(06-14-2021, 12:44 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(06-14-2021, 12:37 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: I'm confused. Insurance for what?

For the the season, this teams' record is an unimportant bellwether. The most important thing for this team is T-Law's development, and secondly for the coaching staff to prove they have reasonable system and can develop players. Now if those things happen, of course they will win more games. But given their schedule, even a 4 or 5 win season could still have great signs of team improvement.

The best thing for the the back up QB is to help T-Law understand whatever system is being implemented, the reads that he needs to know, the defenses he will be facing, etc. Also for all the "but Bethard is a bad QB", well lots of bad or mediocre QB's and players become great coaches. If Minshew is that guy, great; but if not, then he is expendable.

If Lawrence (knock on wood) does get injured, having a QB who has the best chance to win a few meaningless games this season doesn't really matter.

So if Trevor Lawrence gets injured, all games afterward are meaningless?

For this season, winning the games just to say you won the games is essentially meaningless. The circumstances and factors for this year does not mean that would apply to any or all other situations. 

For example, Burrow got injured last year and missed the end of the season. Would the Bengals have benefited if they had kept Andy Dalton to win 3-4 of those games after Burrow was out?

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