Rivera Confirms Search for a Back-up QB More Like Cam

I would let DA walk and make some sort of an effort to get Dennis Dixon.

Having to drop the option plays from the playbook isn’t a big thing if the backup can throw the ball accurately. Handing the ball off to Williams and Stewart more wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Obviously you’d like someone with Newton’s escapability too (cos the O-line isn’t that good), but again that’s difficult to find.

I don’t like Wilson as a prospect, so I can’t get on this bandwagon.

I think we need a QB who can run the offemse if Cam goes down so we dont have to change the entire offense for DA

But it would be awesome to obtain a QB similar to Cam.

We should totally sign Jamarcus Russell.

If Dixon could be trusted on the field, he would have gotten starts over the 56 year old, Charlie Batch. To me, Joe Webb or Josh Johnson are better fits than Dixon if we’re talking current NFL players. Actually, I like Webb alot.

Anybody who meets Russell Wilson will come away being impressed. There is no doubt he blows them away in the interview setting. On the field he is Cam Newton with a slightly less powerful arm and less height. Other than taht, they share the same skill set. I think Russell may throw underneath better than Cam and his ability to grasp an offense is now legendary. He’s mature, a pro and all-around good citizen. In short, he’s son-in-law material. (except he just married)

This is my guy. His numbers jump off the page at you. NCAA records of 379 consecutive passes w/out and int, 38 consecutive games with a TD, 73% completions this year and the #1 all-time passer rating of 191.78.(Andrew Luck was @ 169.68)

Russell May be off the board before we think, so I’d grab him in a heart beat. There are others I like as well, like Tanneyhill and Geno Smith, but again, Wilson is my guy.

Screw the failed attempt to change him into something else. He would probably be a lot more mobile now than he was with all his running practice the past 2 years. If you can throw a ball, I don’t think you lose the ability in 2 years, he would probably just need a couple months practice to knock the dust off. His height is the only concern, but he managed with his height in college. That would save a draft pick for an immediate need.

Bolstering the line and filling in needs on defense are more important than getting another backup QB. I think keeping DA has a benefit with him knowing the system well and being able to continue assisting Cam next year. I think we could cut our losses and get whatever we can for Clausen and then have AE be the 3rd string/Emergency QB until a situation presents itself with injuries (knock on wood) in which we need to go after someone else.

Side note: I would take Joe Webb over all of the other guys mentioned hands down.