Start Sam Howell

[Germanhawk7]

We are officially eliminated. On Sunday it's about absolutely nothing. It would be smart to let Sam Howell start to see if we can plan with him in the future (regardless of what role). Opinions?

 

[stang233]

100 percent agree

 

[James in PA]

I'm all for it. I'm 95% certain Howell isn't the answer, but I'm 100% sure Geno isn't.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Maybe he will play a great game and add to his trade value. We traded for him… or is it like used cars, as soon as you get it it loses half its value

 

[Crizilla]

It doesn't matter with this O-line. They need to focus elsewhere besides QB right now.

 

[Sperrydogg]

It doesn’t matter so then I think the only advantage of this game is development, I think Sam Howell would benefit the most from playing this game

 

[uncle fester]

He’d be playing the Rams backups, so what would you really be learning?

There’d be more relevant info in his game tape from his Commanders stint than playing 2nd or 3rd stringers.

 

[Fernie Hawks Fan]

He’d be playing the Rams backups, so what would you really be learning?

There’d be more relevant info in his game tape from his Commanders stint than playing 2nd or 3rd stringers.

Well, if he craps the bed against 2nd or 3rd stringers, they definitely know they have to move on from him.

 

[Rat]

Start either Howell or Hall.

Geno has nothing to prove by being out there against the Rams' backups. Worst case, he screws up his knee worse or suffers another injury and suddenly he's not practicing with the team in the offseason and there will be questions about how well he can come back from it.

I know Geno has contract escalators that are reportedly within reach. If the team thinks he can reasonably hit those, just rework his contract and give him that money anyway. It'd be a good showing of trust and goodwill.

 

[Rat]

He’d be playing the Rams backups, so what would you really be learning?

There’d be more relevant info in his game tape from his Commanders stint than playing 2nd or 3rd stringers.

We didn't trade for him as a finished product. His Commanders tape won't show us his growth under our coaches and tell how well he's picking up our system. Not that it's a perfect situation for that either, but he has more to prove by being out in a glorified preseason game than Geno does.

 

[hawker84]

It doesn't matter with this O-line. They need to focus elsewhere besides QB right now.

 

[hawker84]

Guarantee we'll see Geno out there under center.

 

[West TX Hawk]

What exactly about Howell’s recent performance against Green Bay screams “we definitely want to see more of this!”?

And no, 2 practices with the 1’s this week with half the team NIR resting is going to make a huge difference. They likely already know what they have with Howell.

 

[Rat]

What exactly about Howell’s recent performance against Green Bay screams “we definitely want to see more of this!”?

And no, 2 practices with the 1’s this week with half the team NIR resting is going to make a huge difference. They likely already know what they have with Howell.

So Hall then? We know what we have with Geno too. Nothing he could do against the Rams' backups should change anything about him.

 

[West TX Hawk]

So Hall then? We know what we have with Geno too. Nothing he could do against the Rams' backups should change anything about him.

From a fan’s perspective, sure we want to see something different-there’s always the curiosity with the unknown. For the coaches and JS’ staff though, they see these guys every day all year and know what their future is with the team. I think Hall was just an emergency QB signing for the tail end of the season.

There’ll definitely be some QB changes in the offseason I’m guessing and that’s where the anticipation will come as to just what they do.

 

[JustTheTip]

Start either Howell or Hall.

Geno has nothing to prove by being out there against the Rams' backups. Worst case, he screws up his knee worse or suffers another injury and suddenly he's not practicing with the team in the offseason and there will be questions about how well he can come back from it.

I know Geno has contract escalators that are reportedly within reach. If the team thinks he can reasonably hit those, just rework his contract and give him that money anyway. It'd be a good showing of trust and goodwill.

How many more red zone interceptions to trigger that escalator? Sit him and don’t rework his contract. He may not be the main reason we are sitting out the post season, but he has culpability.

 

[HOF Hater]

You mean cut Sam Howell right? Because that's the only option here

 

[Rat]

From a fan’s perspective, sure we want to see something different-there’s always the curiosity with the unknown. For the coaches and JS’ staff though, they see these guys every day all year and know what their future is with the team. I think Hall was just an emergency QB signing for the tail end of the season.

There’ll definitely be some QB changes in the offseason I’m guessing and that’s where the anticipation will come as to just what they do.

Ok, let's just not start a quarterback then.

 

[Rat]

How many more red zone interceptions to trigger that escalator? Sit him and don’t rework his contract. He may not be the main reason we are sitting out the post season, but he has culpability.

I would hope that he's already hit that escalator. His agent needs to be fired if he negotiated it to be even more. Geno has been trying hard and getting even more red zone INTs just seems unrealistic.

 

[James in PA]

Guarantee we'll see Geno out there under center.

Geno Smith: the gift that keeps on giving.

I wonder if his brain will still turn to mush in the RZ going against backups.