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<blockquote data-quote="Magooch" data-source="post: 1097081" data-attributes="member: 17987"><p>Bingo. Malik was great fun and all but we should admit we got lucky there. All this hemming and hawing over your backup QB....at the end of the day, for almost every team in the league the expectation for backup QB is basically "just steady the ship enough that we don't sink until our starter returns" - and in the same way, 9 times out of 10, if your starter goes out for a long term injury, your season's over. If Jordan does his ACL in week 3, odds are that it doesn't matter if it's Taylor or Ridder or Drones or Tune or Clifford or Benkert or whoever we found. </p><p></p><p>Even managing a 50% win percentage is ELITE for a backup QB. Historically, the average is more like 30% or thereabouts. A guy like Willis is obviously great if you can luck into them...but those type of guys are far and away the exception to the rule. If you think Taylor can get you anywhere near 50% win percentage, that's almost certainly an improvement on your typical backup QB. </p><p></p><p>So I mean....on one hand, I get it. Every percentage in your favor counts and you want to maximize the talent at your disposal. But in discussing backup QBs... I guess the bottom line for me is this:</p><p></p><p>1. In most cases, with a short-term injury to your starter, your backup QB's job is basically to stop the bleeding and ensure your season isn't torpedoed. For MOST situations, the difference between backup QB options is simply not that great. There are Willis-level outliers but the great majority are not that type of player. Most backup-level QBs are pretty close to each other.</p><p></p><p>2. In most cases, with a long-term injury to your starter, you're probably screwed and it won't make a huge difference who your backup QB is. </p><p></p><p>The only kind of related argument I see is for cases where you feel you have a backup with "developmental potential" that you can parlay into draft capital down the line, but that's kinda having your cake and eating it too I think lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magooch, post: 1097081, member: 17987"] Bingo. Malik was great fun and all but we should admit we got lucky there. All this hemming and hawing over your backup QB....at the end of the day, for almost every team in the league the expectation for backup QB is basically "just steady the ship enough that we don't sink until our starter returns" - and in the same way, 9 times out of 10, if your starter goes out for a long term injury, your season's over. If Jordan does his ACL in week 3, odds are that it doesn't matter if it's Taylor or Ridder or Drones or Tune or Clifford or Benkert or whoever we found. Even managing a 50% win percentage is ELITE for a backup QB. Historically, the average is more like 30% or thereabouts. A guy like Willis is obviously great if you can luck into them...but those type of guys are far and away the exception to the rule. If you think Taylor can get you anywhere near 50% win percentage, that's almost certainly an improvement on your typical backup QB. So I mean....on one hand, I get it. Every percentage in your favor counts and you want to maximize the talent at your disposal. But in discussing backup QBs... I guess the bottom line for me is this: 1. In most cases, with a short-term injury to your starter, your backup QB's job is basically to stop the bleeding and ensure your season isn't torpedoed. For MOST situations, the difference between backup QB options is simply not that great. There are Willis-level outliers but the great majority are not that type of player. Most backup-level QBs are pretty close to each other. 2. In most cases, with a long-term injury to your starter, you're probably screwed and it won't make a huge difference who your backup QB is. The only kind of related argument I see is for cases where you feel you have a backup with "developmental potential" that you can parlay into draft capital down the line, but that's kinda having your cake and eating it too I think lol [/QUOTE]
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