Should Denver trade for Joe Webb? (1 Viewer)

[smackdaddies]

This post assumes that Denver is all in with their read option offense. That they are going to keep Tebow and mold the offense around him and that style.

So, if they are going to do that - who should they get as a back up? You can't expect a drop back qb to fit.

In watching MN, it looks like Webb would be a great fit for that type of offense. In fact MN would should dump Ponder and run it, but that is a different post.

So, if not Webb, then who? Someone in the League? Someone they can draft?

Again - this post assumes they stay with the read option -

 

[Resident A]

I imagine they'll just sign Vince Young & not have to give up a draft pick. Seems to make the most sense for both sides.

 

[duaneok66]

Isn't Vince Young running a lot less now than when he was younger??

 

[Warhogs]

I have also hod some similar thoughts. I wonder how any team can expect a QB that runs that much to hold up over the long haul so if that is going to be your style of offesne do you need 2 or 3 running type QBs on your roster?

 

[Diamond One]

I have also hod some similar thoughts. I wonder how any team can expect a QB that runs that much to hold up over the long haul so if that is going to be your style of offesne do you need 2 or 3 running type QBs on your roster?

I would think that in the off-season, there is going to be a lot of work teaching Tim how to become more of a drop-back QB because, you're right, how long can that style of offense hold out? Remember that Elway (who can appreciate running for your life on the field) and staff did not have much of an opportunity to work with Tebow because of the lock-out...

 

[az_prof]

To me the suggestion makes a lot of sense.

 

[mr roboto]

They won't stick with the read option. They either try to convert Tebow to more of a traditional QB with run as a threat (Vick) or find a more typical QB.

 

[TheGBU]

No, the Vikings should give Joe Webb a shot to start. Ponder is not the answer and has a much lower ceiling.

The Broncos need to bring in a veteran to compete with Tebow next season because after they go down in flames to the Chiefs, Elway and Fox will finally realize they need a real QB. Maybe Tebow can be a wildcat/back up QB but you can't win with him in the long run as an every down player.

 

[mr roboto]

No, the Vikings should give Joe Webb a shot to start. Ponder is not the answer and has a much lower ceiling.

The Broncos need to bring in a veteran to compete with Tebow next season because after they go down in flames to the Chiefs, Elway and Fox will finally realize they need a real QB. Maybe Tebow can be a wildcat/back up QB but you can't win with him in the long run as an every down player.

How can you definitively say this already? Bad O-line, only 1 good receiver, and losing their top RB all make it pretty difficult.Ponder is an accurate but average-arm-strength west coast type QB with good mobility and pocket presence. He needs to develop timing with his receivers, and needs protection. I like what I saw from him, even if he made some really egregious rookie mistakes.

 

[NBusiness]

Or maybe they should sign Jared Lorenzen

 

[Sweet Love]

This is a wonderful question and one I thought of posting about for a while (but on a more macro-level). To me, with the preparations that go on during a given week, it makes no sense at all for a team with a "type x" QB to have a "type y" QB as the backup. It always seemed odd when the Pats had Michael Bishop as the backup to Brady..really (and I am not picking on the Pats, a ton of teams have done this)?? You are going to replace your cerebral/pocket QB midgame with a guy who runs around like the next coming of Randall Cunningham??

 

[Diamond One]

The Broncos need to bring in a veteran to compete with Tebow next season because after they go down in flames to the Chiefs, Elway and Fox will finally realize they need a real QB. Maybe Tebow can be a wildcat/back up QB but you can't win with him in the long run as an every down player.

Another quote from this thread: "How can you definitively say this already? Bad O-line, only 1 good receiver, and losing their top RB all make it pretty difficult."This brings up an interesting question about coaches though... Assume someone else other than Fox got the HC job in Denver - there were several names kicked around after the Josh canning. Kubiak in particular comes to mind here because of his long history with Elway and the Broncos both as player and coordinator.

Would another coach in Denver done things differently? To me, Fox is content to keep rolling the dice until the luck runs out - and now that it has, is still rolling them with the hope that the results will be different each time. He kinda had the same style in Carolina too. Sometimes I wonder why he didn't get more aggressive with the front office about the weak o-line, marginal WR's, etc...

I know there has been much ado about Elway and Tebow, but in my mind, Fox is one who needs to be evaluated in the off-season, not just the QB situation and offensive system in general...

 

[Sea Duck]

Did Webb run the spread option in college?

 

[Sea Duck]

This is a wonderful question and one I thought of posting about for a while (but on a more macro-level). To me, with the preparations that go on during a given week, it makes no sense at all for a team with a "type x" QB to have a "type y" QB as the backup. It always seemed odd when the Pats had Michael Bishop as the backup to Brady..really (and I am not picking on the Pats, a ton of teams have done this)?? You are going to replace your cerebral/pocket QB midgame with a guy who runs around like the next coming of Randall Cunningham??

Bishop was never Brady's backup. He was 3rd string behind Bledsoe and John Friesz. In that context it made some sense to have a "change of pace" QB on the roster -- either to run specialty plays, or to dangle as trade bait to a team that was fascinated with his physical tools.Perhaps you're thinking of Rohan Davey? He was Brady's backup in 2002-04, but they also had Damon Huard on the roster (and besides, Davey wasn't as much of an option QB as Bishop was).

 

[Chaka]

Why do people think that Elway is some kind of QB guru/swami/teacher? Most of the great ones can't teach what they know because so much of it comes naturally.

 

[HellToupee]

Denver needs a Percy Harvin

 

[Donnybrook]

I understand why Webb would be a good backup in Denver but I am sure why the Vikings would trade Webb? If you consider what Charlie Whitehurst went for, Webb shouldn't be cheap.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I have also hod some similar thoughts. I wonder how any team can expect a QB that runs that much to hold up over the long haul so if that is going to be your style of offesne do you need 2 or 3 running type QBs on your roster?

How about a 53-Tebow roster Seriously though - a Tebow web backfield would be sick -QG

 

[ivnabru]

I have also hod some similar thoughts. I wonder how any team can expect a QB that runs that much to hold up over the long haul so if that is going to be your style of offesne do you need 2 or 3 running type QBs on your roster?

How about a 53-Tebow roster Seriously though - a Tebow web backfield would be sick

-QG

I don't think you're dreaming big enough.Philly should offer their 1st for Tebow and their 2nd for Webb. Run the Tebow/Vick/Young/Webb backfield. How do you cover that? I bet they go 19-0.

 

[bushdocda]

Webb can probably throw almost as good as Tebow left handed.

 

[Funkley]

Back up QB syndrome never fails to amaze. Lol at the Vikings bailing on Ponder already. Webb is a gadget not a starter.

 

[loose circuits]

seems like Dennis Dixon would be a much cheaper option that can do most of the same things

 

[loose circuits]

seems like Dennis Dixon would be a much cheaper option that can do most of the same things