Wouldn’t you like to see what Harry can do with a ball that doesn’t require an infielder’s glove to catch? It’s not all about evaluating Stidham. I’d like to see what Harry can do with more volume and actual opportunities. I’d also like to see what the TEs can do. All 3 will be on the team next year and all 3 need as many reps as we can give them.
With Cam, you literally have a guy who can’t throw a football. Stidham clearly isn’t the answer but he can throw a football and give the WRs/TEs more chances to show their stuff. There is inherent value there.
This would be a much better argument if we didn't just watch Stidham spray almost every non-dumpoff around with Cam-like inaccuracy.
We can start Stidham next week, it won't really make any long-term difference, he's obviously not in the team's plan, and 1 game against the Jets isn't going to change what they think about any other player either. It's deck-chair shuffling.
I think Cam is terrible.... at the same time, if Byrd makes an easy catch and Folk makes an XP we're down 17-14 with 4 minutes left in the half, hoping to make a stop, keep it close, maybe have a couple more good drives on the ground like the TD drive.
We then give up a 50 yard TD on a simple crossing route and would have gone into the half down 10 instead it's 16. We get shredded again after the break. Cam gets 1 series, with no pass attempts, we go to Stidham because we have to throw... he's likewise terrible at throwing, and we get destroyed.
I actually think Bill is correct when he says Cam gives us the best chance to win... it's just a damning indictment of the team.
The only way this team wins games is if we play like the first few drives... run the ball almost exclusively with RBs and Cam, get stops on defense, don't turn it over and try to wear teams out, maybe make a big play on special teams. It's how basically every win has gone. If we fall behind by more than 2 scores the game is over no matter who the QB is.
Stidham is almost certainly the more accurate passer right now, but he's also still not an NFL QB quality passer, he's not winning us any games on the back of his performance.
We run a garbage college option offense because that's the only way we have a chance to win, not a good chance, but a chance. Bill starts Cam because he's better at running the garbage college option offense than Stidham, because between the two of them the only average or better NFL skill is Cam's running.
Edit- If Bill is trying to win games his best strategy is probably to start Cam hope for the best then go to Stidham if we go down 3 scores and pray for a miracle. If he isn't trying to win games... he can go with either.