I think this is the right call. Huard sucks, he's old, at least give the snaps to a young guy. Thigpen would not be the first guy to look bad in his first real action in the NFL regular season.
I know, there's not really a good reason to suspect he'll suddenly be an NFL starting QB kind of player. It's a longshot.
But Huard quarterbacking that game does nothing for us. At least if we put Thigpen in there we can learn more about him. If he does better, hey maybe he can play. If he gets more snaps and still plays poorly, well, at least we know.
We should have been playing Croyle last year out of the gate for the same reason.
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