Kerb Hohl wrote:
Look, this year my argument was finally burned, but I think you kinda nailed it accidentally by what you said.
21-22 years and we never needed that backup to get us into the playoffs. Now, Wolf did a good job drafting younger guys and pawning them off and Thompson was on his way with Flynn. Thompson got a little lazy on drafting higher-end ones recently and got burned.
That said, we're talking 22 years of "veteran backup quarterback" money that would have been lit on fire.
The fact we got 22-years of injury free play isn't a reason to not have a decent backup. It is like saying I didn't have home or auto insurance because I never got in accidents and never had a fire at my house. The odds of any team having back to back HOF injury free QB's is ten million to one. You can't plan on those odds.
We didn't need to light any serious money on fire for a "pricey" vet because in years past, Wolf had the cupboard loaded with Ty Detmer, Brunell, Aaron Brooks, etc. And we'd pick up Doug Pederson or McMahon cheap. And TT had A-Rod and Flynn in reserve for Favre.
The problem though is that the method of having a second year guy ready fell apart this year because Brohm, Harrell, etc all flamed out and Flynn left. And VY looked terrible.
That said, if we miss the playoffs with this injury to A-Rod, we need to have a decent stop-gap guy for next year. We all understand the team can't win a Super Bowl without Rodgers, but we also can't go 0-4 midseason if Rodgers has another injury. Then we waste the season like we might do here.
I'm not angry at TT at all. But every option he tried at backup QB for this year failed so I think he just said screw it, we'll be fine and put a good locker room guy like Wallace on the team. He's got to address this for next year and depending on a 7th round pick from Weber State won't cut it.
That said maybe TT is a master wizard and Tolzien will take the field and look great. We'll see.
