The "Inside Word" on the QB Search

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

So I think Plan A is make a run for Sam Bradford and possibly add someone like a Jimmy Clausen/Brian Hoyer. Though Hoyer may cost too much to not start him. Bradford and Clausen! Could you imagine, how silly would that be. Plan B is draft a Jones/Tannehill and someone like Grossman or Josh Johnson is the veteran/transition QB.

My gut prediction as of today...Landry Jones (I know I've been saying Tannehill but I'm honestly going back and forth on the two) and Rex returns as the backup.

Landry Jones would make the most sense of all the available quarterbacks for what we are already doing here.

But obvious caveat here: what we're doing in 2011 and 2012 may not resemble what we are doing in 2013 and 2014. And there are really significant red flags with Landry Jones. I think Brian Hoyer is a much better bet to be a starting quality NFL quarterback. But he fits what we're doing less than Jones' skill set does.

What's weird is that no one I have talked to thinks that the Redskins have any interest in Sam Bradford. Like, any, as in: wouldn't pick him up if he was a free agent. With that said, no one I have talked to would know what the Redskins are talking about behind the Bruce Allen-sanctioned curtain of secrecy. It's more like a "what everyone knows about the Redskins" thing.

The biggest thing with Bradford is that he's one of the pieces that makes the Rams as an appealing a job as it is. A lot of this rumor mill stuff is totally dependent on who the Rams (and really the Colts) hire, and what their opinions are on football matters.

And this Bradford thing has a really good chance to become a repeat of the Rick Mirer trade when a QB with a sensational college career gets dealt two years in to a team desperate for a quarterback. I just don't see any specific reason to believe that the Redskins are going to get involved.

Though what we do know about Mike Shanahan is this: his draft day grades carry weight for a very, very long time after draft day. If he really did love Bradford on draft day (which I am disputing), he probably still loves him now, recent evidence be damned.