I'm sorry but you're just wrong. That point of view is very narrow minded...
look at Drew Brees after the 2003 season... Look at Steve Young...
You're telling saying this guy sucks in his first 18 games, but I'm telling you that he shows enough upside and promise that if you stick with him, he's the QB of your future. Guss Ferotte is certainly not.
Moving on... did you ever stop to think why they're putting in this veteran?
Because Brad Childress is a playoff or bust situation, especially after how the organization treated Tice (I'm not saying that Tice was good, but that the organization paid him the lowest and showed him and Dennis Green no respect).
Childress doesn't care about the future, but his job.