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[skinsnut]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

Might be a long season regardless. All hinges on how CP is. JC is sharp, but he is only half of the equation on offense. No depth at all in the DB. If Smooty, Rogers, or Springs goes down we are screwed. We honestly did end up wasting a pick on Palmer. A 6th rounder is never a keeper at QB.

Gus, excellent point on 6th rounder never a keeper at QB....
Remember, we all wanted a guard or dline or something....anything at a need position

[mooby]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

Might be a long season regardless. All hinges on how CP is. JC is sharp, but he is only half of the equation on offense. No depth at all in the DB. If Smooty, Rogers, or Springs goes down we are screwed. We honestly did end up wasting a pick on Palmer. A 6th rounder is never a keeper at QB.

Never? Are you sure? Have you heard of this guy, I can't quite remember his name, I think it's like Tom Brady or something, either way, he was a 6th rounder for New England in 2000, and from what I hear he's a pretty good quarterback, won something like 3 Super Bowls or some crap like that.

All I'm trying to say is that you are expecting too much out of Palmer.

EDIT: Damnit Matty you beat me to it lol.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by mooby

Never? Are you sure? Have you heard of this guy, I can't quite remember his name, I think it's like Tom Brady or something, either way, he was a 6th rounder for New England in 2000, and from what I hear he's a pretty good quarterback, won something like 3 Super Bowls or some crap like that.

All I'm trying to say is that you are expecting too much out of Palmer.

EDIT: Damnit Matty you beat me to it lol.

Have to play the odds Mooby. Do you think Palmer is going to get out of the practice squad for us? Odds are he isn't. We needed a D linemen and we got a QB we didn't need, and wasn't too well though of since he was a 6th rounder. Brady going 6th round was a shocker anyway. Michigan Qb's make good NFL QB's usually. Anyway, a 6th round linemen has a better shot of making the team than a qb, like I said before, simple supply and demand, plus the nature of the position. A situation like Brady happens once in a generation, if not lifetime.

[DynamiteRave]

Finally this massive beating is over.

I agree people are crapping on Palmer too much. The guy's still a kid. He didn't really practice all that much prior to this game.

Of course he's practice squad fodder this year but if they decide to keep him around he could develop into a pretty good QB or at least a decent backup. But to expect him to come out and throw bombs and TDs is expecting too much.

[Longtimefan]

The back-ups played well enough to make some cuts easy. Looked like they all just wanted to go home.

[mooby]

God I can't wait for opening day against Miami to arrive.

[mooby]

The defense looks good so far so we can't complain about the d-line too much. The Redskins will definitely address it next offseason. We already have two defensive tackles that the coaches love that we picked up last year in the draft, so all we really need is a defensive end.

[mooby]

Agreed. We have Smoot and Macklin and Jimoh to backup at cornerback. We have (Pray-low) and Stoutmire and Doughty and Fox to backup at safety. Doughty or Fox might not make the squad but still. Smoot and Stoutmire and (Pray-low) didn't play tonight. The players you saw play tonight are the scrubs that will be gone after Saturday.

[Redskins8588]

Also, there is not doubt in my mind that H.B. Blades will be our back up MLB. So yes he makes the roster.

[mooby]

Another excellent point 8588. Blades has played great so far this preseason, after we groom him for a couple seasons he will probably be the future starter at MLB.