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I've wondered whether Lemon may be viewed as the QB of the future, but it's also the case that Sage will be a free agent next year, so Lemon could be viewed as the NUMBER TWO QB of the future. A solid #2 QB is worth the 6th round choice we traded for Lemon.

I think if Lemon shows some promise if and when he gets to play in the regular season this year, we'll see him compete with a veteran FA (perhaps Steve McNair or Jon Kitna) for the #1 slot, with the winner being the #1 and the loser being the #2. I think in that scenario we also draft someone on day 2 and make him the #3 guy next year.

If Lemon DOESN'T show promise this year, then I think we draft someone on day 1 (even round 1) and let him compete with the veteran QB AND Lemon next year.

Either way, I think we'll have a draft choice, a veteran (not Gus), and Lemon as our 3 QBs next year. Where we draft a QB (day 1 or day 2) will depend on how well Lemon does this year. Next year's depth chart at QB (1, 2, and 3) will depend on training camp.

The good thing about getting Lemon this year is that he gives us all the flexibility I outlined above. Had we not traded for him, we wouldn't have an idea of whether we should get a QB on day 1 or day 2 of the draft, nor the luxury of even GETTING a QB on day 2.

In other words, if Feeley were still here, we'd be forced to get a QB on day 1. This is assuming of course that we can't get a free agent QB who fits long-term (Carr, Brees, Rivers) -- that's been pretty tough to do in the league lately.
 
If Lemon gets any action this year, it'll be because we are so far out of the race it doesn't matter and Sage would have failed miserably in relief of Gus (who we know has failed miserably)...The point is it is very unlikely we'll get any idea of Lemon this year. We are in the same boat now as we will be in the offseason as far as knowing anything other than Gus is not the answer and Sage is a FA who hasn't shown anything so far in 3 years....Saban will draft a QB based on who we pick up in FA..If he gets a Kitna or some other retread, then he'll probably go after a QB in the early rounds. If he gets a better FA, (Brees/Rivers, Carr) then he'll probably go after a QB in the later rounds of the draft. But your idea that we'll get to see what Lemon has this year is off base. He hasn't been thru a TC and does not know the offense. Now, if he is the real deal and turns into a Favre for us, I'll be shocked...happy, but shocked...
 
LarryFinFan said:
If Lemon gets any action this year, it'll be because we are so far out of the race it doesn't matter and Sage would have failed miserably in relief of Gus (who we know has failed miserably)...The point is it is very unlikely we'll get any idea of Lemon this year. We are in the same boat now as we will be in the offseason as far as knowing anything other than Gus is not the answer and Sage is a FA who hasn't shown anything so far in 3 years....Saban will draft a QB based on who we pick up in FA..If he gets a Kitna or some other retread, then he'll probably go after a QB in the early rounds. If he gets a better FA, (Brees/Rivers, Carr) then he'll probably go after a QB in the later rounds of the draft. But your idea that we'll get to see what Lemon has this year is off base. He hasn't been thru a TC and does not know the offense. Now, if he is the real deal and turns into a Favre for us, I'll be shocked...happy, but shocked...
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I think we'll see Lemon before we see Sage this year. I don't think we're going to waste time with a guy who doesn't have any future with the team.
 
Sage being a FA probably has about nothing to do with his chances of being in Miami again next year... reason being, who's going to offer him a big contract to lure him away??? Exactly, nobody.
 
Come on guys. Don't complain about the lemon thread. We have enough lemons here to make some lemonade....
 
You know your team needs a QB when:
AJ Feeley is your saviour
Gus Frerotte is your saviour
Cleo Lemon is your "future QB"
 
shouright said:
I think we'll see Lemon before we see Sage this year. I don't think we're going to waste time with a guy who doesn't have any future with the team.
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I agree with this logic and hope you are right. I fear that Sage will play and steal valuable time from lemon's developement. We need to give Cleo a year like Eli had last year to learn the game and the ofense. Let's get after the future and get a young qb developed and quit wasting time on used up qbs.
 
idaho said:
We need to give Cleo a year like Eli had last year to learn the game and the ofense.
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:shakeno:

Cleo Lemon isnt the QB of the future. Hes the 3rd string QB and maybe a backup next year.

Saban even said himself the day they acquired him that he ISNT the QB of the future.
 
Jnaledu3 said:
:shakeno:

Cleo Lemon isnt the QB of the future. Hes the 3rd string QB and maybe a backup next year.

Saban even said himself the day they acquired him that he ISNT the QB of the future.
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Maybe not but he is all that is left. Sage is gone after this year and Cleo has looked pretty good when he had a chance. I saw a couple of games he played in last preseason and was shocked. I tuned in to see rivers and left talking about lemon. He has taken a strange journey to the nfl but he has some talent. But I agree if we rest on cleo and not draft or get a young qb (rivers) this team can flounder another year but I won't watch.
 
Jnaledu3 said:
:shakeno:

Saban even said himself the day they acquired him that he ISNT the QB of the future.
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what? no he didnt. yeah, saban said, "we just got a guy who will never start for us." :lol:

they dont know yet what they have, but they saw something in the kid.
 
yeah i dont remember saben saying that either? but i dont think were gonna see to much of him this year, we gotta give sage a chance before we make any decisions.
 
saban said hes not the qb of the future? now your just full of sh*t. that was never said, so why post straight up bullsh*t when your going to get called out on it? what do you have against lemon that would make you make up a lie. just about all of us watched the press conference, do you think you were the only one who watched it and you can make up bs and people wont notice. people like you shouldnt be in this forum making up random lies just because you feel like it. and also, lemon wont be third string next year, he was brought here to be the qb of the future. he will at the very least be involved in a competition to start.
 
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