People act like they’ve never seen a 1st year starter not pick up open reads because he Cuts The Field In Half, have inconsistent accuracy, hold the ball too long, or even throw an interception like once every 35-40 passes. Have some of y’all even watched Past-and-Present Top-10 QBs’ rookie seasons? Look up what the most common Rookie QB problems are.
If you don’t want a QB that has Sam’s level of issues with Pocket Awareness, even in their 1st year starting, I understand. That’s your preference. But these other things need to be remembered.
Btw: I’m not saying that everyone who wants to move on from Howell doesn’t watch other teams.
It almost doesn’t matter. He looks pretty good to me, but it’s hard to evaluate him when the OL sucks on their best day and the team is falling apart.
If someone wants to back up the trade-value Brinks truck for Sam Howell, you take them up on it, because value is value, and we’ll be in a position to replace him if we have to. And if we draft a QB with Sam on the roster, that’s fine, too. Having two good QBs on a team is a good problem that’s easily solved. And if we don’t draft QB and roll with Sam, well, fuck, that’s also okay, because he’s cheap and probably not going to be meaningfully worse than the rest of the team next year, anyway.