Updated: Discuss our Backup QB Situation (formerly Byron Leftwich)

[GTripp0012]

I like Byron Leftwich a lot, but the time to jump on him would have been last year when his value as at it's lowest. Thanks to some good performances as backup QB of the Super Bowl Champs, Leftwich's value is back in line with his talent level, and we would be competing with teams that want him as a starter.

Bottom line: Leftwich would have been a good fit here in the past, but our current situation doesn't warrant any serious interest in him right now.

[irish]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I like Byron Leftwich a lot, but the time to jump on him would have been last year when his value as at it's lowest. Thanks to some good performances as backup QB of the Super Bowl Champs, Leftwich's value is back in line with his talent level, and we would be competing with teams that want him as a starter.

Bottom line: Leftwich would have been a good fit here in the past, but our current situation doesn't warrant any serious interest in him right now.

I also cant help thinking why would BL want to leave a perennial contender like Pgh to come to the Skins. I know he's from DC but Pgh is only 4 hours from here so he's not far from his family.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by irish

I also cant help thinking why would BL want to leave a perennial contender like Pgh to come to the Skins. I know he's from DC but Pgh is only 4 hours from here so he's not far from his family.

He's already got a ring from Pittsburg. Why would he want to stay with them as a backup, making backup money, and know that he would never get the chance to start unless Big Ben got hurt?

He's still fairly young, is a free agent, and the redskins are the team he presumably grew up rooting for. If he felt he had a chance to come here, get starting money, and actually get to PLAY for the team he loves, why stay in pittsburg and sit on a bench the rest of his career?

[irish]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

He's already got a ring from Pittsburg. Why would he want to stay with them as a backup, making backup money, and know that he would never get the chance to start unless Big Ben got hurt?

He's still fairly young, is a free agent, and the redskins are the team he presumably grew up rooting for. If he felt he had a chance to come here, get starting money, and actually get to PLAY for the team he loves, why stay in pittsburg and sit on a bench the rest of his career?

There are only a few teams where BL could go and be a starter and the Skins are one of those teams for sure but in the big picture BL is a back up and if one is going to be a back up the Steelers arent a bad team to back up on.