Probably because Alex Smith is garbage and can be counted on to break something so Daniel is more of a tweener backup/starter.

Sure there is. You're just blind to it.

Barkley, Glennon and Geno compare pretty well to other first round QBs.

I mean when guys like Cam Newton go #1 overall...the bar is set low.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>They basically signed a guy who probably has as much EV as the top QB in the draft, and didn't give up any draft picks to do it.</p>&mdash; Fantasy Douche (@FantasyDouche) <a href="https://twitter.com/FantasyDouche/status/311880136398090240">March 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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So you found a team more stupid than us. Great. Now how do we compete with the 30 who are more intelligent?

I always saw Daniel as a Koy Detmer-type backup.

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about here. I assume "EV" is expected value? If it is, how on gods earth would anyone be able to determine any "EV" for Chase Daniel who's never evne played? There's no way to ascertain if he can provide anything or not at this level. 9/10 when that's the case, it's because the guy sucks.


And who cares about keeping a damn draft pick anyway? We obviously didn't care about the #34 overall. This newcomer is chewing up valuable payroll space that we could be directing towards actual needs on the team. Guys who will guarantee to play. This move is really stupid. Insane in fact.

WTF is EV? _______ Value?

expected value?

I like it. I watched him in preseason last year and he looked very sharp.

good question....we could have paid Orton that much to stay last year (Dallas paid him that I think) and he would make a better back up than Daniel....shoot, he probably could have been the starter

LMAO

Give me a break. Which one of these guys won the JUCO National Championship as a QB? Which one of these guys one a National Championship and put the team on his back to win it?

Barkley hasn't been able to play since November. His Senior Season was poor compared to his Junior Season and he was considered to have a weak arm before the injury.

Glennon? Bwahahahahahahahahahah.

And as for Smith, let's not even go there.

You're a ****ing idiot.

Backup QB is an extremely important position in today's NFL, considering all of the injuries to starters (especially concussions).

Shut the **** up.

Glennon and Flacco are fairly comparable as prospects.

Don't even get me started on guys like Tannehill going in the top 10.

There's nothing wrong with this QB class. It's just an RGIII/Luck hangover.

considering we now have the most injury prone QB in the NFL, I'd say our backup is the MOST important lol

Then why did we sign a midget nobody with a weak arm?

I mean it's cool we have the weakest arms in the NFL on our roster and all...