(11-10-2018, 12:05 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 10:40 PM)JackCity Wrote: If Big Ben got hurt right now it would be a surprise if Dobbs wasn't the starter for the reasons you mentioned above. Rudolph was getting snaps with the 3rd and 4th strings all summer and didn't really do much to prove he deserved otherwise. By the same token that's why I doubt he'd have helped us at all right off the bat year 1.    

If we drafted him and threw him in once Blake failed miserably then fine, you have some semblence of a QB plan even if you shouldn't expect good or even average performance from him.

None of the QB's in that draft would've helped us that much, right off the bat. Rookie QB's rarely do. It's kind of overwhelming to go from a college QB and come into the NFL at the same position while you are expected to be "the guy", right away. Even great ones like Peyton Manning struggle in their rookie year. And sometimes the QB's who come in and impress right away, like RG3, end up being failures in their 2nd and 3rd years. Like you said though, had we drafted him, we'd at least have a QB plan in place, as compared to what we have right now, which is nothing.

Thats exactly what my point is on Rudolph. There is zero guarantee he'd be an upgrade over Blake this year and the chances are he'd be completely overwhelmed in this awful situation. He wouldn't have changed anything results wise for us this year, only benefit would be kickstarting development (two edged sword) and getting blake outta there

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