The "Inside Word" on the QB Search

[Alvin Walton]

If the Vikings do land RGIII would Redskins fans be interested in modest trade for Ponder?

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

If the Vikings do land RGIII would Redskins fans be interested in modest trade for Ponder?

Sure why not? I didn't really like him in college and honestly don't ever see him as a franchise QB but serviceable. I still want Manning next year

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Sure why not? I didn't really like him in college and honestly don't ever see him as a franchise QB but serviceable. I still want Manning next year

Yea....in a sense that he would compete for a starting spot vs Tannehill or whoever.....I'm not sold that Ponder is a solution to our problems but I'd rather have him in the stable than Grossman.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

If the Vikings do land RGIII would Redskins fans be interested in modest trade for Ponder?

Yes, but not at anywhere near the inflated value they drafted him at. I would consider giving them a #2 pick for him assuming we have not already landed a QB of the future some other way.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

If the Vikings do land RGIII would Redskins fans be interested in modest trade for Ponder?

I would prefer Ponder to Sam Bradford. I thought Ponder displayed a better arm last year (maybe because of indoor home games?) than he did in college. He made all the throws. His problem was that he misread a lot of coverages as a rookie. Bradford's problems are more about physical limitation.

[mbedner3420]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I would prefer Ponder to Sam Bradford. I thought Ponder displayed a better arm last year (maybe because of indoor home games?) than he did in college. He made all the throws. His problem was that he misread a lot of coverages as a rookie. Bradford's problems are more about physical limitation.

Really? I never really thought arm strength was Bradford's issue. Then again, I never really watched the Rams beyond the one Redskins game...

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by mbedner3420

Really? I never really thought arm strength was Bradford's issue. Then again, I never really watched the Rams beyond the one Redskins game...

It's not arm strength that's the issue. It's not accuracy that's the issue. It's that the ball very often dives or sails on him when he's forced to quickly reset, which was pretty much all year this year because the Rams OL was trash.

Bradford is plenty smart enough to get it, but he came into the league really smart, and he's struggled to overcome himself, not to mention his own offense.

Ponder is far from a finished product, but he makes plays. Once he cuts the mistakes out, I think he'll be a very good pro starter. Ponder's problem is he's got to figure out a way to survive as a starter in this league even though the position prototype is shifting away from people who look like him. Bradford looks the part, but his obvious limitations always have me scratching my head as to how he got picked first overall ahead of Suh. Bradford needed a really strong offensive structure and system to be effective, and instead he got: the Rams.