Originally posted by boast:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by boast:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by TheRickestRick:
Da fuq lol? Why give a division rival any sort of advantage? JG is better than anyone they currently have and may have incite on any tendencies of this offense or even Lance. It typically takes 17 games on film for the league to figure out a QB, why speed that up just for them.
I get it, we are a superior team why be afraid of anyone blah blah blah. It's competition and gamesmanship, we were one inch and one game from going from homefield advantage to a wildcard in 2019. We were a miraculous comeback and one game away from not even making the playoffs last year. Keep any advantage you can and deny other teams that benefit... its not f*ckin rocket science when it comes to competitive sports lol.
Someone made this point a few days ago, and I will repeat it. If teams signing their division rivals former players gave them a competitive advantage, why is this not standard practice? If signing your rivals players truly helped give them incite and knowledge on the team was actually a real thing, wouldnt this be standard practice in the NFL?
Since it is far from standard practice, logic tells us that this isnt an actual thing.
because that comment wasnt well thought out or logical. it's an apples and oranges comparison. there's a huge difference between a division rival signing a back up TE or 3rd CB and signing a starting QB who's been in the system for five years. the QB brings far more knowledge of the scheme and philosophy behind it to the rival than a positional player.
and you dont see a starting caliber QB being made available to a division rival often at all.
The starting caliber is irrelevant to the point. Because this is about scheme and bringing knowledge of his former team to the new team. I agree with you, that QBs have far more knowledge about scheme and philosophy than position players. So why arent teams desperately trying to pluck their rivals backup QBs then?
"starting caliber" is very relevant in the case of JG. see Sando's 2022 list of opinions from NFL HCs and execs. Jimmy ranks 16th.
Its relevant in general. It has nothing to do with signing a division rivals QB, which is all I was responding about. So in terms of this specific line of speaking, its completely irrelevant. To your point (which wasnt what I was talking about), its relevant.