I hope that nobody on this board has delusions of grandeur that we are actually going to contend next year. There is too much rebuilding this year, especially on the OL. So does it make ANY sense whatsoever to put Pennington or some rookie behind center to have his confidence crushed? Brooks is mobile, and he can win some games. Plus, it would not be crushing if he got hurt. Let Penny fully heal. Didn't we learn our lesson last year? Let Brooks take the lumps until the new OL gels.
Don't be so down on our team. Bollinger gives us no chance in 06, you play to win and you play to contend by playing your best players and trying to win now.
You know what... If Bollinger was some rookie who gave us a chance to win in the future (>= 2007) and could gain from the experience... then heck, I'd be 100% on board. However, Bollinger is a dead end. We do not gain a thing by playing him.
pennington can win games...even with the shitty line and a torn rotator cuff im all for starting someone else the first few games if pennington isnt 100%
I am not down on our team at all. Just realistically speaking there is no way with a rookie HC and so many roster changes and schme changes that we can be a contender. Is is just not realistic. Anyway, you shold not be so down on Brooks. When we started to play Cedric and had some from or running game, he did not look half bad. Plus QBs almost make a dramatic improvement from year one to year two. It makes sense on many levels.
Pennington with 1 arm > Bollinger. Bollinger's a small, inexperienced QB who's had good throws, yes, but also has had some terribly, terribly, awful ones.
For all intents and purposes he was a rookie QB behind a battered OL with a team and a coach that had packed it in. Give him a chance under some better circumstances. He improved last year and would continue to improve given the opportunity.
He got me through last year, so he definitaly deserves a spot on this roster. And with no doubt, he deserves a shot at competing for the starting job. Odds are against he'll win, but he deserves it.
We all know he can QB and we can see if he can throw in camp. Why throw a guy comming off 2 cuff injuries to the wolves?
yes, we all know that. that is exactly why we dont want to put our leader behind a patch work line until he is 1000% ready. Because if he hurts his shoulder again there is a 100% chance we have no leader and are left with a huge cap figure and nothing to show for it.
But if we allow him to heal and let the line gel there is a better chance that we keep him healthy. And when he is healthy his is one of the best in the league. What make you think we are going replace him so easily?
So you think it is better to throw our 60M dollar QB behind a patch work line comming off an 2nd cuff injury without even a full year to heal?? Have you ever had surgery to the ligaments in your shoulder? I have. It takes AT LEAST a year. It is like we don't learn from history. Let the guy f#(%ing heal.
As a matter of fact, YES, I DO. Common sense, scroll up and look at all the other responses. Were in a rebuilding period. Why would you not throw your future franchise QB in there to GET the experience. You're going to start Bollinger? Then what? Segway our new QB in mid season? Then maybe we can call ourselves Buffalo, or maybe even Miami of '04. You can't do that. It throws off the whole structure of the offense and no one knows week to week what the hells going on. Oh, and one more thing, I forgot that every rookie QB that enters the NFL tears his ligament on opening day... you're right, my mistake.
Sorry, I read your response wrong, so I had to go back and edit. No, I agree, you can not start Pennington. But you don't start Brooks either.. Common sense, scroll up and look at all the other responses. Were in a rebuilding period. Why would you not throw your future franchise QB in there to GET the experience. You're going to start Bollinger? Then what? Segway our new QB in mid season? Then maybe we can call ourselves Buffalo, or maybe even Miami of '04. You can't do that. It throws off the whole structure of the offense and no one knows week to week what the hells going on. You draft or trade for a franchise QB and THATS who you start. And as far as a rookie HC.... you should check your stats before stating something like that. His credentials are better than some veteran HCs out there. You make it sound like Gini's fresh out of college!
