Colts name Daniel Jones the QB1

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Originally Posted by apballin

A lot of quarterbacks get benched for a multitude of reasons, you’re never gonna convince me Tommy devito is-was-ever will be a better option at QB then Daniel Jones

I never said that Devito was an overall better QB than Jones. The reason I have brought him up is to counter the argument that the only reason Jones sucked in NY was b/c of the talent around him. The fact that a rookie UDFA PS guy came in and performed better than Jones w/ the same players around him proves that Jones was very much part of the problem as well.

Also, to answer your question: Devito is still w/ the Giants as opposed to Jones who the Giants ate a $22M cap hit to run out of town.

Of course Jim Forced Steichen to play AR. Jim also probably forced Ballard to draft him. God love Jim, but in his last few years on the planet he became a meddling SOB.

I'm sure Jim approved of drafting AR, but Ballard w/out a doubt wanted to draft AR. His expressions when a team traded up to #3 and when he found out it was the Texans says it all. He went from looking like he was going to cry to jumping for joy. If you looked at Jim's tweets around the draft I actually think he preferred Levis (which obviously would have been a CF as well).

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Jim had forced Steichen to play AR. Another thought is that AR was showing to be further along than expected so Steichen decided to let him play, which actually tracks to AR's performance in his rookie year before his shoulder injury.