Does Parcells have any economic interest in Jacoby's career? It means one thing if Parcells is saying this because he loves the dude from the local high school and another if he's being paid by an agent to mentor and promote a player. I was particularly struck by this line from the article:
I guess you wouldn't take a QB because it's unlikely you'll find someone you really like in the third or fourth round and it's hard to get value for a QB if they don't play during their rookie contract so it's hard to get value for them.
There were stories that he bombed his tape sessions with teams at the combine. Add that to attitude concerns, accuracy concerns and worry about how he handled pressure and I'm not surprised he dropped.
Who's not getting cut? I was talking about any potential veteran FA they bring in for the first four weeks if Brady is out, not Brissett. You think they'd carry 4 QB's all year?
For the record, Brady wouldn't count against the 53-man roster while he was suspended.
Thought you meant Brissett! Anyway, I think your standards are a little too high for a 3rd QB. It's likely that both Cook and Brissett would be awful if they had to play. On the roster crunch, Brady doesn't count while he's suspended and I could see Brissett being Foxboro Flued if JG isn't traded at the deadline. In that scenario they'd only carry three QBs for 5 games.
When an veteran is on an NFL roster for week one, his salary becomes guaranteed for the full season.
Nevermind, that's answered.
That didn't really play into my thinking. Because if you're a decent backup QB, do you want to go into that situation where you're looking at being out of work after 4 weeks? Or do you go to a team like the Jets and not only have a chance at being on the roster all year, but actually play? The salary, as you noted, is guaranteed for the full season anyway, so why not go to the team where you have a chance to play and maybe turn that into a legitimate back-up QB contract offer in the offseason, which we've seen this offseason to be quite lucrative. If you go to NE, you get cut after 4 weeks and then have to learn a new playbook if you can find a new team. If you go to the Jets, you can be the #2 while Hackenberg learns the system and eventually get to play when everyone once again realizes Gino sucks.
for a veteran who comes in, I think that's the worst case scenario. Not that any of us want this to happen, but best case for a vet is JG going down, the vet playing for four weeks, and then backing up TB. Brissett is probably #3 no matter what
Thank you for bringing this back to the front page. I'll be revisiting those links again later today.
I get it on two levels. Have to keep his confidence high; very grateful for performance that enables them to win.
Hopefully we can trade him to the Jets instead of getting nothing this time...
It seems like with both Garoppolo and Brissett the scouting report was, "enough physical skills; A+++ character / leadership guys." Garoppolo has a quicker release and is more accurate; Brissett has a better arm and runs better, but for both guys the personality evaluation is nothing but positives.
Well, it helps to have a franchise QB (Bledsoe when TB was taken, for example) at the helm each time you draft a high character guy. You're drafting these guys to back up Pro Bowl QBs and take their time learning the system from you. Many teams do not have this luxury and are forced to draft the quarterback who has to be the man right away. Often times, you're going to go with tools over character all day.
Tuna and Brissett go way back so you'd expect him to have great quotes about him
Haha, very nice. Bill made it work, which is pretty amazing. It kind of helped that the Texans never got a lead.
You are absolutely right that we ought not discount Brissett's athleticism. But (and I credit SoSH in part for me coming to recognize this), it is less than common for an African-American athlete to be recognized for character/leadership first, and athletic ability second.
It was funny last night for no sooner did I just finish explaining to my soon-to-be-ex-wife (long story) that Brissett was not really a Cam-type QB in that he couldn't run nearly as effectively then he took off on his end zone run.
Does this mean they ran the option once with Brady during the last five years? (I doubt it). I guess it must have been either Mallett, or when Garoppolo played against the Chiefs or the regular season finale against the Bills in 2014.
I wondered the same thing. The talking heads on ESPN this morning didn't say who it was
