TwistedHusky":2v7j4avs said:
Were all the games where BJ looked great offset by tremendously horrible practices? (Because the other mystery is why any sane person would pick Gabbert over Daniels given how effective each looked when given the opportunity to get on the field. Gabbert looked horrible in preseason games, in real games and against air. A question for 49ers fans maybe...instead of Seahawk fans.)
Colt McCoy and Scott Tolzien, not Gabbert.
Daniels looked good in the late 4th quarter of some preseason games, but the 9ers were only keeping two QBs (and had four that were playing in pre-season), and decided to go with a veteran backup over a totally untested rookie who had only played against scrubs. There was talk that they were concerned about having him poached off the practice squad, which is what happened.
TBH at the time, knowing they were only keeping two QBs I thought the decision made sense, and I think it's even hard to argue now that it was a poor decision (unlike Daniels who has spent his last two years on the practice squad, those other guys this whole time have been #2s on the 9ers, Redskins, and Packers).
Maybe Daniels shows something eventually, but the Seahawks essentially did exactly what the 9ers were hoping to do with him. They could have taken him back off the Hawks' practice squad this whole time if they were willing to roster him for three weeks (IIRC that's the time frame), but never did.
