Sanchez had one year of actual college playing experience and Smith was in a system offense just like Petty was, none of them were ready but that doesn't stop you from making Petty the BACKUP...you seem to be having trouble understanding that part.
Backup QB's hit the field all the time and they're expected to be able to do so at a moment's notice and with less preparation for the opponent than a starting QB gets due to the asymmetry in practice snaps between the starter and the backup. This is why teams don't routinely carry a young guy they are developing as the backup. That guy is the last person you want to just chuck on the field in an emergency unless he's the obvious franchise QB-in waiting. It's why veteran QB's regularly get paid $4M a year to sit on the bench, something like 3% of the salary cap devoted to one backup player who you hope won't hit the field ever. Petty is not a backup QB at this point. He doesn't have the key skills to be a backup QB, those being primarily the ability to get thrown into a maelstrom with not enough preparation and to survive without making things worse in the process.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 2m2 minutes ago Bills released: DT Red Bryant QB Matt Cassel C Dalton Freeman S Jonathan Meeks LB Kevin Reddick
If I were going into a season with Tyrod Taylor as my starting QB, and EJ Manuel as my backup... yikes.
It's definitely a leap of faith. Cassell was their Orton/Fitzpatrick. Time for Tyrod to put up or shut up. Bills fans better hope he's who he looked like in the preseason.
haha..philly will take one of the qbs we cut and buffalo the other and then the move we made might look foolish.
Yes, that's the trade off in not keeping 3 QB's so you can avoid guaranteeing the vets salary for the season. It's a risk but it's not a huge risk, like going with a rookie 4th round pick as backup all year would be.
Rex doesn't understand what a steady veteran backup QB who can actually perform on the field looks like. He can't value what he's never had before and so he cut Cassell, who was probably the best of his 3 QB's unless Taylor has a miracle year or something.
Neither does his OC. When Roman was in SF, they couldn't dump Alex Smith fast enough and replace him with Kaepershit.
well, he cut most of his feel good Jet pickups. I was surprised about Cassel. the idea of Manuel being a savior off the bench give me chills
Shit, so we only have 5 WRs and 2 bad TEs? Marshall, Decker, Kerley, Smith, and Enunwa. And 2 of them are currently hurt (Concussion and Rib).
