Redskins Training Camp Thread

Colt has a noodle arm and his lack of arm strength would be quickly exploited with him as the starter.

People seem to forget that Keenum did some very good work as the starter for the Vikings the year before the Vikes screwed up and signed Cousins. He would probably be the better choice as the stopgap starter if Haskins isn't ready to start the season.

Haskins probably won't start until Jay Gruden loses enough games with Colt and/or Keenum to desperately fear losing his job.

For what it's worth, there was a few reports that Colt's arm seems to be stronger this year.... for what it's worth.

For the life of me I don't get the Keenum trade, even with Colt coming off injury and not knowing how the draft was going to unfold. I wouldn't have pulled the trigger on that. Like Schneed has in his signature, if you don't know who the best QB of the three you have are, you don't have a QB. I would have been splitting reps between Colt and Haskins 50% a piece, and had some 3rd stringer on the team too, but I wouldn't have traded for Keenum just to have him taking 33% of the first team reps.

Why? We got a veteran backup that can start if needed for $3.5M. At the time we had a bare cupboard at QB coming off a disastrous year at the position.

Case will be the starter week 1, just go ahead and face that folks. Dwayne basically said it in his presser yesterday that "I'll start sooner or later"

That tells me that he isn't in the QB1 plans right now, maybe I'm just assuming but still

Why? We got a veteran backup that can start if needed for $3.5M. At the time we had a bare cupboard at QB coming off a disastrous year at the position.

I would have just signed someone if it came down to that. Maybe I am thinking too little of Case but I really equate him to that of a 3rd string QB, excluding the one year he had the best WR duo in football

Case will be the starter week 1, just go ahead and face that folks. Dwayne basically said it in his presser yesterday that "I'll start sooner or later"

That tells me that he isn't in the QB1 plans right now, maybe I'm just assuming but still

If healthy I think Colt will be the starter week 1. Regardless, all 3 are very likely to play at some point this year.

This is a really high stakes decision for Gruden. He's got a defense that looks strong and he should be able to run the ball pretty effectively - even with Trent out, Penn is still a decent run blocker, and the rest of the line is back in place.

And of course not a lot of weapons. So you realize that for the Redskins winning will look like slugfests, grinding out defensive battles with small margins for error, winning close games 23-20.

Alex was moderately successful in that model last year because he avoided turnovers. He always has. But Colt has always been turnover prone. So that temptation to start the guy who knows his offense best could lead to a couple crucial turnovers that change a game from a 23-20 win to a 26-23 loss.

Gruden needs to get Keenum ready to play for that reason. Colt is going to turn it over too much and Gruden will look like a really poor coach for making that choice. And if he can't get Keenum ready, that will also reflect poorly on him. Hopefully O'Connell will show why he's getting hyped lately.

This is a really high stakes decision for Gruden. He's got a defense that looks strong and he should be able to run the ball pretty effectively - even with Trent out, Penn is still a decent run blocker, and the rest of the line is back in place.

And of course not a lot of weapons. So you realize that for the Redskins winning will look like slugfests, grinding out defensive battles with small margins for error, winning close games 23-20.

Alex was moderately successful in that model last year because he avoided turnovers. He always has. But Colt has always been turnover prone. So that temptation to start the guy who knows his offense best could lead to a couple crucial turnovers that change a game from a 23-20 win to a 26-23 loss.

Gruden needs to get Keenum ready to play for that reason. Colt is going to turn it over too much and Gruden will look like a really poor coach for making that choice. And if he can't get Keenum ready, that will also reflect poorly on him. Hopefully O'Connell will show why he's getting hyped lately.

Well, Keenum is pretty turnover prone too . . . and probably will be more so learning a new offense.

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Kay Adams is a straight up dime.

Kay Adams is a straight up dime.

yes she is