, Bengals, Ravens have won a playoff game this decade.
If they were handling it like the Browns they would have used first round draft picks on dubious prospects multiple times (not just once), and then this year traded multiple high picks for Murray or Tagavailoa and given them a couple of hundred million guaranteed money.
I was more or less pointing to the constant revolving door at QB they have.
We act like it is just a snap of the fingers to go get a franchise guy. Maybe they could have been more aggressive and moved up for someone like Bo Nix in '24 or taken a shot at Dart last year. I'll concede that. But I never will understand this idea of having a bad year to get a guy. I agree with Rooney on that. It certainly doesn't guarantee championships, or the Bengals would have about 10 Super Bowls over the years.
I don't think anyone is wanting a bad year, but bringing in guys like Rodgers and skipping on a 1st round guy like Dart is the opposite of trying to find the next guy. They got Fields, he went 4-2 and then they pulled him and went with has been Wilson, barly gave Fields a chance. The Pickett pick sucked, if we didn't take him in round 1, no one else would've but at least they tried, I liked the Pickett move better than bringing in Rodgers or Wilson, at least with Pickett there was an outside chance he could be the next guy, Rodgers/Wilson at their age have zero chance at being the next guy and is just a wasted year trying to find the next guy.
then Rudy is likely this guy (unless a younger guy steals his lunch for the role)I can't argue with most of that. The only thing I keep coming back to with Rodgers is by all accounts he is a well liked guy and he helps the younger QBs. That line of QBs in Green Bay, Favre to Rodgers to Love, they all have similar playing styles. I like some of that to influence Will Howard or whoever would be the next guy. I don't know if it is a setback if the guy learns and grows.
I could see that, but they didn't know any of that prior to Rodgers signing here last year and they still brought him in, we didn't even have a young QB on the roster when we started to pursue him. If they wanted him as a mentor then they'd have taken Dart to learn under him last year.
Who is our starting QB?
Should have 4 QBs as the ps rules allow a protected QB and easy elevation on game day.
1) a vet: Rodgers, Cousins, Rudolph or whoever they want for that role
2) a true backup: if Rodgers comes back
3) developmental QB: Howard or draft pick whoever wins the gameday roster spot
4) developmental QB: protected on the ps (loser of Howard and draft pick battle)
A minimum of 4 QBs with 2 young guys is necessary imho…especially if a dinosaur (Rodgers/Cousins) is QB1. If Rudy is the vet guy then 2 young guys competing with him is plenty.
Rodgers would be just another delay in actually addressing a huge gaping hole on the roster.
Beta Rooney will likely let Rodgers do whatever he pleases though…so smart proactive moves matter not. The predictable will likely unfold.
because he got beat on by leprechauns
That is a great analogy. I'm laughing because in your Browns explanation you pretty much summed up my short childhood baseball career. It just felt good to swing, man.
I'm pretty sure they know. I give it 70/30 that A-Aron is back. He is really our best option.
This is Shades and his lack of offensive priorities we're talking about here.