Report: Grossman Starting on Sunday

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mooby

8 games? W/e qb we pick, I don't think he'll be as highly regarded as Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Matthew Stafford, Mark Sanchez, or Sam Bradford, but if he impresses in training camp and preseason I don't see why the coaching staff wouldn't make him the starter from day 1. Like you said the days of giving them a year on the bench or more are gone unless they were drafted later on and still had a lot to learn. But if we take a guy in the first round I wouldn't be suprised if he was the starter from day 1, recent evidence has shown that putting a guy in there early and letting him take his lumps hasn't proven to be a bad thing.

I only say that because Cutler sat until week 13 during his rookie year, and probably would have sat the entire year if Plummer wasn't stinking it up so bad. And with Grossman showing he can be a decent short term starter, no need to toss a rook in there on day 1 unless he just absolutely blows the doors off the place.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I only say that because Cutler sat until week 13 during his rookie year, and probably would have sat the entire year if Plummer wasn't stinking it up so bad. And with Grossman showing he can be a decent short term starter, no need to toss a rook in there on day 1 unless he just absolutely blows the doors off the place.

True. I'm not completely sold on Grossman yet either, I'd like to see how he plays against the Jags and Giants d before we anoit him a nice short term solution. If he does play well against both there's no reason why we can't let him continue to play if we do go qb in the first round next year, and let the qb sit as long as Grossman plays good. But if Grossman does start stinking up the joint next season, and it's not because of something out of his control like the o-line stinking, I'd give him the hook. And in the off-chance he has a great season next year, well then no need to rush a rook in there.

Right now though, it's nice that he had a good game against Dallas, but we need to see some consistency before decisions are made.