Quote: @"greediron" said:
Crappy speculation from Bleacher report based on Tomasson tweets. Oh boy. And with the continued harping on the "Zimmer never committed to Keenum" line.
You have to be careful with Tomasson's tweets. I sat in my first Zimmer press conference on Sunday, and it is clear that he is annoyed by Tomasson. Chris asked 3 questions of Mike on Sunday, and each was met with either yes, or no answers.
Personally, I think it is a bit unfortunate that Case was not better supported by Mike publically, until his play was so good, he simply had to start.
I have no idea where Bridgewater stands, he just feels like he is on the outside looking in since the Washington game. I think (but don't know) that he expected to be re-inserted as the starter by the last 4-5 games. I think had Sam been healthy all year, he would not have expected to supplant a guy who had been starting most of the 2 years he was out.
And then Sam. He has a whale of talent, is still young at 30, but is injury-prone. Just a fact. Physically, he is bigger than Case or Teddy. Case has the best mobility to buy time, Sam the most accurate, and Teddy is a mixed bag - usually calm in the pocket, can read a defense and doesn't make a ton of mistakes, but also had been very iffy on his passing game beyond 20 yards.
So, all that said, if I am the coach - these are the things I do (in order of preference)
* Sign both Bradford and Keenum for about $25M-$30M a year. Figure out in the first year, which one is the guy. Let Bridgewater go in FA
* Sign either Bradford or Keenum and keep Bridgewater - similar price tag.
* Keep just Bradford and go with Sloter as the #2
* Keep just Keenum and go with Sloter as the #2
* Go get Kirk Cousins and go with Sloter as the #2
* Go get Alex Smith and go with Sloter as the #2 (at 33, Smith is a short term fix, then Sloter in 2-3 years)
* Go with Bridgewater and go with Sloter as the #2 (I don't hate Bridgewater, but I just don't know if we have the Bridgewater we had right before he got hurt, or a changed QB. He had been more of a game manager for his first 2 years, and seemed about to break through in preseason 2016, but we have almost no data points except his short 2017 debut vs Cincy)
My biggest fear is that we have our QB for the next 5 years on our roster now, and we decide to let him go and he blows-it-up somewhere else, while we keep the one who either gets injured or doesn't pan out (like Randall Cunningham in 1999, while Brad Johnson went on to great success in Washington and a Super Bowl title in Tampa)