NFL - Quarterback review - mid 2020 season - already preparing for draft?

[Phicinfan]

Football Team - YES - Dwayne Haskins is gone, Alex Smith was serviceable, but FA, Kyle Allen was bad, and Heinicke is FA

Kyle Allen
45/67 for 480 yards and 4 td's in 2 games, then rushing for another. He had 1 pick. He smoked Dallas in his win and had a 4th qtr. comeback against the Giants that fell short by one point with :36 seconds left in the game when they decided to go for the win and go for 2. (attempt failed) Riverboat Ron could have tied it up and played in overtime. He was anything but bad.

I disagree:
Game 1 - 5 of 7 for 62 yards 0 TDs, 0 INTs - loss to lousy Giants
Game 2 - 15 of 25 for 194 yards 2 TDs, 0 INTS - win over lousy Cowboys sacked 2 times
Game 3 - 31 of 42 for 280 yards 2 TDs, 1 INT - loss to lousy Giants - sacked 3 times
Game 4 - 9 of 13 for 74 yards 0 TDs, 0 INTs - loss to Rams - sacked 2 times

That is NOT what you build a franchise on. He wasn't any where near special. They need a real Qb
Overall 74.5 QBR

 

[Phicinfan]

More reports out of Philly - Wentz still not happy and wants out, They have recieved some offers per Schefter and other insiders. Philly is asking for a lot due to cap hit. If they deal him before March 14 they save money on roster bonus.

Top teams expected to be talking:
Indianapolis, Chicago, Denver, Carolina, Washington Football team

 

[Remote Controller]

He didn't play till week 5......I thought. Just part of ,week five and then games 6 and 7??

 

[Phicinfan]

He didn't play till week 5......I thought. Just part of ,week five and then games 6 and 7??

Played in 4 games - came in late, then started 2 then got hurt in 4th. He is a very, very good back up guy, he is not a starter.

 

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He wasn't bad was my only beef. Not a franchise guy but was not bad.

 

[MongerKhan]

Drew Brees just renegotiated his contract to the veteran minimum and opened up over 20 million dollars of cap space for the saints

 

[Phicinfan]

Drew Brees just renegotiated his contract to the veteran minimum and opened up over 20 million dollars of cap space for the saints

Still expected to retire though, but moved cap hit to dead money next year

 

[Phicinfan]

Per Schefter and others Wentz trade could happen this week

 

[Phicinfan]

Reports out now that Las Vegas may be trading Derek Carr

 

[Phicinfan]

One story has Carolina offering up Teddy Bridgewater, their #8 pick in 2021 draft and at least another pick to get Stafford from Detroit. Obviously Detroit went with Rams offer instead

 

[Phicinfan]

Latest rumor - Carson Wentz to Bears for 1st round pick (#20), Tarik Cohen Rb and ......Nick Foles Qb - solid back up Qb for Philly for they youngster...

 

[Phicinfan]

Reports out now that Las Vegas may be trading Derek Carr

So latest rumor, 5 teams have reached out to Raiders, potential of getting 2 #1 picks, which they would then turn around with their own to go get Watson from Houston. Wow... This can't be real

 

[Phicinfan]

Latest and greatest....
PHI - Per team, they have not received a fitting offer for Wentz as of yet - heck take a pick or an apple and get free of his salary....
HOU - Team being adamant they want to keep Watson
NYJ - continue to get offers or at least interest about Sam Darnold - for now they are not accepting offers, but rumors flying they want Watson

 

[Phicinfan]

Newest rumor - Seahawks getting contacted about Russell Wilson - supposedly there is some friction there.

 

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Newest rumor - Seahawks getting contacted about Russell Wilson - supposedly there is some friction there.

He's been sacked more than any other qb in history for games played. He was on the Dan Patrick show today.

 

[Phicinfan]

Raiders also getting interest from some teams for Marcus Mariota as well.

 

[Phicinfan]

So here are the teams that need Qb this year:
Patriots, Colts, Jaguars, Football team, Bears

Here are the teams that are making moves like they want a change or may be forced to change either due to player or salary cap
Jets, Steelers, Texans, Broncos, Saints, Panthers, Falcons and 49ers(yes they have been on all QB discussions)

Here are the expected FA Qbs for 2021:
Jacoby Brissett
Mitchell Trubisky
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Tyrod Taylor
Andy Dalton
A.J. McCarron
Colt McCoy
Robert Griffen III
Matt Barkley - not sure on this as I thought he re-signed with Buffalo..
Nate Sudfeld - thank God for this, never saw what Philly saw in him
Cam Newton
Joe Flacco
Ryan Griffen
Blaine Gabbert
Mike Glennon
Jameis Winston
Brandon Allen
and a few more probably not worth listing.
Net, other than Winston, Fitzpatrick and maybe Dalton, not much to work with here as a starter.

 

[Phicinfan]

Per David Carr - Raiders have gotten offers for Derek Carr but have turned them all down

 

[Phicinfan]

Okay here are the latest updates...
Detroit sent Stafford to Rams and Rams sent Goff back to them.
Philly sent Wentz to Indy
Houston - this situation is getting tight. Deshaun Watson has formally requested a trade, by reports he has not responded to any contact from the team since new GM and HC hired. However that has changed, per a few reports he did meet with new HC Culley yesterday and by report told Culley he will NOT play for Houston at all this year. Period. This suddenly gets a bit hotter.
Pittsburgh - Ben R. has a $41.3 million cap hit on team, they are cap strapped. Both Ben and Team has said they want Ben to stay, but Ben has to take a pay cut - please note, this is NOT a renegotiation to move money later, team is insisting he take a pay cut.
Seattle - This again is a tough situation. Per reports any input Russell Wilson has tried to put in to improve the offense has been ignored. At one point last year he stormed out of a meeting when he was being ignored. He has NOT formally requested a trade. However, "people" close to him have told the team they may want to trade him. He has given a list to the team(per Adam Schefter) of 4 teams he would be willing to be traded to(he has a no trade clause). Those teams are - Raiders, Cowboys, Bears and Saints. He says he wants to play in Seattle, but wants more control of the offense.
New Orleans - Everyone still expects Brees to retire. He has reworked his deal to make $20+ in cap space for the team. By all reports HC has said he thinks the replacement for Brees is in house with Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston.
But Winston is a FA this year so they have to resign him. By all reports Brees is to tell the team very soon on his plans.
NY Jets - Per reports the team has been silent on Sam Darnold. They have listened to offers for him, but have not stated he is available. Per reports they have said they are evaluating all the rookies in this draft to compare to Darnold to decide what team will do.
Dallas - Dak Prescott will be a FA in march. Per reports neither side has moved from their numbers and they are not close to a long term deal. No one knows how Dak will respond if he is tagged a 2nd time. Nor do they think he will sign a long term deal if he is. So this could be Dak's last year in Dallas.

Consensus top 5 Qbs in this draft - Trevor Lawrence(Clemson), Zach Wilson(BYU), Justin Fields(Ohio State), Trey Lance(N. Dakota St.), Mac Jones(Alabama).

Top FA Qbs:
Prescott
Winston
Fitzpatrick
and a bunch of others...

 

[Phicinfan]

HOU - situation is getting worse, Per reports from "sources" close to Watson, He is fine not playing at all next year and losing out on $20million +. even if he comes back for the 6 games to get season accrued he won't play. Long time team reporter John McClain is now also pushing reports that team should trade Watson, if for no other reason that this year will be max return, if he sits out the value will drop.
SEA - So by all reports team is being run by HC Pete Carroll. New owner Jody Allen is very hands off, and basically all calls are by Carroll. So if HE is ignoring requests by Russell Wilson, then it is HIS call to decide to trade or not.
N.O. Drew Brees released a video on social media showing himself working out, so questions have risen again if he is really retiring.
PIT - Big Ben wants to come back, team "wants" him. But team has set a deadline for new contract - March 17th the start of FA.