I think Tomlin has a devalued look at QBs. He doesn't draft any high ranking QBs. He gave a 1st round grade on Rudolph but didn't draft him until the 3rd. Maybe if he had valued the position higher we would have a real backup instead of these bums?
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I have to chuckle at a few things in this discussion. Vader,you are like my old black lab looking for his bone. Looking for me to throw the bouncy ball. You won’t give in....not even a little. Not that I blame you. I agree with most. That one little quote above.....look at the **** storm it created when the FO drafted Rudy. Do you not remember the little hissy fit Ben had when they drafted him? Maybe their hands were tied a bit.
Not that I am a Tomlin apologist. I have stated many times,I saw the writing on the wall after the Tebow disaster in the playoffs. How long ago was that? His inability to adjust on the fly is his downfall.
Now I know these conversations about Coach Mike vs Coach Bill will go on and on. Vader,Slash were you on this board during coach Bill’s tenure? It was the same conversation. Except it was Coach Chuck vs Coach Bill. As much as everyone says they love Bill now, this board was screaming for Bill to get fired. Their were tons of disappointments. People were sick of his conservative play calling, the lack of a real QB. Vader posted a couple times here that most of the board loved Stewart. I say Bull **** to that. They didn’t. Most would have rather had him as a WR,once in a while gadget like NO does with Hill. He had one great year,and much like the RG3 situation,the league figured him out quickly.
The opportunity and patience shown to him was frigging ridiculous. With our D back then,it cost us championships as well.
Also with the drafting Rivers comments from back then. We were QB starved. Most on the board wanted Rivers and yes as stated a few ,especially TMC hated his quirky delivery. Thought all his balls thrown would be knocked down and his delivery was too slow. But he was not an instant top 10 QB. A lot of us thought if we were really lucky he would be there for us in the 3rd,but most were willing to settle for him in the 2nd round. Then a funny thing happened like it does with some players,he started shooting up the draft charts. The media loved him. All of a sudden we would be lucky if we even could get him with our first. The Chargers fell in love with him. Big Ben wasn’t even really being considered by us,because we all knew he would be long gone. Let’s not act like it was a stroke of genius by Rooney or Bill,or anybody in the FO. We got lucky......he fell in to our laps. But at least we grabbed him.......there are some other teams that sure wish they had.
Just a little trip down memory lane.
