Will The 2012 Draft Be The Time To Find Cam's Backup?

So why burn another draft pick on the same guy?

I know I’ll catch flak for this, and I expect to, but seriously… what does Russel Wilson have as a QB that Armanti Edwards did not have coming out of college?

The same arguments for why AE would not make a good backup to Cam would still apply to Wilson, and they are all centered around his stature giving him an inability to see over the line.

I still think Jimmy Clausen can turn into a decent QB with time but the O-Line seems to not want to block for him though. I liked Tony Pike coming out of college and I never understood why he never got a chance to play

or another oregon duck dennis dixon in free agency who was with the steelers

and i hate tom obrien for sending him packing (costed nc state half the season). that said, thomas would be kind of cool and dixon is similar, have to agree on those, but how bout e.j. manuel as a comp pick in seventh? he lacks the arm and polish of cam, but his athleticism may be easier to harness if we want to package up than wilson. wilson is head and shoulders above, but i see a little cam mobility in e.j.

Logan Thomas and EJ Manuel will both be entering the draft, and I wouldn’t mind throwing a compensation pick away for either.

Especially if we resign DA. Any team is pretty much screwed if their stud QB goes down sooner or later. Look at all the teams left in the playoffs, all of them still have their starting QBs and I’d venture to say that is the case 99.9% of the time. Rarely, will you have a situation where a backup QB can come in and lead their team deep into the playoffs (Brady). Backups are backups for a reason. I also don’t think we need a QB similar to Cam either. Chud (or whoever is our OC next year) is competent enough to call plays to DA’s or Clausen’s strengths. Sure it would be nice to have someone with a similar skill set, but to me, that is a wasteful draft pick.

Does the backup QB really have to be the “answer”? Backup QBs are typically plug-in players to begin with. They bounce around from team to team and are rarely with the same team for very long. To me, Clausen and DA fit this mold and we don’t need to worry about drafting another QB.

I dont think this is something we have/need to do now. Cam isn’t exactly fragile. DA is a solid back up for now and there are always going to be guys in future drafts who are similar to Cam style. Just not as talented

Ran the same offense as Cam did in college and we could have both QB’s from the 2010 National Championship

But seriously… Edwards isn’t backing up our QB now, and there are no plans to back him up in the future.

Though I’m pissed (american definition) that he transferred away from NCSU.

I really don’t see the point behind drafting Wilson being that we have Armanti on our roster.

How many other QB’s do you know that’s similar Cam? That’s right! No one. So no need to waste a pick on a “mobile” QB. Anderson and Clausen are perfectly fine. (And possibly overkill.) Build OL and defensive depth please. That’s what decimated us this year, not the lack of a Cam-like backup.

Are there any veteran options? Would Donovan McNabb be a thought? Given his age I don’t think he would be more than a game manager that may have some old tricks left. Yes, I know a lot of people feel he is done and maybe so. However, this is a backup role. If not McNabb, then who? This is a slippery slope if not dealt with accordingly. The last thing Carolina needs is to draft a QB who could potentially cause a controversy. It may be a good thing to have, if addressed the right way (Pats w/Brady & Bledsoe). There are a lot of things to consider.

Perhaps, what needs to happen is to use the back up, whoever that may be, and play to their strengths. If the offense can make that kind if adjustment, it would throw off many defenses. Of course, that is a big if and if we lived in a perfect world.

He is athletic, accurate, elusive and reliable for a number 2. Should be relatively cheap, but i guess he probably wants a shot at being a starter somewhere.

But Clausen really wasnt given a fair shake. he was a rookie thrown into an awful offense that not too many quarterbacks could have had success in. i’m not just talking about the personnel, i’m talking about the OC and the system. Davidson was a terrible coordinator. I guarentee if clausen played for chud and this personnel he wouldnt have looked like a blind squirrel searching for an acorn. i think he’s a pretty viable backup for cam going forward dispite the fact that they have two completely different skill sets

But Atlanta has hired Mike Nolan as DC, and that scares me a lil’ bit. Very good defensive coach.

we have major holes on defense and offense and we are thinking about taking a backup. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want what happened in Indy this year to happen to us (cam get hurt and suddenly we win 2 games on Dereck Anderson’s watch) but there are greater needs on this team. Besides, I’m not sure how Cam would like the idea of us drafting another QB (which would be the fourth QB in three years I might add). I think if we can find a Vince Young style qb and sign them as a free agent, that would solve the problem much more easily.

I was an Anderson “hater” when we picked him up. It wasn’t until I saw Newton talking about how much DA had helped him learn the system more quickly and how good of a mentor he was. I don’t think anyone can argue with the result. Your backup doesn’t have to be a clone of your starter, he simply needs to be a game manager. Anderson understands the offense and had success with it as a starter. We don’t need to waste a pick on something I believe we already have. just saying

Draft Tyler Wilson out of Arkansas next. He put up big numbers this year and possibly could be a late second maybe even mid 3rd rounder next year if he comes out.

He’s about the same size as Drew Brees but he plays smart and hard. You can say he doesn’t have the biggest arm but he makes good decisions which is something you want out of your backup QB. He’s also a leader, something that Clausen never was

I think we’re looking too ahead too far though. DA will stay and continue to mentor Cam and will be a good backup QB. I think it’s always important to have a veteran QB on the team and DA already said he’d like to stay