While everybody is saying we Must get a starter over Lance, I'm saying we Can't get a starter over Lance. With his lack of game experiene, we don't know what he can become, we have 3 firsts tied up in him, he has no trade value at this point, and even before Purdy got hurt I was thinking we must keep him so that sooner or later he will get a chance to prove himself to the rest of the league. That's the only way we can recoup some draft capital. And we Can't pay someone like Carr etc and sign the guys we need to sign to keep us strong.
Come on people. Nobody thought Purdy could get it done. When everybody was saying Mac Jones had proven he had a very quick mind, Kyle was saying Wait, we think Trey and not Mac has shown he's got the best mind in that draft. Who among us can dismiss that without a reasonable tryout. Kyle also says you get better at football by playing football. How many collegiate games has Lance played vs Purdy. Our best plan is Still to keep Lance, give him the off season reps, coach him up, and keep him for the backup for the next two cheap rookie contract years. Our backup just might have to play at least the start of this year.
Sure it's a gamble, but losing our very high talent team to a blown cap is a sure and lasting disaster that will eventually hurt Purdy and the Faithful, and put off for another generation and coach that dust spot where 6 belongs. You want trophies? You must be competetive every year, because on any given year, you may get a broken leg or Tommy John surgery. Even in the 80's, we didn't win the SB every year, but we always made sure we still had a shot the next. We Have a quarterback.
[ Edited by BOI49er on Feb 1, 2023 at 2:16 PM ]