Quote:I disagree.  I think most people were of the same mindset at the time, so you can hold off on patting yourself on the back for being so far ahead of the curve.

 

Most anyone who saw him play in the preseason felt he had a lot of areas that required attention.  When Garrard was cut, nobody was clamoring for Gabbert to take over as the starter.  It was only after McCown really stunk it up that the decision was made to make the switch, and it wasn't an overwhelmingly popular decision.  People recognized at the time that Gabbert was a young QB coming out of the draft.  Wasn't he 20?  Way too young to be thrust into the position he was, but we had a head coach who was circling the drain looking for anything he thought might salvage his job.