QBs Drafted to be back ups?

[finfansince72]

Smart teams do this all the time. Qb's get hurt a lot, spending a late pick on a backup makes sense. We are one of the very few teams that doesnt do this. Certainly a team would love for a late round guy to improve and be starting quality, but look at all the Qb's GreenBay drafted while Farve was there, they did it to have insurance incase in got hurt. Atlanta drafted a guy a year ago for the same reason, insurance incase Vick went down. Davey was drafted by New England also if Im not wrong. None of these guys were drafted to start, just to be around incase they are need to hold down the fort or if a career ending injury happened to one of the guys.
The Lucas example is a good one. Having a young guy familiar with your system and ready to play makes picking up cheap, weak vets like this up. We should have spent late round picks on Qbs ages ago. I think Wannestadt intentionally didnt take Qbs or pickup quality ones so that no one would be chanting for them to come in every time Fiedler threw and Int.

 

[_dan24]

Yes, I think that teams do.

Look at the Colts, Atlanta, Greenbay, I can go on. These teams all have starters locked in, but they continue to draft.

Miami's mistake is that we did not draft a lot of QB;s in the early rounds.. Picks like Huepel* hurt.

 

[inFINSible]

Definitely. Otherwise we never would have drafted a QB between 1984 and the year following Marino's achilles injury, at the earliest. I know we didn't draft many in that span, but likely several. Too busy laughing at Nancy Grace's latest post-acquittal tirade to look it up.

Was Josh Heupel drafted as a potential starter?

Yes, absolutely, Josh Huepel was drafted because there was some hope that he could be a starter in this league. Do you think he was drafted so that we could cut him 5 months later? Was it out of the realm of possibility that he might be better than Jay feidler?

The guy that started this thread has not been able to wrap his head around this very simple concept, and now he's confused you as well.


*** Read this part carefully****

A team may draft a QB to be THE back-up to it's a current QB but, the team wouldn't draft said QB if it didn't think he could start, if need be. No QB is drafted saying, "He'll never be more than a back-up, God help us if we have to start him"

That is just utter foolishness.

 

[SCall13]

Yes, absolutely, Josh Huepel was drafted because there was some hope that he could be a starter in this league. Do you think he was drafted so that we could cut him 5 months later? Was it out of the realm of possibility that he might be better than Jay feidler?

The guy that started this thread has not been able to wrap his head around this very simple concept, and now he's confused you as well.


*** Read this part carefully****

A team may draft a QB to be THE back-up to it's a current QB but, the team wouldn't draft said QB if it didn't think he could start, if need be. No QB is drafted saying, "He'll never be more than a back-up, God help us if we have to start him"

That is just utter foolishness.

I really find it unbelievable that anyone thinks this way. Heupel was drafted to be HOPEFULLY a backup. He was so obviously FAR from starter material. So far from starter materail that him being a backup was even questionable.

QBs CAN and ARE drafted to BE BACKUPS. PERIOD.

 

[MelbournePhin]

A team may draft a QB to be THE back-up to it's a current QB but, the team wouldn't draft said QB if it didn't think he could start, if need be. No QB is drafted saying, "He'll never be more than a back-up, God help us if we have to start him"

That is just utter foolishness

are you gonna tell me that a team that drafts a QB in round 7 is expecting him to be a future starter??? i dont think so

 

[NJFINSFAN1]

Yes. Look at Ray Lucas. If we drafted a quality backup QB that situation could of been prevented.

He was drafted as a special teams demon, that just happened to be a QB.

 

[NJFINSFAN1]

I think with every QB drafted, there is hope he will develop into a starter, yes sometimes its a reach, but teams look for that lightning in a bottle. Sometimes they hope they develop so they can trade them. I really don't think you go in with the mindset that hey, lets draft this guy, he isn't good enough to be a starter so he will have to be our backup for the rest of his career.

Now I do think you pick up rookie FA QB's with the mindset that they may be a decent backup or just a plan old camp arm.

 

[arsenal]

absoluetly not, every QB is drafted with hopes of being starter material... no QB is brought in like hey lets waste a draft pick on a 3rd string QB...

every player you draft you are hoping is starter material... dont get it confused with saying we are drafting this guy to take our current starters place... no... its that a player is a starting calibre talent and maybe in the future or for another team hes got the talent to be a starter in the NFL...

who would draft a player even for a backup that doesn't have starting calibre talent? thats like saying damn our starter got hurt, good thing we drafted this guy who sucks to bring in next... no they want the best players to even be the backups, guys who could be starters...

every player a team drafts is hoping this guy could be a starter and a star on your team, if your drafting for less you'll get ****ed

 

[nyjunc]

Of course teams draft QBs to be backups, not everyone drafted is drfated w/ the idea they will start. As the draft progresses teams look to build depth and soemtimes they get lucky and those players turn out to be steals.

 

[SCall13]

A team may draft a QB to be THE back-up to it's a current QB but, the team wouldn't draft said QB if it didn't think he could start, if need be. No QB is drafted saying, "He'll never be more than a back-up, God help us if we have to start him"

That is just utter foolishness

are you gonna tell me that a team that drafts a QB in round 7 is expecting him to be a future starter??? i dont think so

It IS utter foolishness to think a 7th round QB could be a starter. Anywhere between rounds 4-7 is wishful thinking for a QB to be a starter. Teams do luck out every now and then(Brady). But that is WAY RARE.
Teams do draft QBs to be backups. They HOPE they will be a good back up but also hope they won't have to find out.
There is no way every QB drafted is anticipated to be starter or even eventual starter material. NFL coaches, GMs, and scouts are smarter than that. They know, for the most part, if a QB has starter potential or if he'll more than likely be a backup. Just look at some scouting reports on QBs. You'll see what the scouts and "experts" think about them. Teams already know they will be drafting a backup when they draft him. And like I said, there is an occasional lucky hit. But VERY rarely.

 

[SCall13]

Of course teams draft QBs to be backups, not everyone drafted is drfated w/ the idea they will start. As the draft progresses teams look to build depth and soemtimes they get lucky and those players turn out to be steals.

Exactly.

 

[arsenal]

you guys are confusing backup with backup talent...

no ones saying the colts are drafting a QB to take peytons place... but they are picking a QB hoping hes got starters talent in the NFL... if peyton gets hurt you dont want a guy in there who cant carry an NFL team... hes got to have starters talent... you dont draft a guy to be a carreer backup... if he ends up a backup thats just how the cookie crumbles in his case... but hes gotta have the talent or the potential talent of an NFL starter for them to draft him...

you guys are crazy...

 

[MelbournePhin]

It IS utter foolishness to think a 7th round QB could be a starter. Anywhere between rounds 4-7 is wishful thinking for a QB to be a starter. Teams do luck out every now and then(Brady). But that is WAY RARE.
Teams do draft QBs to be backups. They HOPE they will be a good back up but also hope they won't have to find out.
There is no way every QB drafted is anticipated to be starter or even eventual starter material. NFL coaches, GMs, and scouts are smarter than that. They know, for the most part, if a QB has starter potential or if he'll more than likely be a backup. Just look at some scouting reports on QBs. You'll see what the scouts and "experts" think about them. Teams already know they will be drafting a backup when they draft him. And like I said, there is an occasional lucky hit. But VERY rarely.

I agree bro.

 

[NorFlaFin]

QB drafted to be backups?

Look no further then Gus, Norv Turner while HC of the 'Skins drafted Gus to be Heath Shulars' backup.

 

[nyjunc]

He was drafted as a special teams demon, that just happened to be a QB.

I think he meant if Miami had drafted a backup tey wouldn't have had to rely on Ray. Ray actually was an undrafted FA.

The Jets drafted Brooks Bolliner 2 years ago w/ the sole purpose of grooming him as Chad's long term backup. There is no question teams draft QBs to be backups. The Pats drafted QBs 3 of the last 4 years starting in '02, do you think they drafted them to take over for Brady?