![]() Walkthrough is here to talk about backup quarterbacks, not relitigate the advertising claims made during the Summer of Tua. But he's stuck behind Tua Tagovailoa, the NFL's first combination quarterback/K-Pop sensation/infomercial juicer. Bridgewater could have a Pro Bowl-caliber season just dishing slants and drags to Tyreek Hill in Mike McDaniel's designer Shanahan-knockoff Miami Dolphins offense. ![]() He finally landed in an offense custom-tailored for a pesky ball-distributing leadership guy with a B-minus fastball. In most cases the 3rd project QB ends up being the greatest thing since sliced bread but it never amounts to anything because he’s off the team the next year (either through contract ending or new front office).NFL Week 1 - Poor Teddy Bridgewater. They bring in one QB as a solid starter, One guy as their set backup and a 3rd project QB. The Browns have always been cursed with reverse QB success. Carolina has two former Browns QB’s to help groom Cam Newton (Backup Derek Anderson and QB coach Ken Dorsey). He’s not the only one with “my stint at QB in Cleveland was a positive one” story as pretty much everyone not named Brady Quinn and Brandon Weeden have given similar interviews (I won’t mention Manziel because he probably doesn’t remember what team he played for). It didn’t work for those two but luckily Mike Holmgren had the foresight to bring in Senaca Wallace who hated everyone. Especially when the Cleveland media tried to do their best to get a QB competition rivalry going between the two. But like Delhomme - who got chances in Cleveland and Houston after he ran his course in Carolina in large part because he was a decent human being - McCoy seems to understand the value of being part of something larger.ĭelhomme was always open about doing what he could to help the team and McCoy during his short stint in Cleveland. That kind of commitment to a backup role isn’t common among guys who have been trained to win jobs from an early age. But it’s also comforting knowing with certainty that I can step in a make a difference when the time does come.” ![]() It can be a little draining, all that preparation without knowing when you’ll get a shot. I treat my work with the scout team like it’s a game. But I also prepare like I’m going to start, because that’s the only thing I know. Every week during the season, I offer Kirk whatever notes I have on the opposing defense, just like Jake did for me. “I learned how to contribute in so many ways, even if it’s not on the field every Sunday. “I’m now more thankful than ever that Jake showed me how to be a truly great teammate,” McCoy wrote. That lesson carried over to Washington, and he said he has no problems staying there to back up Cousins, calling it “the right move then and it’s the right move now.” And that really is amazing, because we were competing for a job. ![]() “This was a guy who had been in the league for a long time - heck, he played in a Super Bowl - and he was completely open with his knowledge. He’d show me how to read an NFL defense, what subtle cues to pick up on. During the week, we’d watch tape together. After practice, we’d drive home together. I used to swing by his house and pick him up in the morning, then we’d drive to work together. In fact, we did just about everything together when I was a rookie. I was the young draft pick, and he was clearly the veteran I was intended to replace. “Jake Delhomme really helped me understand things at this level. “I learned so much about the game of football while I was in Cleveland,” McCoy wrote. In a long story at The Players Tribune about his career and comeback from injury, McCoy talked about his early days in Cleveland, when the Browns brought the former Panthers quarterback in as a stable pony. There were points when it looked like Colt McCoy might have been Washington’s preference at quarterback, as the Robert Griffin III experiment unraveled.īut now that the team has put itself firmly in the hands of Kirk Cousins, McCoy says he had no second thoughts about re-signing there, thanks to Jake Delhomme, of course. ![]()
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