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Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - StickierBuns - 02-26-2025
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44015259/colts-plan-hold-open-competition-quarterback-anthony-richardson-determined-offseason-acquisition
Riiiight. Who, Mac Jones? The new Mr. Glass, Anthony Richardson, has a most pivotal year in front of him.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - JustInTime - 02-26-2025
My initial thought was Richardson would have greatly benefited from staying in school.
Yeah. No. Zero growth so far.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - hogjowlsjohnny - 02-26-2025
Don't know who they are looking at for this competition, but they are looking to replace Richardson, make no mistake about it.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - MaroonBells - 02-26-2025
(02-26-2025, 09:53 AM)hogjowlsjohnny Wrote: Don't know who they are looking at for this competition, but they are looking to replace Richardson, make no mistake about it.
Or just someone who can play while they give Richardson more time to develop. Coming out, Richardson had great tools but was considered extremely raw. Much more raw than your typical rookie. I don't know how you take a player like that, throw him to the wolves week one of his rookie season, and then wonder why he struggles.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - purplefaithful - 02-26-2025
Richardson, KOC's secret man crush!
They still have some time to stop him from sliding into the abyss...I think there are some options out there to buy them time, like a full seasons worth of curation.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - StickierBuns - 02-26-2025
KOC might be on to something: last year, Darnold....this year, Dimes......next year, Richardson....may as well trade JJM now.
KOC will be the first HC to win Superbowls with 4 different starting QBs.
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RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - supafreak84 - 02-26-2025
I could see them bringing in a Brissett, Mariota, Winston type of backup. As a Colts fan, you'd have to hope Richardson having a full offseason healthy and not recovering from injury goes a long ways in his progression as a quarterback and he makes a big jump in that department
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - comet52 - 02-26-2025
Competition is the most overused, meaningless word when we talk about quarterbacks.
Teams draft guys high with expensive capital, they don't do this to have a competition. Sam Darnold didn't come here to compete with JJM and the fact he's on the way out the door after a decent year reinforces that reality.
Teams occasionally can sign or trade for a higher level guy. It's not to have a competition, especially not when you just paid a guy 40 million bucks. See Atlanta Falcons, Kirko for details.
If you decide to have a competition it's because you are pulling guys off the backup scrap heap and hoping maybe one of them will have a lucky year. A G.M. who says we need to have a competition is incompetent and/or bullshitting to cover his incompetence at finding a real qb.
Ballard should toss his hat into the "competition" to sign Sam, and help KAM make that tag and trade work by increasing the # of suitors. Ballard might salvage his job too, don't know. But Sam vs. Richardson wouldn't be a competition. Richardson can't hit the target half the time which is way low for the NFL. It's kind of an important skill when you're throwing the ball.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - StickierBuns - 02-27-2025
(02-26-2025, 05:48 PM)comet52 Wrote: Competition is the most overused, meaningless word when we talk about quarterbacks.
Teams draft guys high with expensive capital, they don't do this to have a competition. Sam Darnold didn't come here to compete with JJM and the fact he's on the way out the door after a decent year reinforces that reality.
Teams occasionally can sign or trade for a higher level guy. It's not to have a competition, especially not when you just paid a guy 40 million bucks. See Atlanta Falcons, Kirko for details.
If you decide to have a competition it's because you are pulling guys off the backup scrap heap and hoping maybe one of them will have a lucky year. A G.M. who says we need to have a competition is incompetent and/or bullshitting to cover his incompetence at finding a real qb.
Ballard should toss his hat into the "competition" to sign Sam, and help KAM make that tag and trade work by increasing the # of suitors. Ballard might salvage his job too, don't know. But Sam vs. Richardson wouldn't be a competition. Richardson can't hit the target half the time which is way low for the NFL. It's kind of an important skill when you're throwing the ball.
Agreed. That's why some fans wanting 'competition' for JJM is silly. He's a top 10 drafted QB they moved up for: here's the keys, lets see what you can do.
RE: Colts GM says to bring in 'real competition' for QB spot - medaille - 02-27-2025
I’d argue the opposite is what teams should do. If you have a perennial top 5 QB, then sure, don’t bring in competition, but if you’re one of the teams that has a guy that just isn’t getting you over the hump, you should be looking to upgrade via the draft and that means competition. Having one mid or raw QB and not having competition is the dumbest thing you can do in the NFL. The goal in the NFL is to find an elite QB. Once you have one, you can stop looking for another one, but until then the fastest way is to draft more QBs. We all think JJM is great, but unless he’s lights out amazing next year, we should absolutely be open to drafting a QB if one falls to us. With KOC as coach, you’re probably trading the lesser one for more than you paid to draft him. Being a top 10 QB doesn’t mean anything. Most top 10 QBs are outright busts or midlevel guys. As much as we all want to believe that JJM is the end of the search, statistically it’s smart to not put all your eggs in that one basket.
That said, I absolutely agree that the word competition is overused when it’s in reference to bringing in another subpar guy to compete with your existing subpar guy. In the Colts situation, I’m skeptical that they can bring in a legit competitor given how much competition there will be for the few options out there.