NFL 2013 Off-Season Thread

[Moonax]

Originally Posted by Vito Cruz I guess so. Coughlin usually only carries 2 QBs on the roster and I'd think he'd want a veteran (Carr) in case Eli goes down. Giants have taken mid-round QBs before and cut them...but since they traded up to get Nassib I guess he'll make the team. Unless they think they can immediately flip him to another team for more picks.

Eli is 32 and costs a lot. You can give Nassib a couple of years on the bench, move up from 3rd string to back up next year (Carr is 33).

He's in a better position to succeed than say Geno Smith

[Evil Vito]

Originally Posted by Moonax Eli is 32 and costs a lot. You can give Nassib a couple of years on the bench, move up from 3rd string to back up next year (Carr is 33). He's in a better position to succeed than say Geno Smith

Barring a horrendous pre-season, I think Nassib will wind up being the backup QB outright. Coughlin does normally want a veteran backup, but he always says roster spots are at a premium and he hasn't carried a 3rd string QB on the roster in the past 5 seasons or so.

Actually, most teams with non injury prone, franchise QBs only keep 2 QBs on the roster at this point. I believe the thinking is the dropoff from starter to backup is going to be so massive that you're toast if your starter goes down no matter what. So you may as well keep a development project as the backup.

[Moonax]

Nassib is certainly not the kind of player you can sneak onto the practice squad. Plus if Carr is cut I am not sure that he will be in huge demand, so if Eli were to go down he could probably be resigned off the street.