Daunte is History, let him go
If Green is signed, Culpepper is likely gone. Green can be good but he is aging. Lemon hasn't shown anything and Beck still needs to learn. Best thing for Beck would be to follow Rivers's path and not Alex Smith's.
Let's look at this like coaches and NOT fans, shall we?
What system and under what coordinator did Daunte have success with?
Linehan.
Was he succesful without Linehan? No. Was ha good with Mularkey? No. So, why would Cameron risk his coaching tenure on a gimpy QB who is ADMITTEDLY not a student of the game? I mean, you guys DO know that Cameron's system is WAYYYYYY complicated, right? It takes intelligence to play in his offense and he KNOWS Daunte's a SHORT BUS QB who relies on his athleticism to hang on to the ball long enough to break a busted play.
He's a homerun hitter, which is fine but homerun hotters strikeout ALL OF THE TIME. CAMERON will NOT entrust his coaching career to CULPEPPER.
So, who out there KNOWS Cameron's system? Drew Brees does but he's GOT a job. Phillip Rivers has a job too. Lemon learned it and he'll make a good emergency QB. So, since CULPEPPER is out of the question cuz he's too stupid to learn this offense, then the only available guy who DOES know it is TRENT GREEN.
Is he too old and too damaged from the concussions, absolutely. But sho me the better alternative? Who can come into CAMERON'S offense and start right away and give the Phins a fighting chance?
TRENT GREEN.
So, you draft a Phillip Rivers / Drew Brees kind of guy in BECK (and take a lot of heat from the same idiots that are wrong EVERY year about the top 10 draft picks) to groom and bypass the weak-armed (especially up in Cleveland's cold weather), inaccurate, trainwreck that is Brady Quinn.
You know, I did the research and a HUGE percentage of Mueller's picks are ALL still playing and starting in the NFL! The Dolphin's drafts from 1998 feature a sickening number of guys that were never heard from again. You know, I'll put my money on Cameron's and Mueller's judgement that BECK was a better investment than QUINN.
So, where will the trade market be for Culpepper? There won't be any. Even Linehan will pass on a TRADE, although he'll definitely sign him as a healthy free agent! But no team will gamble a single dime on a guy who's career is probably over.
So, to summarize. Yeah, I feel you on all of Trent Green's negatives... But if not him, who? Because we don't have time to TEACH a starter, we need to PLAY a starter. We'll TEACH Beck, but are we really gonna TEACH Culpepper this offense? Do you know what he did while he was LEARNING Mularkey's incredibly simple offense? He got SACKED.
Do you know what he'll do in Cameron's complicated, sight-adjustment, everybody needs to be on the same page cuz the receiver's patterns change based on the coverage offense? He'll get SACKED.
We don't WANT Green but he's all there is. Unless AJ SMITH goes nuts and decides to trade Phillip Rivers for a ham sandwhich then THAT'S ALL THERE IS.
A fan would say, YEAH BUT CULPEPPER BLAH and DAUNTE BLAHH... Oh please, Daunte is a MORON. He's the DUMBEST QB I've ever seen play! Even Harrington seemed BRILLIANT compared to him, and all he was doing was releasing the ball on time! Not accurately, just ON FREAKING TIME!!
Daunte is too stupid to do anything but run around and hope someone gets open. Green is old, frail and didn't look all that hot in his last 8 starts.
AND.... He's our best chance to have a winning season as long as CAMERON is the head coach and that's the system we're going to run.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
So yeah, C-Pep is gone, Green wil either come in on a trade or get released in June and BECAUSE Green knows the offense, Green WILL be able to start after only a few preseason games. Daunte? You could give him two perfect knees and what would that solve? His problem is his feeble head.
He's too stupid for Cameron's offense. Period. He's gone.
And if Beck doesn't develop, Mueller will draft another guy next year (hell, he'll draft another guy next year ANYWAY) and we'll keep moving forward.
Daunte is the past, let's focus on the FUTURE and winning football games!
Oh, and as far as Ricky... Of course you take him back. He's quality depth at a really cheap price! Besides, Booker is a Third Down back type and Ronnie Brown needs to be backed up by someone who could carry the game load if need be. Ricky is the man. If he smokes more pot, you've got options. But right now, you welcome him back with open arms.
Green, Brown and Ricky, 2 big fullbacks, Ginn on one side, Booker on the other and Chambers in his NATURAL position, the slot. I have NO IDEA how our fullback will play, but if he's DECENT then we'll have the makings of a SOLID offense. Not great, but we don't HAVE to be great to wim games! We just have to STOP BEING TERRIBLE, which we were.
One deep pass to Ginn and the middle will open up for Green and the TE's. Threaten the middle, tie up the linebackers with the TE's and watch Ronnie, Ricky and the Fullbacks make good yardage in the flats! Show a flat pass and lull the defense into a cover 2 scheme and then let GINN and CHAMBERS do what they do!
Cameron's system is simple in nature... You can't cover EVERYTHING. That's what it says to defenses. However, while most offensive plays have specific routes to run and blocking schemes, Cameron's has check with me's and adjustments made ON THE FLY based on what the defense is doing. See, if they're manned up, you break off your pattern or do a cross. If it's zone, you go STARIGHT to the hole in the zone. Why? Cuz you can't cover EVERYTHING!
As long as the QB and the WR's are on the same page pre-snap, there's n nothing much a defense can do other than to try and disguise their coverages and get lucky.
Now do you see why Culpepper isn't the guy for us? Did you see him throw that pick RIGHT INTO JOEY PORTER'S HANDS? And that was on an offensive play where all he had to do was follow ONE offensive key, look at the safety! He ignored the safety (He backed up, as did the rest of the Defense which any QB could see it's zone) locked in on his guy and then, threw behind him and RIGHT into Porter. He sucks. He's gotta go.
Let's hope Green can avoid short bus throws like that!
Go Phins!
