Going into this past years draft I did not want to spend a 1st round draft pick on any of the QBs available. I wanted an OLB which we got. My idea was to draft a QB in round 3-5 and then look for a No. 1 next year in a better QB class. Since Haskin's has played I recommend playing him every game to see if he was worth a first round pick. He showed arm talent in the preseason, he made a couple of big plays in preseason, he was also to diagnose in preseason. He held the ball and was slow to diagnose yesterday. I am not saying he can't get better but the seal has been cracked so lets play him now. It looks like the Skins are going to have a very high draft choice. If that is the case then they should be open to a guy who has even better QB potential if Haskins does not improve. He may very well improve. If he does then you can use that 1st on another position. Nothing yesterday sold me on he was close or Case is anything more than what I thought before. That was a Giants defense that was averaging giving up over 300 yards per game before yesterday. I will say this, Haskin's 32.8% QB rating was almost 10 points higher than Keenum's and that was with three times as many picks.
The thing is, I don't believe that there's any sort of uniformity in how this young QB should be best prepared. In fact, I believe that Gruden was dead set against having him active at all this season, instead, hoping to rely upon Colt and Case throughout the year. When Colt didn't physically qualify he had no choice and Haskins became the back-up QB. Now here's the kicker, as a general rule back-up players, especially QB's are prepared in the event of injury, or really poor performance by the starter. Scout team reps and one walk through is a complete dereliction of coaching duties to insure that your back-up has some familiarity with the starting group and real time NFL speed.
I wonder if Gruden ever wanted Haskins on this team at all. It is interesting how we year in and year out get players who play well in school or on other teams, who then under perform here only to watch sheepishly as they leave and perform well again elsewhere. Perhaps it's time that we stop blaming the players as much as we blame the piss poor coaching that ask them to perform in ways or positions that made them desirable in the first place.
Sorry for the rant man, I know that coaching is your thing and that there's great pride taken in the profession when teachers such as yourself work tirelessly because of the love of the game and a desire to grow the person not just the player then have your profession so sadly represented by these ass clowns at the highest levels.