Kind of surprising that they havent thrown Devlin out there to get some experience. I don't really buy the whole "ruin a QB" argument. Plenty of rookies come in and play on crappy teams and don't get ruined.
Don't worry with Colombo still playing Devlin will have his chance to make IR before the season is over too.
Well, if Dalton and Devlin are comparable to each other: Like in that Video. Then playing Devlin would mean we might actually win a few games. Heck Dalton has amassed more TDs, 9 passing and 1 rushing, than our entire offense has so far this year (9). Now that we are this far into the season and 0-7... please keep Devlin on the sideline. I am in favor of Loseman though.
Playing Devlin would be throwing in the towl for Sparano.Devlin has no NFL experience whatsoever .The fans may want to see it but Sparano still wants to win. They have seen him in practice and perhaps they feel he is not ready.
Yeah, but they're usually not ruined because they're pretty good or at least playable already. Some of these guys will develop bad habits because they're not used to game speed, and those habits stick. Checking down too early, panicking and taking off running, etc. It's not really a factor of seeing what someone can do. They can see what a player can do it in practice. Sometimes there's a good player who functionally plays better than he practices, but generally if a guy doesn't play well in practice he doesn't play well in general.
Why would they? Unless they're convinced that he's giving them a better chance to win than Moore (which they obviously don't), they have nothing to gain by playing Devlin. You can get away with playing the young dude if the players know you're grooming him for the future. When you're dead coach walking, it'll only serve to demonstrate that you don't care anymore.
Aside from the fact that it signals you're throwing in the towel, it's also dependent on how far advanced a QB is. Rookie QB's that play are often early round choices that are more advanced in some substantial way. Late round guys and free agents are often guys with talent but lacking some essential element that needs a certain amount of maturation before they can hold their own against NFL defenses.
Sparano will lose his job regardless? It's truly worth a shot. I don't expect anything other than an average performance if that. It's still worth a shot though.
