Backup QB Options the Rams Have To Consider after Sean Mannion's Preseason Debacle

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Which QB would you grab?

  • Colt McCoy

    Votes: 11 14.5%
  • Kyle Sloter

    Votes: 8 10.5%
  • Robert Griffin III

    Votes: 40 52.6%
  • Other (comment below)

    Votes: 17 22.4%

  • Total voters
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bubbaramfan

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Rams would have to be nuts to brig Kaperdink in. TMZ, Paperazzi, RuPaul and every other nutjob reporter would turn Rams camp into a three ring circus.
They'll be asking every Ram player " are you going to knell for the anthem? Why? Why not?

Rams want distraction, sign Kaperdink.
 

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For me, no stipulations. It's LA. His protest probably helps the Rams there. :LOL:
Really man? I think the pending media coverage and circus would hurt us more than anything with all the distraction etc. I guess there would be a certain level of it regardless anyways with his singing I suppose. still can't believe I typed picking him up.
 

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Really man? I think the pending media coverage and circus would hurt us more than anything with all the distraction etc. I guess there would be a certain level of it regardless anyways with his singing I suppose. still can't believe I typed picking him up.

I doubt it. And it might even attract us new fans. There's quite a history with the LAPD (plus, it's California).
 

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No to RGMe. I'd like a guy like Moore. A veteran that could pick things up faster. I expect Mannion to play better next game, but never viewed him as a starter, which is what he would be if Goff is injured. Snead best get to studying QBs for next year. I think it's too late to find a good back up this season. I was hoping the Rams could have drafted Luke Falk.
 

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No to RGMe. I'd like a guy like Moore. A veteran that could pick things up faster. I expect Mannion to play better next game, but never viewed him as a starter, which is what he would be if Goff is injured. Snead best get to studying QBs for next year. I think it's too late to find a good back up this season. I was hoping the Rams could have drafted Luke Falk.

Falk is reportedly struggling due to a lack of arm talent (namely, arm strength). Then again, the guy I liked, Logan Woodside, can't even get on the field. :LOL:
 

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Stand back and let the cream separate itself. One, or two, or three, will become available, probably, because of politics, or draft position, more than anything.
 

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These names people are throwing around are depressing. I'd honestly just as soon try Hekker. It'd be fun.
 

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Do we really think that Mannion IS as bad as the reports state? To me it sounds like there was some serious vanilla on the playing field from the Rams, unlike Baltimore. I trust McVay's opinion here, he knows what he's got in the players (including the depth guys) - he did ok last year ;)

I'd like to see Mannion run out again, but tbh I'd also like to see Perez on the field, it could be fun ;)
 

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Good grief, let’s wait and see how he plays in the next one before we hit the panic button.

I’m sure if is actually as bad as he looked (2’s vs 1’s) last week, McVay would have launched him already.
 

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you know, Dickie V will be wearing red and doing the Chiefs Chant!

Chiefs have always been my second favorite team (if there is such a thing), but needed to change it up a bit and I have the same Ram outfit so away we go, but back by popular demand.
 
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Cardale, Jones, and Geno Smith are also in tough #2 battles. I saw good things from both, but IMO, I like Cardale more as a teammate..

I'd stay away from both, Smith proved a failure in New York both with the Jets & Giants and Jones although has talent from the neck up is worth a dime.
 

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Fun little column...

By definition, a pre-season game can’t be a debacle.

But, what would a game be without fan overreaction?

Carry on!
 

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Fun little column...

By definition, a pre-season game can’t be a debacle.

But, what would a game be without fan overreaction?

Carry on!
Agreed.
Mannion looked bad, but, playing the first action of the year with back up or rookies guys....we don't know how many incompletions are not on him.
The drop by Hemingway was obvious but who knows how many routes the receivers blew.
Maybe none, maybe a bunch.
 

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Do we really think that Mannion IS as bad as the reports state? To me it sounds like there was some serious vanilla on the playing field from the Rams, unlike Baltimore. I trust McVay's opinion here, he knows what he's got in the players (including the depth guys) - he did ok last year ;)

I'd like to see Mannion run out again, but tbh I'd also like to see Perez on the field, it could be fun ;)
Mannion has never looked good in any game, preseason or regular season, in the NFL. The reports on him have always been bad, and we're only fooling ourselves if we think that he is suddenly going to get better.

Do you really want Mannion to be the Rams starting QB if Goff went down with an injury? No we need a decent backup. Could Brandon Allen be that guy? We don't know, and apparently McVay is not convinced of that, other wise Mannion wouldn't have been starting for the first half of the Baltimore game.

Obviously we need to get a quality back up for Goff, one with NFL experience.
 

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Mannion has never looked good in any game, preseason or regular season, in the NFL. The reports on him have always been bad, and we're only fooling ourselves if we think that he is suddenly going to get better.

Do you really want Mannion to be the Rams starting QB if Goff went down with an injury? No we need a decent backup. Could Brandon Allen be that guy? We don't know, and apparently McVay is not convinced of that, other wise Mannion wouldn't have been starting for the first half of the Baltimore game.

Obviously we need to get a quality back up for Goff, one with NFL experience.

I hear what you're saying, I really do, but everyone seems to expect us to get a starting quality QB and just sit him behind Goff, almost willing Goff to go down with a season ending injury and for the underdog QB to do a #13 and take us to the SB. I for one hope that Goff DOESN'T get injured.

Elite depth at key positions like QB, LT, RB etc don't just happen - look at what happened to Green Bay when ARod went down - if you lose your keystone playmaker (QB) you can't expect a guy that's been sitting on a bench just step in and beat teams, thats when the rest f the team come into play. I recon if you stick ANY of the QBs on our roster right now behind our starting O-Line with Gurley, Cooks, Woods and Kupp, then they will make plays AND hopefully our ST and D step up and secure a win.

I think some guys keep thinking that there's a Kurt Warner stashed away somewhere - that type of thing only happens once in a lifetime BUT look at the supporting cast he had: Faulk, Bruce, Holt, Pace etc... that's not too shabby now is it?

Please guys, this (seemingly) panic needs to stop...
 

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I hear what you're saying, I really do, but everyone seems to expect us to get a starting quality QB and just sit him behind Goff, almost willing Goff to go down with a season ending injury and for the underdog QB to do a #13 and take us to the SB. I for one hope that Goff DOESN'T get injured.

Elite depth at key positions like QB, LT, RB etc don't just happen - look at what happened to Green Bay when ARod went down - if you lose your keystone playmaker (QB) you can't expect a guy that's been sitting on a bench just step in and beat teams, thats when the rest f the team come into play. I recon if you stick ANY of the QBs on our roster right now behind our starting O-Line with Gurley, Cooks, Woods and Kupp, then they will make plays AND hopefully our ST and D step up and secure a win.

I think some guys keep thinking that there's a Kurt Warner stashed away somewhere - that type of thing only happens once in a lifetime BUT look at the supporting cast he had: Faulk, Bruce, Holt, Pace etc... that's not too shabby now is it?

Please guys, this (seemingly) panic needs to stop...
But Roman Gabriel was a back up for 3 years.:cool:
 

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Good God not David Fales again? I get the man crush and his career passing percentage is 64.6% with one TD and one interception for the 28 year old out of San Jose State.
Martz saw something in Adam Gase. Gase sees something in Fales. Had him in Chicago, brought him in again in Miami. Sometimes a 28 year old QB just needs a chance. Maybe Tannehill gets rolled up on in preseason and he leads the most prolific NFL offense in modern history to a Super Bowl.
It could happen.
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