I meant to say that I’d take Frerotten over Rexie or Grieseball. I’d love to see Johnson get a chance, depending on whether Garcia returns and what personnel moves are made to improve the team.

i loved Brian Griese’s reaction…. i remember him being a bit surprised and shell shocked that Gruden wanted and traded for him.

I’m ecstatic to have Raheem, but i can’t help but wonder what type of drop off if any the defense will have with Raheem calling the shots…

It’ll be ultra interesting to see how heavy the draft goes offensive and defensive wise…

its the reason he was drafted in the 5th round. I know that sounds laughable considering they drafted dexter jackson in the 2nd round, but still. Josh Johnson looked great in Training Camp and in the Pre-Season in the limited action he saw. The reason he is #4 on the depth chart is because he’s a rookie behind two guys that have been in Gruden’s system for sometime and behind a starter who is what johnson hopes to eventually become (hopefully better of course).

As far as promise, like you said, training camp and preseason performances are nothing to base an opinion on, but at the same time you cant bury a guy you havent seen can you? Tom Brady was drafted late right and he bloomed? Granted he went to Michigan, but he wasnt a world beater there.

I think Josh Johnson has plenty of intangibles worth sparking interest from this fan base. He’s ridiculously accurate, his mobile, and he’s smart. those are three characteristics that go a long way in Gruden’s offense.

If this fan base is willing to grow with a QB, thats just what its going to take. Growth. Time and patience. Johnson appears capable its up to Gruden whether he wants to roll the dice and even then, the kid has had an entire year to ingest the playbook, he should be fluent in Gruden’s language, now he just has to translate it to the field. I think he deserves the opportunity, for this franchises sake…

I never said you said he sucks. You seemed so assured that he has no promise, or business becoming a starter, that I thought you might know something the rest of us don’t. My point is the team thinks he has something, so I have faith in their belief. I’m not going to banter about preseason, blah blah blah. The team was lean in depth this year and still kept Josh on the 53 man roster, so that tells me ALOT.

I was looking for something from you that contradicted that more than “let’s get someone we KNOW has promise”. How do you know Josh doesn’t??? Besides, is there ever a sureshot guarantee that any young QB will become a star? No. How can you tell for sure when you’re bringing in QBs who really has “promise” and who doesn’t? Every young QB is a crapshoot, so why not give Johnson a chance?

Nothing against you, but I would hate the acquisition of Kurt Warner, Gruden would probably salivate over the idea, but I’m sick of the retreads. I know I vouched for Grossman up above and he probably resembles a retread about now, but uh, Kurt Warner.

Then drafting a QB in the first round. Who? Graham Harrell? If Tebow were to declare and dropped I could buy that, though i know a ton of you hate that idea….

i don’t man….