Why Not Stanzi?

He would have been active over Tyler Palko

As long as he’s given a chance to play with the first stringers. I’m not in the mentality we need to waste 3-5 picks for someone like RG3 like a lot of people are. I don’t think Manning is an option either as it will probably be yet another year before he’s even fully healed.

Doesn’t mean he’s not as good as all the other quarterbacks picked before him as well. You want stats? Ok…i wasn’t really in the fact finding mood at the time. 2010 in his senior season… He had a 64% completion percentage and threw for over 3,000 yards with 25 TD’s and only 6 INT’s. He’s also 6’4" so he’s just the right height and he weighs in around 225-230 which is about Brady’s size. A little more to add..He’s great in the play action game and even a better passer outside of the pocket than inside which could be useful if our line isn’t any better next year.

That with that short off season asking a rookie to step in is even harder. The kid needs to learn the playbook which I think many people do not consider. The QB needs to learn not only his position but what the entire O is doing, who is running what route where the pocket is designed to move how fast the play should/shouldnt develope, timing so on and so on. Thats a lot to ask a rookie to come in and learn in less than half the time a normal year would provide which is hard enough. This year is back to normal. Stanzi has seen the speed of the game, maybe learned some of his teammates tendancies and worked with an actual QB coach for a year. He may well be able to step in and win consideration for the starting nod who knows. That is also another plus for a player like RG3 though who not only has the intangible talents for the game but the head on his shoulders to be able to quickly learn a system. That being said, we dont know how RG3 would respond either but I personally like the upsaide a whole lot more.

Regardless of who is starting at QB I do realize they are going to be learning another new playbook this year. I really hope this is the last OC change for years to come.

I bet he’ll get some attention in camp though

For all we know Haley knew that Stanzi was the better option but for some reason felt the season was lost. Because of this he might have been trying to protect Ricky from taking the beating Palko did and trying to prevent what was happening with blane gabbert. Is that a stretch? Yeah, but I dont think its entirely impossible

For all the Orton supporters out there consider the following:

Packers 19th in points allowed/22.5

Raiders 27th in points allowed/27 per game

Broncos 24th in points allowed/24.4 per game

Yet the “Kyle Orton is a real qb” crowd wants us to settle for a qb who averaged 13 pts per game against 3 of the worst defenses in the league.

Anyone remember how awesome Orton looked in his last two losses to the Chiefs?

If Stanzi isn’t the guy then the Chiefs need to draft another qb, stop settling for .500ish qbs, that is so Carl Peterson.

the hurryup, which is what palko ran, and ran pretty well actually at times. I only mention that because it shows what haley was going for, and only a qb familiar with the offense can really run effectively I imagine. If stanzi really is more of a pocket passer, and doesn’t excel at any one thing ( like orton with play action), i imagine Haley thought the offense would be worse under Stanzi than Palko, despite his obvious short comings, if he thought the hurryup was necessary.

Obviously all speculation, but I think it makes sense, and is pretty much what they where saying the entire time.