Austin Davis is exactly what we though he was back when he made the team in 2012. In fact, many forget that the Rams cut Clemens the beginning of that year and kept the impressive UDRFA from Southern Mississippi and then brought Clemens back after week one at a reduced rate.
He'll be a very good number 2 guy IMHO that can go out and win a game, but has limitations because of his size and throwing deep. Very pleased with his performance and his leadership skills are over the top, but he reminds me so much of Kellen Clemens, however, might actually be a tad more accurate.
IMO the two Davis and Keenum aren't far apart in raw talent,give the kid a stronger arm (Davis) and he'd compare to a young Brees
Exactly den. I like everyone's positive attitude towards him and the Rams though. Nice change of pace after last weeks pessimism.den-the-coach being realistic:
Austin Davis is exactly what we though he was back when he made the team in 2012.
He'll be a very good number 2 guy IMHO that can go out and win a game, but has limitations because of his size and throwing deep.
me too, I always thought that was one of the best things he did...that along with his unreal accuracyReally? I always felt like Bradford sold the play-action beautifully.
OK! now we can all call you Mr. Nostradomus, instead of you just being a stranger!:cheers: :bow:Remember these?...
Don't forget the Chargers drafted Rivers when they still had a healthy Brees, but all Brees did was keep him on the bench because he got so much better.WOW not ready to do that quite yet just think if the Rams had Kirk Cousins?
Our D did knock a few of those 1st and 2nd stringers out of the game, to help Davis out!Wasn't really blown away by Davis in preseason the past two years, especially considering he was going against 3rd stringers, but today he really upped his game. He looked really good. I was very impressed with how much he improved from week one to today. The stuff I did see that was bad was little stuff that I expect from a young QB and think it's relatively easy to fix. Davis actually has me excited about the season again.
Yup, Bradford will get his starting job back in 2015 and play lights out, but Davis will push him in camp, and there will be the Bradford haters who loudly call for Davis. But I think Davis' success this year will keep us from drafting a QB in the offseason.While I agree wholeheartedly that Davis played a great game yesterday...especially for a UFDA who really had no reps with the 1's up until this last week....let's not get ahead of ourselves in the 'AD is our future' thinking. After all, as great a game as he played, it was against a pretty injury depleted Tampa Bay D.....virtually their entire D-line were not starters.
So yes, I'm glad he looked as good as he did, and that one game gives some confidence that he can at least be a decent backup QB in this league. But let's not get carried away. Last week everybody was suggesting we sign any number of has-been or never-were QB's after one ugly loss. No need to go to the other end of the spectrum with one nice win.
Yup, Bradford will get his starting job back in 2015 and play lights out, but Davis will push him in camp, and there will be the Bradford haters who loudly call for Davis. But I think Davis' success this year will keep us from drafting a QB in the offseason.
Yeah, I have no rational response to your very logical post. It's all just based on "gut feel." The funny thing is, the older I get the more I realize that my "gut" is right more often times than it is wrong, and it a much better predictor for me than rational logic. As someone who has spent his entire life in science and mathematics, it's all pretty darn ironic. But it is what it is, and I'm going with itThat's a possibility, sure. How high a probability, I'm not sure. Some things have to happen for that scenario to bear fruit.....
1. AD has to get more playing time this year, and show continued development. Barring a more severe injury to Hill, doesn't sound like Fisher's going that way any time soon.
2. The highest probability portion of your scenario (IMO) is that AD shows enough to keep the Rams from spending a high draft pick on a QB next year. That would be nice, but might also be dependent on him getting more opportunities to showcase himself this year.
2. Bradford has to come back. While I think it's pretty likely he does, I don't hardly think it's a given at this point. Second ACL in the same knee puts at least a modest cloud over his future.
IMO, a more likely scenario is that Bradford comes back and wins the starting job, and AD fights it out with Hill for the backup job.
Hate to say it, but if Bradford didn't get hurt, I highly question if AD would have even been signed to the practice squad. I suspect if Bradford doesn't go down, the Rams would have signed Gilbert to the practice squad, and AD would be on the street right now.
I also think they signed Keenum because they wanted someone, anyone, available behind Hill that had some actual NFL regular season game experience. And had hoped they'd get at least 4-6 weeks out of Hill before having to even think about the 'next guy up' if Hill got hurt. And had that played out, I'd almost bet Keenum would have got the start over AD.
Sorry, sounds like I'm trying to rain on your parade. But I just tend to rate all this stuff in terms of what I perceive the probabilities to be of any of them occurring. Of course, I would have rated the probabilities of AD getting a regular season start this year as the proverbial 'slim & none' if this discussion had occurred on Aug 1. So, anything could happen.