EmotionallyUnstable Posted August 15, 2013 Author Posted August 15, 2013 Not tuel?!? He will be playing LG
Kelly the Dog Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 To me this means that EJ may start game three, the big one. Unless Kolb clearly outplays EJ for a week straight and wins the job.
Meatloaf Sandwich Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) That's cute giving Kolb one last chance. It was a 100% kolb was going to start Friday or the "competition" would have been over. Edited August 15, 2013 by Meatloaf Sandwich
EmotionallyUnstable Posted August 15, 2013 Author Posted August 15, 2013 To me this means that EJ may start game three, the big one. Unless Kolb clearly outplays EJ for a week straight and wins the job. Good point. I just wish EJ was getting as many reps with the 1's as possible.
NoSaint Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 To me this means that EJ may start game three, the big one. Unless Kolb clearly outplays EJ for a week straight and wins the job. If I had to go far out on a limb guessing wildly - the plan was likely kolb week one, ej week two, name a starter week three and stick with him til you can't anymore.
jaybee Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 To me this means that EJ may start game three, the big one. Unless Kolb clearly outplays EJ for a week straight and wins the job. Coach said Kolb was scheduled to start game 1 and EJ game 2. He swapped it due to Kolbs' injury. Beyond that, anyone's guess.
NoSaint Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Coach said Kolb was scheduled to start game 1 and EJ game 2. He swapped it due to Kolbs' injury. Beyond that, anyone's guess. Ah, I never heard that. I guess my common sense guess was in fact common sense.
kasper13 Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 What did Kolb do to earn the start? Hurt his knee then left camp and missed over a week of practice. Kolb should get scrub time. EJ should get the start at home. He earned it. I'm obviously not the coach but I think it's crap.
EmotionallyUnstable Posted August 15, 2013 Author Posted August 15, 2013 What did Kolb do to earn the start? Hurt his knee then left camp and missed over a week of practice. Kolb should get scrub time. EJ should get the start at home. He earned it. I'm obviously not the coach but I think it's crap. This. Talk about killing a kids momentum.
jaybee Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Ah, I never heard that. I guess my common sense guess was in fact common sense. It was JUST said, thats why. Coach said exactly that in his post practice conference. About 10 minutes ago !!
NoSaint Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 What did Kolb do to earn the start? Hurt his knee then left camp and missed over a week of practice. Kolb should get scrub time. EJ should get the start at home. He earned it. I'm obviously not the coach but I think it's crap. It's almost like he has an extended résumé in addition to coaches seeing a lot more than we do. Also that its preseason so its not like we're benching ej.
Kelly the Dog Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Coach said Kolb was scheduled to start game 1 and EJ game 2. He swapped it due to Kolbs' injury. Beyond that, anyone's guess. That's kind of what I meant. EJ starting game 3 makes logical sense now because of the injury, and it allows the team to still show a fairness to the team and fans. If Marrone were to start Kolb in game 2 and 3, it would be somewhat making a statement that Kolb has taking the lead in the race. This way, it sets EJ up to win the job.
Coach Tuesday Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 I understand coach's reasoning, but IMO E.J. needs more time against first-string defenses. If he ends up winning the job he will have had several drives against a real NFL defense. That's nuts to me.
mitchmurraydowntown Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Let Kolb start, it's game 2 pre-season not regular season.
Meatloaf Sandwich Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 I understand coach's reasoning, but IMO E.J. needs more time against first-string defenses. If he ends up winning the job he will have had several drives against a real NFL defense. That's nuts to me. That's what happens with rookies...
NoSaint Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 I understand coach's reasoning, but IMO E.J. needs more time against first-string defenses. If he ends up winning the job he will have had several drives against a real NFL defense. That's nuts to me. No offense but I think your overrating the value of a handful of preseason drives. In the end ej may still get early reps, or even more reps than kolb in the game. I don't think an extra 5-10 or so passing plays against the 1s instead of 2s will change his progression at all. It also pushes him to keep fighting - all in all I don't think it's a big deal. While your approach may be logical I don't think this is nuts.
Coach Tuesday Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) No offense but I think your overrating the value of a handful of preseason drives. In the end ej may still get early reps, or even more reps than kolb in the game. I don't think an extra 5-10 or so passing plays against the 1s instead of 2s will change his progression at all. It also pushes him to keep fighting - all in all I don't think it's a big deal. While your approach may be logical I don't think this is nuts. I guess I misspoke. Yes, it's the typical and logical state of affairs. It's nuts to me that a rookie QB is not more battle-tested by the time he sees live action. I can't imagine being in that situation, personally. Although I guess it's not that different from what they've been doing and preparing for their entire lives... Edited August 15, 2013 by Coach Tuesday
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