Should the Bengals be shopping for backup QB?

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(08-26-2023, 04:25 PM)TheFan Wrote: Why would you have traded a 4th round pick for Lance? A guy who just got beat out by a 7th round pick, Sam Darnold, and possibly Brandon Allen.

Trey Lance is probably one of, if not the, worst draft picks in NFL history. He was never good and has thrown the ball less in his entire football career (high school, college, and NFL) than Burrow did in 1 year at LSU. There's 0 reason to think he could ever be anything in this league let alone giving up draft picks and paying the salary he'll be making.

There is no reason for us to get Lance, but I can see why a team that doesn't have a guaranteed 10+ year starter at QB like us would keep him around.  As a franchise we've been pretty fortunate in getting Palmer, Dalton, and Burrow in the sense that all 3 were our first shots to replace the QB and all 3 worked out.  Other teams have had to kick more tires than us in the past 20 years.

Dallas wasn't my first guess for him, but I think the Buccaneers are either hoping Mayfield get back to form or is bad enough that they can get a top pick for a QB in 2024.  Dallas is pretty weird when you think they've spent the past 20 years with over the hill 1st round picks in Testaverde and Bledsoe, then they had UDFA Romo and 4th round pick Dak Prescott.