RI: Collins is the no. 2

It's awfully tough these days to hold on to quality depth at that position for very long before someone swoops in and gives your backup a starting job.This is an excellent point, but I don't think its hard at all to find a good veteran backup at a bargain basement price. This is because teams from all over like to fill up their rosters with "developmental" (i.e. bad) QB's, and that puts guys like Tim Rattay (and Volek a year ago) on the market to be had for bargain basement prices. These guys have been successful everywhere they were and don't have the stature to challenge the incumbant for his job. They are ideal for backup roles.

You can also find great QB prospects in rounds 2+3 of the draft every year if you are one of the (three...) teams that knows how to evaluate QBs.

But yeah, not hard at all to find a good QB in the NFL today at a bargain basement price. So if someone is willing to trade out the wazoo for your backup, politely thank them and pick up some nice loot without making your team any worse in the short term.

I'm not saying that it's not completely obvious, the situation if Campbell goes down...however, I'm overstating my lack of confidence in Brunell and Collins. It's nice to have 2 veteran QBs that know the system. However, neither have "it" in them anymore to carry a team further than a quarter or 2.

It's nice to have lofty expectations, and while I have them, the realist in me sees that it really doesn't matter who the backups are...what needs to happen is this team needs to live up to it's own expectations, then exceed them.NFL defenses still play way too soft. Yeah, these veteran guys are short on physical ability. But I prefer to think of them as the wise old sages who will beat you with their minds.

Think Peyton Manning, SB XLI. Nothing difficult, just get the ball to an athlete in open space and pick up yardage. (And that was the best D in the NFC, mind you)

Easiest way in the world to move the ball.

Just look at our cap sheets under the release fees section. It would cost the Skins about $3.5M to get rid of MB this year.

http://www.redskinswarpath.com/WarpathRedskinsCap.htm

Great link but I'm not sure how to read it.
Does this mean the skins have 1.8M of cap space but would cost 3.5M to cut brunell?

No it doesn't! If Campbell goes down it's over. what a lousy job we have done at the backup QB position.

We need to pick-up Byron Leftwich b4 someone else gets him to be the backup/starter.

He is from DC, so the city would be behind another young gifted QB in the mix

We need to pick-up Byron Leftwich b4 someone else gets him to be the backup/starter.

He is from DC, so the city would be behind another young gifted QB in the mix

So you want the Redskins to sign Leftwich to stir up a quarterback controversy? :doh:

So you want the Redskins to sign Leftwich to stir up a quarterback controversy? :doh:

There'd be no controversy, Leftwich can't stay healthy.

There'd be no controversy, Leftwich can't stay healthy.

I agree. I was refering to SkinsFans "backup/starter" remark.

No it doesn't! If Campbell goes down it's over. what a lousy job we have done at the backup QB position.

So who should be the backup then?

So who should be the backup then?

Randel El. :)

that would be sweet, we could run the option