QB Matt Barkley

Originally posted by Afrikan:

crazy s**t? That excited? Amazing moves huh? Not just you but there are others.

Kool Laid has been served... everything they do will be praised from now on.

We are wasting a roster spot on Matt Barkley.

Don't get me wrong...I like the WRs signings...and Malcolm Smith... but I ain't gonna act like Lynch is doing any magic.

They still have to prove themselves.

And here I was thinking the sarcasm in my post was laid on pretty thick.

I have learnt a valuable lesson.

In future I will use the appropriate smiley to ensure there's no more misunderstandings as I'm too sensitive to be exposed to such literal ranting over my less than literal posts.

Thank you Sheldon.

I cant believe we signed Barkley as a backup. We should have gone something like..

1- Aaron Rodgers
2- Matthew Stafford
3- Ryan Tannehill
4- Watson

I'm not going to compare Barkley to kap, Just curious what his strengths are because I've never seen them. Honest question. All I've seen is a guy who manages to make bad decisions.

Camp arm?

Anyone complaining about this move needs to understand this: at the present time we only have 1 QB on the roster, and he just got here. I expect us to bring in at least 2 more QB's, either via the draft and/or FA. Lynch and Shanny are housecleaning this roster-fu_k Baalke left us in, as they should. They have 6 years to fix this. be patient folks.

I dont see him making the team

#3 qb at best and wont be here long imo. If magic can be worked n he is resurrected great, but I highly doubt it.

Backup with some game experience. And maybe potential to improve.

Why not give him a chance on the team.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Hoyer is better than Kap as is Barkley.

Yeah ok buddy. Any proof of that? And before you go there, I'm not bitter about Kaep being gone. It is what it is, I was excited about maybe finding someone better. Neither qb has done anything of note to quantify them being better than Kaep. I hope Barkley and Hoyer prove me wrong, I will support them... As of right now neither has done jack squat in the league. He's gone now, no need to be a hater anymore.

Originally posted by Irish40Niner:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Hoyer is better than Kap as is Barkley.

Yeah ok buddy. Any proof of that? And before you go there, I'm not bitter about Kaep being gone. It is what it is, I was excited about maybe finding someone better. Neither qb has done anything of note to quantify them being better than Kaep. I hope Barkley and Hoyer prove me wrong, I will support them... As of right now neither has done jack squat in the league. He's gone now, no need to be a hater anymore.

They are a better fit for Shanny's offense. Proof...they are on the team. The other guy is not.

They seemed to be looking for guys that have the potential to improve, not guys that have shown they can't like Torrey Smith and Kaep

Originally posted by qnnhan7:

They are a better fit for Shanny's offense. Proof...they are on the team. The other guy is not.

They seemed to be looking for guys that have the potential to improve, not guys that have shown they can't like Torrey Smith and Kaep

They may be a better fit, not disputing that. From a talent standpoint and what they have done on the field we have taken a small step backwards. Like I said earlier I hope Hoyer and Barkley prove me wrong. I'm definitely not rooting on them to fail. Can't improve based on what? They'll both be fine on other teams both players were misused during their tenure here.

Originally posted by Irish40Niner:

Originally posted by mayo49:
Hoyer is better than Kap as is Barkley.

Yeah ok buddy. Any proof of that? And before you go there, I'm not bitter about Kaep being gone. It is what it is, I was excited about maybe finding someone better. Neither qb has done anything of note to quantify them being better than Kaep. I hope Barkley and Hoyer prove me wrong, I will support them... As of right now neither has done jack squat in the league. He's gone now, no need to be a hater anymore.

I consider Hoyer and Barkley good Qb's. And, you honestly consider Kap a good Qb?

Originally posted by Irish40Niner:

Way to upgrade the qb position... So far the moves at qb aren't even lateral.

Hoyer is an upgrade. QB who knows the offense and can throw the football with accuracy, reads a defense, makes good decisions. More than what could be said about the guys last year.

I thought that if they couldn't get Cousins (I think they decided it was time to act as though they wouldn't get him this year) that they would sign Hoyer and another vet and then draft a rookie to develop-compete. I thought maybe that other vet might be Glenning but he got paid a lot more money than I thought he would - too expensive. I'm surprised about them choosing Barkley but it seems likely that Shanahan did see something he liked in the tape he watched on Barkley, so, so far I feel okay about it.

I do think Shanahan and Lynch need to turn their attention to beefing up the offensive line and maybe getting (drafting) another potent running threat. Hoyer isn't a particularly rugged QB and it's going to take him and Barkley a while to get up to speed on Shanahan's offense so they need a strong running game to keep the defenses on their heels and time for Hoyer or Barkley to stay on their feet and sling the ball on passing downs. That comes from solid offensive line play as much as anything. And a strong offensive line that has time to jell now will be even better in a year or two when the 9ers will hopefully seriously be in the hunt for getting into the playoffs.

So Hoyer, Barkley, and likely at least one rookie, maybe two including a UDFA for this season.

Not a terrible start, as long as Hoyer can stay relatively healthy.

Barkley is a nice backup option. I'm neither under the illusion that our FQB will be found immediately, nor that Barkley is that guy. In order to expedite the rebuilding process it would be nice if we could get the FQB this year, but to expect it to happen this year is ridiculously stupid and incredibly naïve.