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I'm not sure I understand your plan. OK, we have Brady and Mallett for 2014.
Is your plan to sign a 6th or 7th rounder and count on him as our 2015 backup (could be a 4th or 5th if the player is right)?
Is your plan to pay $4M for a veteran backup next year, if the coaches can't work a miracle on the 6th rounder?
Is your plan to draft a draft choice next year (about how high) and hope that he beats out the 6th rounder that you have been training (and using up a roster spot for)?
Is your plan to sign a 6th or 7th rounder and count on him as our 2015 backup (could be a 4th or 5th if the player is right)?
Is your plan to pay $4M for a veteran backup next year, if the coaches can't work a miracle on the 6th rounder?
Is your plan to draft a draft choice next year (about how high) and hope that he beats out the 6th rounder that you have been training (and using up a roster spot for)?
Agreed. I think he would've kept a developmental QB on the practice squad last year if he were seriously considering trading Ryan Mallett.
I have a hard time imagining anyone but maybe Cassel and Hoyer (either of which is an option) stepping in and immediately being able to hold down the #2 position on a realistic scale, unless you assume that we'd just throw our hands in the air should Brady go down for 3-4-5 games, and obviously that's not how Bill Belichick handles business.
That all said, I wouldn't be remotely surprised if Belichick selected a QB in the 4th or 5th round if he felt the right guy was there.