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  • chernobylwraiths
    Registered User
    • Jan 2003
    • 41838
    #1

    Besides the obvious

    of Drew Brees and Brett Favre, who are the last big name free agent QBs to sign a contract with a new team and make them instant contenders? I don't count Favre because he wanted the Vikings the whole time.

    I see some people say we need a big name FA and I just don't remember it helping all that much or even seeing any big name free agent QBs.
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  • Dicknoze69
    Just because my name is dicknoze,it doesn't mean I have balls in my mouth
    • Jul 2002
    • 1224
    #2
    Re: Besides the obvious

    Pennington as well last year.

    However, top-notch QBs don't hit the free agent market, for obvious reasons. If you find a quality QB, you hold onto them generally. San Diego sort of screwed themselves by mis-evaluating Brees and then drafting Rivers, thus necessitating letting Brees walk. Most other free agent QBs are let go because of injury concerns or performance.

    Long story short, hoping to find the next QB who leads us to the playoffs in free agency is a pipe dream.
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    • ParanoidAndroid
      My battery is low and it's getting dark.
      • Apr 2004
      • 16833
      #3
      Re: Besides the obvious

      If Philly lets McNabb walk so they can start the Kolb era, he has a lot left in the tank.

      Oh yeah.... Doug Flutie came here and led us to the playoffs.
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      • Jeff1220
        H to the 12:20
        • Jul 2002
        • 6136
        #4
        Re: Besides the obvious

        What do you guys think of Troy Smith as a guy to put in the mix at QB? I believe he's a FA in 2010 and the people here in Baltimore think pretty highly of him. He has shown flashes in limited opportunities and, though he's been a team player w/Flacco being drafted and all, he definitely has the fire burning in him to be a starter. He could be a low risk/high reward type FA signing. His biggest knock is his height, but he's basically the same size as Brees.

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        • Jeff1220
          H to the 12:20
          • Jul 2002
          • 6136
          #5
          Re: Besides the obvious

          Originally posted by andyxc71
          If Philly lets McNabb walk so they can start the Kolb era, he has a lot left in the tank.

          Oh yeah.... Doug Flutie came here and led us to the playoffs.
          McNabb would be an amazing signing if it were ever possible.
          • he'd fill seats
          • he's a leader
          • he's a gamer

          Pretty much everything Ralph could ask for.
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          • The King
            Without me it's just Awe so
            • Jun 2004
            • 42380
            #6
            Re: Besides the obvious

            Originally posted by Jeff1220
            What do you guys think of Troy Smith as a guy to put in the mix at QB? I believe he's a FA in 2010 and the people here in Baltimore think pretty highly of him. He has shown flashes in limited opportunities and, though he's been a team player w/Flacco being drafted and all, he definitely has the fire burning in him to be a starter. He could be a low risk/high reward type FA signing. His biggest knock is his height, but he's basically the same size as Brees.
            Wow, holy good idea batman.
            I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
            "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
            You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
            It was all             true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
            He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can             mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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            • Oaf
              Do you read what you write?
              • Jun 2007
              • 6151
              #7
              Re: Besides the obvious

              How about Sage Rosenfels?

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              • chernobylwraiths
                Registered User
                • Jan 2003
                • 41838
                #8
                Re: Besides the obvious

                Pennington was a decent name, but to be honest, I don't believe anybody thought he could do anything. Flutie was a sideshow signing and nobody thought anything of him either. The last big name besides Brees to be a free agent was Warner or Bledsoe and neither did anything with the teams that signed them right away.

                My point is that high profile FAs don't come along often and even when they do, they don't guarantee success either.

                I would love McNabb BTW.
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                • BertSquirtgum
                  Registered User
                  • May 2009
                  • 13379
                  #9
                  Re: Besides the obvious

                  might as well bring vinny testaverde back.....or how about bernie kosar? no thanks to any of the name mentioned except mcnabb
                  Last edited by BertSquirtgum; 12-09-2009, 10:13 PM.
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                  • Pinkerton Security
                    Pinkerton's son
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 6003
                    #10
                    Re: Besides the obvious

                    Originally posted by Jeff1220
                    What do you guys think of Troy Smith as a guy to put in the mix at QB? I believe he's a FA in 2010 and the people here in Baltimore think pretty highly of him. He has shown flashes in limited opportunities and, though he's been a team player w/Flacco being drafted and all, he definitely has the fire burning in him to be a starter. He could be a low risk/high reward type FA signing. His biggest knock is his height, but he's basically the same size as Brees.
                    I have always liked him, idk why bc i dont like OSU, but I dont want him to be the "answer"...if we brought him in to compete and see what he's got i'd like that.

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                    • YardRat
                      Well, lookie here...
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 86147
                      #11
                      Re: Besides the obvious

                      Warner did OK with Zona last season.
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                      • BillsWin
                        man amongst boys
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 6025
                        #12
                        Re: Besides the obvious

                        I just hope Vick isn't a Bill next year. A. We will probably have to trade to get him. B. He was never that great. He was just fun to watch.
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                        • djjimkelly
                          Registered User
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 7045
                          #13
                          Re: Besides the obvious

                          Originally posted by andyxc71
                          If Philly lets McNabb walk so they can start the Kolb era, he has a lot left in the tank.

                          Oh yeah.... Doug Flutie came here and led us to the playoffs.

                          the number 1 ranked D led us to the playoffs

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                          • yordad
                            Registered User
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 11867
                            #14
                            Re: Besides the obvious

                            Originally posted by BillsWin
                            I just hope Vick isn't a Bill next year. A. We will probably have to trade to get him. B. He was never that great. He was just fun to watch.
                            He will be cut. He made his team way better. Kind of like what Vince Young is currently doing.
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                            • ParanoidAndroid
                              My battery is low and it's getting dark.
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 16833
                              #15
                              Re: Besides the obvious

                              Originally posted by djjimkelly
                              the number 1 ranked D led us to the playoffs
                              Probably true, but I don't think we would have made it without Flutie, either. Robosack was not the guy..... anyway.....

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