Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Rosenfels to be backup?
Originally posted by Trekbiz
This I don't agree with at all however.
Unless you are an established starter with a track record like Favre, Manning, Vick, McNair, etc. your job is never set in stone.
If starting jobs were just given out before being competed for then there would be no need for training camps correct?
If jobs were given out without competition then no one would ever move up the depth chart. If jobs weren't competed for you'd never know if a player was better than another!
Dosen't make to much sense when you actually think about what you're saying on this issue.
Especially in this case. QB controversy? There already is one.
Neither Sage nor Feeley have proven anything nor have a track record to afford them a "proceed to a starting job for free pass".
One needs to step up and SHOW he is ready for the job.
To tell Feeley he is our first choice BUT that he has to prove his worth is common sense. You still make him compete! That is competition for a starting job. A controversy is when a coach, players, or media question who the starter is after one is picked NOT before the competitors fight it out for the job!
I see what you're saying, and there's definitely validity to it. I'm not saying that we stick with Feeley for 16 games, no matter what happens. He certainly hasn't earned that right like Favre, Vick, Manning, etc. But given the investment we've made in him, I think we have to give him the job coming out of training camp unless he really, really, really sucks.
If he plays very badly in the first couple games, then yeah, it's time for open competition. But I don't think you can make a heavy investment like that and not at least give him the benefit of the doubt coming out of training camp.
Certainly, QB is a position that needs to be monitored on an ongoing basis. Confidence and team support are very important coming into the season, and the coaching staff, after four years of mostly non-stop QB controversy, needs to get behind their guy and tell the team "THIS is our guy until and unless he proves otherwise."
Rosenfels, or whoever is brought in as backup, should have plenty of motivation to play well, even if Wanny doesn't proclaim it an open competition. They know they're just an injury or some bad plays away from going into the game. I don't think anyone is arguing that Feeley has the kind of ironclad grip on the job that Steve McNair does in Tennessee.