Duck07 wrote:That's a fan account, but Arthur Smith was extremely coy in his press conference about Marcus for someone who obviously knew about his situation as a lot of people were tweeting that Marcus walked away from the team/quit, etc.
I know we all love Marcus here, and this is a puzzling story given what we know about him. Fans are saying he quit on the team, and I suspect the opposite is true: the team is packing it in for the season in order to improve draft position and possibly draft a QB, so they are benching the better quarterback in favor of the rookie, and then justifying the move publicly by throwing Marcus under the bus. We'll see if that theory holds up or not.
Not really. He didn't have a great season in Atlanta this year. A lot of it had to do with the scheme and players available (in my opinion), but it still was not a great year for him. If he becomes a free agent, he's probably not going to be a hot commodity, especially with the injury history.
Then again, being a backup quarterback isn't so bad lol.
Duck07 wrote:That's a fan account, but Arthur Smith was extremely coy in his press conference about Marcus for someone who obviously knew about his situation as a lot of people were tweeting that Marcus walked away from the team/quit, etc.
I know we all love Marcus here, and this is a puzzling story given what we know about him. Fans are saying he quit on the team, and I suspect the opposite is true: the team is packing it in for the season in order to improve draft position and possibly draft a QB, so they are benching the better quarterback in favor of the rookie, and then justifying the move publicly by throwing Marcus under the bus. We'll see if that theory holds up or not.
Not really. He didn't have a great season in Atlanta this year. A lot of it had to do with the scheme and players available (in my opinion), but it still was not a great year for him. If he becomes a free agent, he's probably not going to be a hot commodity, especially with the injury history.
Then again, being a backup quarterback isn't so bad lol.
I'm not exactly sure what you are responding to. I never said Marcus was having a good year, I simply said he was the best option at QB. At the time the Atlanta coaches made the decision to bench Marcus, they were in the playoff hunt in their division, and they were about to play in a very winnable game. I think the management of the team decided to tank and go for the draft pick instead, but they needed an excuse, so they are throwing Marcus under the bus, conveniently saying he abandoned the team to make it look like they were forced to play the rookie. The rookie had an awful day yesterday, but they still almost won, and if Marcus had started and they had won, they would be tied for the division lead right now. With the loss, they are now at the bottom of the division and looking at a better draft pick. Mission accomplished.
I could be wrong; maybe Marcus really is too hurt to play. I just highly doubt he abandoned the team as the coach seems to be implying.
According to PFF, Herbert has had the worst supporting cast in the league. I’m not a fan of Staley, and think Herbert is excelling despite playing for two very mediocre head coaches.
KT really masked how bad our DL group and coaches were. Just like how Herbert masked how bad some units and coaches were and made mediocre units and coaches look like all-americans and all conference coaches.
Not hard to see the difference between this and the situation with team messaging from the Falcons with Marcus. Seems fairly clear there was an agenda.
