I'm 100% aboard... no Manning? fine, but no more retreads, no more Orton-esque stopgaps & ****ing 'bridges', either.

Take a chance, a risk of SOME kind.

Yep. Guaranteed that franchise OT, since the QB is weak. Too bad it's the worst year to have the first overall pick. /post from the future

I've been nothing but enthused about Stanzi. I thought he was 2nd round value last year.

He looked decent in the preseason. Not his fault Pioli didn't acquire shit for our second-string OL. He had some guy named Bruce Lewis (I *think*) playing left tackle. Stanzi was running for his life the whole time.

I want to see ***MAJOR*** playing time for him this season. I still think he's incredibly talented.

If he couldn't get a chance over Tyler Palko, there's no way he'll get a legitimate chance over Matt Cassel.

I'm all for it, though. The only way it happens is if there's a massive revolt of the fan base to threaten the bottom line.

Love it!

sure why not who gives a shit

He couldn't get a chance over Palko because of Todd Haley.

Crennel immediately promoted him to the #2 when he took over.

That was with Haley being a dick prick. Stanzi never had the opportunity & in preseason didn't even get to play the last game when they had Casshole play four quarters & palko just for a bit in it. Casshole couldn't beat 3rd & fourth string scrubs in that game. Had Stanzi get the opportunity in that game he sure could of done better than Casshole we just didn't get to see it. I think Haley didn't want Stanzi in the first place and wanted Palko to be the guy because he followed him from Arizona & practiced hard. Haley ****ed Stanzi opportunity. That and it was a short offseason from the NFL lockout so really Stanzi didn't get a chance last year. Hope this year is different and with Crennel he shows he has what it takes during OTAs.

Stanzi even said something like, "No, no. Tyler needs to be starting right now. I know he's been here longer, knows the system better than I do. It's his turn." after Cassel got injured.

"It's his turn." Heh. At least he knows what's going on and isn't discouraged

I wish.


This team won games with Palko and Cassel at QB. Crennel will luck into wins with a shit schedule.


We are ****ed forever.

It'd be cool to have a fan revolt of Tebow-like proportions... He even has a sweet gimmick. While Tebow converted the Bronco base into a bunch of hippy bible-thumpers (kinda oxymoronish), WE will have the Stanzi City Chiefs, led by the All-Americanzi, Ricky Stanzi. The Hulk Hogan of QB's. I just hope he's just as successful as a QB as the Hulkster was as a wrassler.

A change from Cassel is a change for the better, even if it is actually a change for the worse. Does that make sense? Actually it does, I might be sold on just seeing what Stanzi has, even if he plays poorly. At least it shows us what we have since we already know that Cassel is shit.

I say OPEN COMPETITION. I say EQUAL FIRST STRING SNAPS. I think Stanzi would beat him. He's actually got more experience as a starting QB.

I also say no Orton/Garrard/insert name of mediocre guy here. These are guys you KNOW the ceiling on.

I do, however, think maybe you might want to look at one of the previously highly rated 'talents' that just never quite worked out to round out your QB group. Sometimes those guys just were in bad situations and never got a fair shake, ala Jim Plunkett.
I'm not saying you're staking the farm on a Brady Quinn type, I'm just saying as what you're thinking is likely to be your 3rd stringer. Sometimes the light bulb comes on late for some guys. There's a few of those 'highly rated first rounders' floating around low on the depth chart. Try one.

The timing in which he threw that ball suggests that he was going to the fly all along. He looked in the middle to look the safety off. Nice completion but no sold when that was his option all along on that play.

Nice ball though.