Backup QB

[Jacobarch]

I like AJ in his limited opportunities he performed ok with limited teams. Only thing I heard is he has an attitude

 

[NERamsFan]

Draft Minshew for backup!

 

[wild ram]

I guess the question is , has mannion improved after all these years ? What’s the cost & relationship with Goff.
Then who is available & does McVay want to become more innovated ? He was trying to hire the Cards head coach(new) as an offensive assistant. How would that have looked during the SuperBowl? That would have been a 3 H/c’s from McVays coaching tree.

 

[Loyal]

I'm not a fan. Guys like him just don't pan out. If you look at the players who have been steals on Day 2 and 3 at QB, they were typically guys who were lacking in the prototypical physical talent (whether that's size, arm strength, mobility, etc.) but made up for it in other areas. Guys who are elite in terms of the prototypical talent go in the first round if they're competent to good in the other areas. If they're available on Day 2 or Day 3, they have some major issues.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqPOwy_EuvU

 

[shaunpinney]

I voted for Mannion, because he obviously 'fits' with what McVay wants for the team. Personally, I don't get this backup QB malarkey, Goff has been a solid, un-injured starter for the Rams, even when he was being pummelled under the Fisher regime. If I HAD to choose an alternative player, I think it would be Fitz, but I wouldn't want to rely on him for more than one game, after 4 quarters Fitzmagic disappears...

I really don't want to see Bradford suit up in horns again, actually I don't want him to suit up again, retire and enjoy your $$$'s Sam! I also think that Bortles would need a lot of 'coaching' to get him to a 'happy-place' again. And I'd rather energy go into our starters.

I honestly don't get what you guys have against Mannion, McVay, obviously thinks he brings something? Maybe he's a great locker room guy and understands the system inside out, maybe he and Goff bounce off each other - we don't know, but McVay does.

 

[dieterbrock]

I honestly don't get what you guys have against Mannion, McVay, obviously thinks he brings something? Maybe he's a great locker room guy and understands the system inside out, maybe he and Goff bounce off each other - we don't know, but McVay does.

Mannion has everything you want from a backup except one thing, he’s not good at playing football....
Sure if Goff is going to have an Eli Manning type of career (in staying injury free, not comparing performance) any one of us could be backup qb. But short of that, and needing the backup to play some meaningful games, Mannion just doesn’t instill any confidence

 

[CGI_Ram]

Bradford is probably the best QB on that list, but I don’t see it happening.

Voted Bortles.

 

[shaunpinney]

Mannion has everything you want from a backup except one thing, he’s not good at playing football....
Sure if Goff is going to have an Eli Manning type of career (in staying injury free, not comparing performance) any one of us could be backup qb. But short of that, and needing the backup to play some meaningful games, Mannion just doesn’t instill any confidence

I'm not sure I agree there about Mannion, put him behind our 1st O-line and things may be different, we've not seen him with the 1st team, I'm more concerned with the interior of the O-line at the moment I guess... and I don't think Mannion is as bad as the rest of you guys.

 

[den-the-coach]

Bradford is probably the best QB on that list, but I don’t see it happening.

Voted Bortles.

 

[T-REX]

 

[Mojo Ram]

One things for sure, if Mannion is ever forced into duty no one will be complaining that McVay didn't run the ball enough.

 

[dieterbrock]

I'm not sure I agree there about Mannion, put him behind our 1st O-line and things may be different, we've not seen him with the 1st team, I'm more concerned with the interior of the O-line at the moment I guess... and I don't think Mannion is as bad as the rest of you guys.

I hear this defense of him, and it makes me shake my head. He hasn't looked good in pre-season games against inferior competition, hasn't looked good in spot play and looked pretty lousy in his start against the 49ers.
But he should be able to play with the 1st string so we know what he can really do? When did that become a thing? The way I've always known it, in all walks of life, is you gotta earn your way up. Back up guys have always gotten their shot by being impressive when called on.

 

[12intheBox]

View: https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1106658899858505728?s=21

 

[Farr Be It]

Bortles or Easton Stick

A bit skinny, for my taste. Besides, he tends to spray everything to right field...

Talent-wise Bradford is the best on that list, but he thinks he can still be a starter.

I voted other, because, God forbid, anything happens to Jared, I have to be able to stomach who we put behind center. Too many bad memories. I don’t think Sammy has it anymore. I trust Snead and McVay.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqPOwy_EuvU

Ahhh. Tommy the 6th rounder.

Thanks for posting that reminder to all of us. Talent scouts don’t know everything.

Unlike most of you, probably, I watched and was fascinated by that video. We can say what you want about Brady, and how he has taken two Super Bowl titles from our Rams, but he has heart and is a winner.

I have a love/hate thing with Brady because we are from the same neighborhood, played baseball on the same fields, same high school, same coaches, etc. We even both played catcher for Serra high.

It gave me chills seeing young Brady at Beresford park at the 1:30 mark of that video where I played my first little league games on the Mets.

Our home was just four blocks away from where Brady would be born a decade later. Lynn Swanns dad was the janitor of our school right at the corner and boasted to my dad the day in April, 1974 when we moved to San Mateo, that his son just got drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Who would think that two Super Bowl MVPs would come from that neighborhood.

 

[1maGoh]

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A bit skinny, for my taste. Besides, he tends to spray everything to right field...

I voted other, because, God forbid, anything happens to Jared, I have to be able to stomach who we put behind center. Too many bad memories. I don’t think Sammy has it anymore. I trust Snead and McVay.


Ahhh. Tommy the 6th rounder.

Thanks for posting that reminder to all of us. Talent scouts don’t know everything.

Unlike most of you, probably, I watched and was fascinated by that video. We can say what you want about Brady, and how he has taken two Super Bowl titles from our Rams, but he has heart and is a winner.

I have a love/hate thing with Brady because we are from the same neighborhood, played baseball on the same fields, same high school, same coaches, etc. We even both played catcher for Serra high.

It gave me chills seeing young Brady at Beresford park at the 1:30 mark of that video where I played my first little league games on the Mets.

Our home was just four blocks away from where Brady would be born a decade later. Lynn Swanns dad was the janitor of our school right at the corner and boasted to my dad the day in April, 1974 when we moved to San Mateo, that his son just got drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Who would think that two Super Bowl MVPs would come from that neighborhood.

He has no heart. He has no soul. He is everything that's wrong with the world.

 

[Liberator]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeSilver/status/1106725620828930049

 

[Ram65]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeSilver/status/1106725620828930049

He got my vote. Could win some games should JG get hurt for a short period. McVay may even help him gain some confidence. He has looked decent at times with the ability to scramble.

 

[Ramlock]

View: https://twitter.com/MikeSilver/status/1106725620828930049

Whoa

 

[LA_Rams_#29]

I'm not a fan. Guys like him just don't pan out. If you look at the players who have been steals on Day 2 and 3 at QB, they were typically guys who were lacking in the prototypical physical talent (whether that's size, arm strength, mobility, etc.) but made up for it in other areas. Guys who are elite in terms of the prototypical talent go in the first round if they're competent to good in the other areas. If they're available on Day 2 or Day 3, they have some major issues.

we can go back a few drafts and find first round pick QBs who were simply horrible...and some who are already out of the NFL....

I'd say that recent history shows that going with a guy who had actual physical talent and ability is a welcomed strategy...again considering how poorly so called prototypical talent guys have failed recently in the NFL..

Jackson has a ton of physical tools...he was the offensive MVP of the Senior Bowl..and the Rams have done well recently with guys from the Senior bowl.

would love to see what McVay could do with a QB with those tools....

 

[jrry32]

we can go back a few drafts and find first round pick QBs who were simply horrible...and some who are already out of the NFL....

I'd say that recent history shows that going with a guy who had actual physical talent and ability is a welcomed strategy...again considering how poorly so called prototypical talent guys have failed recently in the NFL..

Jackson has a ton of physical tools...he was the offensive MVP of the Senior Bowl..and the Rams have done well recently with guys from the Senior bowl.

would love to see what McVay could do with a QB with those tools....

We're not talking about first round picks. If Jackson is a first round pick, he's not in play for us. We're talking about QBs taken on Day 2, Day 3, or signed as UDFAs. Think of the successful ones from the past 20 or so years. I'll do my best to list them:
Tom Brady
Drew Brees
Kurt Warner
Brett Favre
Tony Romo
Russell Wilson
Marc Bulger
Kirk Cousins
Derek Carr
Andy Dalton
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Dak Prescott
Nick Foles
Tyrod Taylor
Colin Kaepernick
David Garrard
Kyle Orton
Jimmy Garoppolo
Matt Schaub
Jake Delhomme

Those are the guys I can remember. Of that list, the only guys I'd consider as having great/elite physical tools were Favre, Kaepernick, and Derek Carr. And all of those guys were second round picks.

The welcome strategy in picking QBs outside the first round is finding the guys who have traits that compensate for the area(s) where they are lacking. A 6'7" 250 pound QB who runs a 4.59 40 with a cannon for an arm isn't falling out of the first round unless he's majorly deficient in other areas. In Jackson's case, he has a slow release, scattershot accuracy/touch, and far too many inconsistencies when it comes to reading the field.

Simply put, I want QBs whose best traits are accuracy, mental acuity, and pocket presence. If they're strong in those areas, you can work around deficiencies elsewhere. Those are the keys to success. Those aren't Jackson's strengths.