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Yes they did and seems they either thought he was a better option than Stidham or they saw enough of Stid in practice and he wasn’t long for this team anyway. It’s not like they ignored him and kept him on the bench so fans couldn’t get a look at him as a starter.
TBD. We’ll see what Payton decides to do with Wilson.
Don’t know what you disagree with. Zappe, Corral, they’re both good young talents, you need to learn what they have by getting them in the building and working with them. We’ll see who is practicing better if/when Mac goes down with injury.
Let's see.
Matt's their Huckleberry, eh
The NFL just changed their practice squad rules because BB was hoarding all the good young QB prospects.
As of today, Zappe is worth a PS spot. Mac could get injured, and AS OF NOW, they would prefer to have the option as Zappe as a backup in case of another injury.
Let's see who is the backup on game day , the NFL just changed the rules to screw the Pats... now they have to scramble to maneuver within the rules.
In his year with New England, Cam had 8 TDs, 10 interceptions, a completion rate of 65.8, and a quarterback rating of 56.3. Last year with the Raiders, Stidham had 4 TDs, 3 interceptions, a completion rate of 63.9, and a quarterback rating of 89.2. Cam played much more and had four times the number of passing attempts, but Stidham's numbers in Las Vegas again raise the question of why he was not allowed to play in the last two meaningless games of the 2020 season. Stidham did not play in 2021, so the Raiders numbers are a reasonable proxy for his level of ability in his last season with the Pats.
Last year was two years removed from 2020. Do I think Stidham is irredeemable or can’t improve? No.
What Stidham looked like in 2020 is completely irrelevant today. After he was traded to raiders, McDaniels worked with him in TC, gave him tons of live action in preseason and he wound up playing several games when Carr was injured. He has come along way. He is extremely accurate, throws a great deep ball, has great pocket presence and is reasonably mobile. As of 2023 he is very good and in my opinion better than over the hill Wilson.
What bothered me about the evaluations of Stidham from this site was that they were based on very little playing time, on his being inserted late into a game that was already over. I remember one game in the championship era when Matt Cassell replaced Brady during a Patriots blowout of Miami. In his second or third call from scrimmage, Cassell threw a pick six to Jason Taylor. Out he goes, in comes Brady. Yet Cassell had a reasonable career as a sometime starter and decent backup quarterback. Stidham was never given the chance to practice with the first team in preparation for a Sunday game and then to play the whole game. Maybe he would have played as poorly as he did in his short stints, but we will never know because Belichick thought it more important to play Cam in a meaningless Jets game.
Or Bill recognized the season as a bridge year and was simply doing Cam a solid. Cam was awful. I’d wager most coaches would have tried to make the switch but Bill was secure and our team wasn’t going to win anything anyhow.
And all this time I thought we were just OK with Corral
I will go to my grave believing BB signed Cam to attract free agent WR’s and played him for a mini tank to 15 where we got Mac.
I’m going to believe Mac was the best QB in the draft other then Lawrence. It was Fat Matt that messed him up. Let’s see how this season goes.
IIRC, you hated Justin Fields during that draft. What changed your mind?
