ChattanoogaBills Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Yeah lets get a one legged QB to be Allen's back-up. I mean who needs locker room chemistry. These guys are like playing Madden. They have no emotions and everyone will want to be JA's big brother instead of trying to undermine and unseat him as a starter. (Sarcasm included) I really wish we had a age limit for posters. Either that or posters need to act their age.
MJS Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 4 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said: Have you ever seen either of those QBs you listed actually play? Glennon is beyond ***** and his stints in Tampa, Chicago, Arizona and Oakland prove that. Blake Bortles is a poor mans Trent Dilfer and idk even know where to begin with Siemian. Watch tape of him in Denver and ask yourself is that who you want as a back up. none of these guys are competition for Barkley. Barkley would most likely kick their all their asses in competition and I would put money on that That's all meaningless fluff. Literally what makes Barkley better? They have all played more and won far more games than Barkley. 1
ColoradoBills Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 The Redskins would trade Alex Smith AND a draft pick for someone foolish enough to take his contract off their hands. Smith is not retiring until he gets all of his guaranteed money. I will be shocked if Alex takes another game day snap.
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 10 hours ago, MJS said: Flacco looked pretty bad. Not sure he'd be an upgrade over Barkley. Haha, this is a bad take. Bad Joe Flacco last year had 6 td to 5 in and a 85 qb rating. Barkley has 10 td to 21 int and a 66 rating for his career. Next to Nate Peterman, he might be statistically the worst qb in the nfl. Almost any veteran qb is an upgrade. But he is a really, really nice guy. Just doesn’t have a nfl arm. 5 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said: Have you ever seen either of those QBs you listed actually play? Glennon is beyond ***** and his stints in Tampa, Chicago, Arizona and Oakland prove that. Blake Bortles is a poor mans Trent Dilfer and idk even know where to begin with Siemian. Watch tape of him in Denver and ask yourself is that who you want as a back up. none of these guys are competition for Barkley. Barkley would most likely kick their all their asses in competition and I would put money on that This is a candidate for most ? take on this board ever!!! Are you sure you are taking about Matt Barkley (super nice guy) and not another player? 1
FLFan Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Smith is lucky to be alive and even luckier to still have two legs. He would have to be crazy to be play again and any team encouraging him to do so, even more crazy.
That's No Moon Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 15 hours ago, The Fiend said: I am not sure if Alex Smith would accept a backup role. Alex Smith is lucky to have a leg right now. He's not the starter in Washington IF he comes back and nobody else in the league is going to hand him the keys until they see if he can play. Couple that with the fact that the Redskins would have to eat a 32M cap hit if they moved him this year and that next year, when they can get away from him for only an 11M hit, Smith will be 37 years old with a horrendous injury history I think it's likely that he will either be a backup or not in the NFL in 2021. 1
ChattanoogaBills Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Does the OP know Barkley isn't here to play on Sunday's. Barkley is here as a fluffer between Allen and the coaching staff. He does that probably better than anyone else you can name to upgrade too. 1
MJS Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, BuffaloBills1998 said: Have you ever seen either of those QBs you listed actually play? Glennon is beyond ***** and his stints in Tampa, Chicago, Arizona and Oakland prove that. Blake Bortles is a poor mans Trent Dilfer and idk even know where to begin with Siemian. Watch tape of him in Denver and ask yourself is that who you want as a back up. none of these guys are competition for Barkley. Barkley would most likely kick their all their asses in competition and I would put money on that Blake Bortles has thrown over 100 TD in this league. He has a 4,500 yard, 35 TD season under his belt. He went 10-6 and took his team to the playoffs one year. On the other hand you have Barkley who has thrown more than twice as many INT's as TD's. Somehow he is better than Bortles? Glennon has thrown 36 TD's to 20 INT's. A far better ratio than Barkley. Siemian has gone 13-12 as a starter and thrown 30 TD's to 24 INT's. Far better than Barkley. So all three QB's have won more, have better stats, and have far more playing experience than Barkley. In what world is Barkley better than them in any quantifiable manner? Don't bother answering because your response will just be "Dude, they effing suck! Have you seen them play?!" Yes I've seen them play and I've seen them win games and in the case of Bortles I've seen him beat the Bills in the playoffs. They aren't good enough to be starters (obviously) but they could be better backups than Barkley. 16 minutes ago, ChattanoogaBills said: Does the OP know Barkley isn't here to play on Sunday's. Barkley is here as a fluffer between Allen and the coaching staff. He does that probably better than anyone else you can name to upgrade too. Backup QB's have to play sometimes. Plenty of guys are good at holding a clip board. Barkley doesn't do anything special as a backup that others couldn't do. What specifically are you referring to that he does well that another more capable backup couldn't do? Be Allen's friend? Edited April 5, 2020 by MJS 1
ChattanoogaBills Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, MJS said: Backup QB's have to play sometimes. Plenty of guys are good at holding a clip board. Barkley doesn't do anything special as a backup that others couldn't do. What specifically are you referring to that he does well that another more capable backup couldn't do? Be Allen's friend? Be Josh Allens friend/mentor is exactly right. Someone Allen can trust and confide in as a young QB outweighs the remote possibility of needing Barkley to ever take a snap. As we all know Josh is by nowhere a finished product. He needs a nurturing environment to continue his development imo. Bringing in a QB with more success and a higher aspiration of starting can divide the locker room and derail a season. No thank you on a veteran QB upgrade for this year. We can do that next year. Edited April 5, 2020 by ChattanoogaBills 1 1
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Great idea! Lets replace Barkley who has bee n in the offense and worked with Allen for two years now with a guy who hasn't played football in two years, doesn't know the offense or the players in a season where they likely will be limited off-season work. Keep these coming! 1
WhoTom Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 14 hours ago, Buffalo03 said: Where the hell do people come up with this word that starts with an S and ends with a T, with an H and an I in the middle? I mean seriously 1
BillsFan17 Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Yeah, I would gladly trade in my current backup for an upgrade who cant even play the sport.
Mike in Horseheads Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) I'm not sure why Joe Flacco flunked his physical but if he can get healthy I'd take him in a heartbeat over Barkley Edited April 5, 2020 by Mike in Horseheads
Big Turk Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 Uhh...seriously? This dude has had 17+ leg operations is lucky to be alive let alone still have his leg and be able to walk and you think anyone is clearing him medically? There is a negative chance any NFL team ever clears him to play again and he is an idiot for even attempting it.
Just Joshin' Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) I can understand the argument that Barkley can be upgraded. I do not see the argument that Smith is that solution. He is a health risk and if he retires he gives up his guaranteed money. By all accounts Smith is a smart person and why jeopardize his health to be a backup? Lastly why waste the cap $ and draft picks to acquire? All in all, a weak case on why make him the backup. Edited April 5, 2020 by Just Joshin'
MJS Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, ChattanoogaBills said: Be Josh Allens friend/mentor is exactly right. Someone Allen can trust and confide in as a young QB outweighs the remote possibility of needing Barkley to ever take a snap. As we all know Josh is by nowhere a finished product. He needs a nurturing environment to continue his development imo. Bringing in a QB with more success and a higher aspiration of starting can divide the locker room and derail a season. No thank you on a veteran QB upgrade for this year. We can do that next year. Allen sounds pretty fragile.
ChattanoogaBills Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, MJS said: Allen sounds pretty fragile. Wow he seems the opposite to me. I think all the posters saying we need to upgrade our backup QB is making you feel like Allens fragile. Im describing a QB so raw coming from college. That it was thought by many scouts, gm's etc. He would need atleast 2 years on the bench learning before he would be nfl ready to play. That Allen was 10,000 QB reps behind Baker Mayfield. Well i for one am glad Beane and McDermott AREN'T going to bring in someone else to take Barkley's job this year. So that should tell anyone else thinking otherwise they're wrong. Edited April 5, 2020 by ChattanoogaBills
BuffaloBills1998 Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 4 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: Haha, this is a bad take. Bad Joe Flacco last year had 6 td to 5 in and a 85 qb rating. Barkley has 10 td to 21 int and a 66 rating for his career. Next to Nate Peterman, he might be statistically the worst qb in the nfl. Almost any veteran qb is an upgrade. But he is a really, really nice guy. Just doesn’t have a nfl arm. This is a candidate for most ? take on this board ever!!! Are you sure you are taking about Matt Barkley (super nice guy) and not another player? Yes I’m talking about Matt Barkley. Glennon, Bortles and Flacco are worthless. If you sign these guys you have to teach them the whole offensive system from the ground up while Barkley already knows the system that’s already in place. None of the guys that are mentioned are a number 2 option lol. I can’t think of a QB that’s as bad as Bortles and Glennon and even Flacco. Gross list. If we really wanted a Frank Reich type of back up then we should’ve went after Foles
Dopey Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 For his own sake, he should retire. He's made a ton of $ and has a beautiful family. When healthy, a QB is one hit away from a devastating injury. When you are lucky to still have that leg... Channel your energy into something else.
KD in CA Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said: Great idea! Lets replace Barkley who has bee n in the offense and worked with Allen for two years now with a guy who hasn't played football in two years, doesn't know the offense or the players in a season where they likely will be limited off-season work. Keep these coming! It's hard to get enough back-up QB threads during a normal off-season. Throw in a global pandemic/forced isolation and the sky really is the limit! 1
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