GordonGekko said:
No, what is completely insane is the idea that ANY functional GM and/or head coach would walk into a season with Nick Foles and/or Case Keenum as their starting QB1s and hope to keep their jobs.
You do not, I repeat, DO NOT open what should be the most expensive sports stadium built EVER in human history and roll out a Ryan Mallet. Or a Case Keenum. Or a Nick Foles. Or a Brian Hoyer. Or whomever else from the retread pile. And while that will be years away, it still requires a team wanting to get that young elite franchise QB1 in place to plan ahead of time. Everyone associated with the NFL wants this move to be successful. A powerhouse team in LA is only good for upping the valuation of all NFL franchises and also to create the marketing base and interest to get the kind of global expansion that the league wants.
Happy Easter everyone. I should get an award, I read both of GG's posts in full.
Any multi-year tanking theory always needs to be examined with a good amount of skepticism, and then completely disregarded. Any multi-year theory for a
specific player should be completely disregarded from the jump. The closest I can think of was my own Raiders, when Mark Davis allowed McKenzie to take all the salary cap medicine at once, even tho it meant 2012 was a lost season. And that team had extraordinary circumstances, with a deceased owner, salary cap issues, and no 1st and 2nd round pick.
Let's assume there is some jockeying going on above Fisher's head. The head coach is the most replaceable part of the exec team, so that's plausible. The question is, who is pulling these strings? Les Snead, the GM that has drafted well recently? No GM would be part of a two-year dump, and rookie QB. He could never be sure he was going to be part of the winning team. Something like this would have to come from the owner. Kroenke is not a meddlesome owner, and he has shown no interest in being Jerry Jones.
The biggest issue with your conspiracy theory is that it doesn't make football sense. It assumes they have a bad team, and need to build a young roster of talent for a young QB.
They have a talented young roster already. They have Quinn, Donald, Ogletree, Trumaine, Austin, Gurley. They have some offensive linemen, and need a true WR or two. This team has a LOT of pieces in place, and is going to have to start replacing young talent with cheaper options, as it had to do with Janoris a few weeks ago. This team already has young talent that is coming up for second contracts soon, if this team gets a QB, their window is officially open.
Tanking for two years is stuff message board GM's come up with, when there's no real jobs on the line. This front office, and coaching staff have mortgages, families, and financial responsibilities. They aren't going to potentially damage their career prospects in order to
maybe get a QB in
two years.