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HOFER! ~ ROD -2020Interesting this discussion is still going on since most of this board said he was a legit starting QB a few months ago.
HOFER! ~ ROD -2020Interesting this discussion is still going on since most of this board said he was a legit starting QB a few months ago.
Interesting this discussion is still going on since most of this board said he was a legit starting QB a few months ago.
Agree.A lot of you act like you have a complex understanding of the limitations and capabilities of a guy that’s attempted 38 career passes. You guys should be GMs if you can evaluate talent at that level, 38 passes and we have our answer wouldn’t take your team more than 1 game to know if they found their answer at QB.
Seriously? Is Wolford a top tier backup? Based on what? A better question would be....Can Wolford even meet the bare minimum requirement of a NFL backup qb and remain physically available to play?
The best Backup QB is the one who never has to playA lot of you act like you have a complex understanding of the limitations and capabilities of a guy that’s attempted 38 career passes. You guys should be GMs if you can evaluate talent at that level, 38 passes and we have our answer wouldn’t take your team more than 1 game to know if they found their answer at QB.
Seriously? Is Wolford a top tier backup? Based on what? A better question would be....Can Wolford even meet the bare minimum requirement of a NFL backup qb and remain physically available to play?
A top end backup QB? Are you kidding me?
The guy has literally never thrown a TD in the NFL.
Maybe he will turn out okay, but I hope he never has to take another snap for us.
I know we have not seen much, but the fact that majority of the team were disappointed that
he couldn't go against Green Bay says a lot.( this is from Lindsey Thiry's article.)
Mcvay seems to have a lot of faith in him as well.
The guy has been one of the first guys in and last to leave every day since he was on the practice squad.
I think he could come in and give us a chance to win week in and out.
He is a cerebral guy who probably knows this system better than anyone on the roster at this point.
So to answer your question, I do believe he is a legit backup and I feel far more comfortable
with him than some of our backups from the past.
This 100%. Austin Davis on limited snaps was given the same kind of hype and seems a pretty similar player. And where is he now? Yeah still a backup. Wolford is an adequate backup who will move around the league or stay in LA as the clipboard savior.From his small sample size, I like what I've seen. But similar can be said of Austin Davis before he started more games and was exposed more for inherent weaknesses. But for now I'm good with Wolf.
Add Tom Brady to your list.Honestly, not quite sure what point you're making here.
If your point is, "the odds of winning a Super Bowl with a backup QB are about the same as winning the lottery," I'd of course have to strongly disagree. I looked it up, and backup QB's have won the Super Bowl an astonishing NINE times!
The list:
Earl Morrall
Nick Foles
Kurt Warner
Tom Brady
Doug Williams
Jeff Hosteler
Roger Staubach
Trent Dilfer
Jim Plunkett
So of course I'd strongly disagree with your prior statement that, "If your starting QB goes down, your season is pretty much over."
So yes, backup QB's definitely CAN take their teams all the way to the promised land, and it's actually not as rare as one would think.
A totally separate question: "Is Wolford capable of taking this team all the way, if Stafford got hurt?" Obviously McVay seems to think the answer is yes. And I agree with McVay.