Re-sign Jason Campbell
Sign a Veteran Free Agent
Draft a Developmental Quarterback
Re-Sign Josh McCown and Continue to Develop Matt Blanchard
If the Jackdonvilles of the world don't kick Campbell's tires, get him cheap, beg Chad Pennington to sign and draft matt scott. If they do, beg chad pennington to come over and draft matt scott. Really, any situation that ends with matt scott and chad pennington on the same football team is ideal.
I'd take Matt Moore. He'd be fine.Originally Posted by MPBears68
I'd bring back Josh McCown as long as he agreed to work as the car parker in the stadium parking lot because that's all he's worth.
Riczaj01 say BEAR DOWN!
LOL, that's all he'd be paid too in NFL terms. Vet minimum. Jason Campbell was paid $3.5 million to do not much more. Those 2 yard dump offs on 3rd and 9 were a sweet return-on-investment.
Hanie showed us the opposite of the belief. Vet or develope is all a crap shoot. it really comes down to PICKING and DEVELOPING a player, something the Bears have not done since...... Well I'm old now and can't remember.
The passion of a few, to rule the many, that's Washington D.C.. Where else was that said before, about whom?
but Haine was a UDFA, you never expect much from them. You need to pick and develop Blanchard or another guy in the mid rounds b/c they have potential, and it won't just be sheer luck if they turn out. The difference between Campell and Haine was not the play though, it was the RoI and the cap hit.
Yeah IMO rd 4 or 5 are the only possible rounds that we go qb because we have needs at 1 and 2 and with 6 or 7 we are prolly better off with blachard
Trestman I have a hunch is going to want a fresh start with someone
I have a hard time blaming Campbell for his play when he was so poorly prepared but the bottom line is that he was an expensive insurance policy that didn't pay off. We need to do better than that.
While opting for retaining McCown as a $1 mil backup over Campbell as a $3 mil backup I'd also sniff around the FA market to see if a better vet might be found economically enough. Matt Moore might be a good prospect for that. One way or another we need a vet backup and we need one better prepared to take over a game or start a game or two than Campbell was.
Second we need a young guy in the pipeline in development. I don't know if Matt Blanchard is the right guy for that or not other than the fact that his name sounds like one that a successful QB might have. It's sort of Tom Brady-like.
We should bring in at least a few more rookies or second year guys who Trestman thinks might have some promise as well. Sort 'em out during that OTA's and bring four to camp. Cutler, a vet #2, and two guys competing for that #3 spot and a chance to get a makeover from Marc Trestman and Matt Cavanaugh.
That's what I would do.
I'm getting to that age where a lifetime warranty just doesn't mean as much to me anymore as an afternoon nap.
Honey Badger Don't Care. Honey Badger Don't Give a Shit.
Exactly, its not that a rookie is anymore of a guarantee than a vet. Most seend to think a vet was a guarantee, and that obviously isn't the case. What were saying is that a vet is just as unreliable as a rookie or young player. The down side is that they cost more, and cannot be developed into anything.
invest the damn money in the oline like we could have last season and we wont have to worry about this crap every year. Then we can draft anyone late and let them develop.
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