Rank our Backup QB

[Shake n Blake]

(05-27-2016, 01:28 PM)Savagehenry54 Wrote: Campbell played like a bum for us.  The 08 team was turrible, Fitz did what he could and though the results weren't great, you could tell he was solid and that's why he's since gotten the opportunities that he has.  McCarron showed enough that not nearly every qb who ever started a game and is still in the league is better which is what some of the lists of guys being posted almost amounted to.  He had a playoff game won for us, it was done and only the worst choke job in history changed it.  For getting his first starts in a playoff race and then a wildcard game to perform as well as he did was huge and I can't really relate to people not being happy about him as our backup, or the submitting that about 15 guys including proven hacks regardless of their larger body of work would be a better option.

Campbell didn't play for us, so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. What Fitz did was post a 70.0 passer rating and an Akili Smith-like 5.1 YPA here. Dude had Housh, Kelly, and a hobbled Chad. Not the best but I wouldn't say the weapons were turrible. At least not enough to justify how awful he was. 

Fitz got an opportunity in Buffalo because Trent Edwards got injured. He then ran with that opportunity and posted great numbers. So to say he got opportunities elsewhere because of what he did in Cincy is kinda silly considering he was still a backup when he left. Buffalo is where he made a name for himself.

I like McCarron and I think he's the best backup we've had since Kitna, but it boggles my mind why people think he's clutch. Kid fumbled away the game in Denver (costing us a BYE) and crapped his pants for 3.5 quarters vs Pittsburgh. You slap a Dalton name plate on his jersey and people would be ripping him for a choke job fumble in Denver and ripping him for 3 fumbles and an INT against Pittsburgh. He only hung 16 on an absolute joke of a defense. With all these weapons? That's clutch? Pfff...

I'm not sure where I'd rank Mac as a backup. Top 10 for now probably, but there are some good ones out there other than McCarron and it doesn't seem like some on here are willing to acknowledge that. I'd say there's around a dozen backups that you could at least make an argument that they're as solid or more so at the moment.