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Is Anthony Wright going to be a Falcon ??


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Personally, I think that if you don't have a fairly good backup, you practically might as well not have one at all, because a crappy one isn't going to win any games. Wright goes into the barely worth having category. If our backup is Doug Johnson and (GOD FORBID!!!!) something happens to Carson, let's run the damned option with whoever played QB in high school most recently.

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Personally, I think that if you don't have a fairly good backup, you practically might as well not have one at all, because a crappy one isn't going to win any games. Wright goes into the barely worth having category. If our backup is Doug Johnson and (GOD FORBID!!!!) something happens to Carson, let's run the damned option with whoever played QB in high school most recently.

Reggie McNeal could do it as long as he keeps out of trouble.

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Well other teams have proven that a good #2 can still win games and keep you going.

From the Rams to the Patriots, Chiefs, Falcons, and Eagles - there's simply no reason the Bengals' should plan this poorly.

They don't have an option behind Palmer at this point, and are putting all of their eggs in his basket at this point.

I think it's time to draft a legit #2 candidate and keep him around.

Doug Johnson's and Wright's are just filler until they replace Kitna.

I would at least like to see them keep Wright if they don't have any other options.

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To the first question: Is Anthony Wright going to be a falcon? I don't know.

To the second question: Do I care? No.

He threw 3 passes last year. I'm willing to bet Johnson's arm can handle that tremendous stress.

Wright is a decent enough back-up, but like most franchises with an all-star QB (Colts, Patriots, Packers, Saints) you're only going to go as far as that guy takes you. Call that putting all your eggs in one basket if you want... but I'm just fine with it, assuming that basket is #9. You build around the franchise QB, and hope that dude stays healthy.

The back-up for the Bengals should be a guy who can come in for a few plays here and there, and maybe keep the team's head above water if the Palmer were to miss a couple games. But if Palmer is out for an extended period of time - it will be a bad situation. I'm betting that Sorgi wouldn't have won a Super Bowl for the Colts either though.

Palmer should be fully recovered this season, so I say spend money on defense... not guys who will be asked to throw 3 passes a year.

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Not overly concerned about this. I think we realized that when Wright signed a one-year deal that he would be for only one year and move on. Looking at this from his perspective, he won't play any more in Atlanta than did in Cincinnati though.

I think the Bengals will draft a qb in the later rounds to be third string this year and later groomed to be Carson's back-up, ala Erik Wilhelm when he was the understudy to Boomer.

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Well other teams have proven that a good #2 can still win games and keep you going.

From the Rams to the Patriots, Chiefs, Falcons, and Eagles - there's simply no reason the Bengals' should plan this poorly.

They don't have an option behind Palmer at this point, and are putting all of their eggs in his basket at this point.

I think it's time to draft a legit #2 candidate and keep him around.

Doug Johnson's and Wright's are just filler until they replace Kitna.

I would at least like to see them keep Wright if they don't have any other options.

Teams that can win with a backup have one of three characteristics:

1) That backup is legitimately good (49ers with Montana and Young).

2) They run a systems offense that any QB will be good in (Rams with Green, Warner, Bulger, Martin, Fitzgerald, etc)

3) They have a damnned good defense (Giants with Hostetler, TB with Shaun King who *should* have been a backup, Eagles with Garcia, etc)

The Bengals have none of these things, so a backup won't take us very far. Quite honestly, if Palmer goes down we have no chance with our defense, so to me why have a backup at all? Palmer goes down, let's rock it with a backfield with McNeal, Rudi, and Watson. I'm good with that.

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Quite honestly, if Palmer goes down we have no chance with our defense, so to me why have a backup at all? Palmer goes down, let's rock it with a backfield with McNeal, Rudi, and Watson. I'm good with that.

Why not? We'll just run the West Virginia offense... you know, the one that had a top 3 RB, and a QB that rushed for nearly as many yards as he threw. Sure, it might not translate into the NFL... in fact it almost certainly wouldn't - but it would make us unique... which is about the only thing we'd have going for us without Palmer.

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Well other teams have proven that a good #2 can still win games and keep you going.

From the Rams to the Patriots, Chiefs, Falcons, and Eagles - there's simply no reason the Bengals' should plan this poorly.

They don't have an option behind Palmer at this point, and are putting all of their eggs in his basket at this point.

I think it's time to draft a legit #2 candidate and keep him around.

Doug Johnson's and Wright's are just filler until they replace Kitna.

I would at least like to see them keep Wright if they don't have any other options.

You had me right up to that last sentence. I believe that the solution is to find a back-up through the draft. IMO they tried to do that last year with Erik Meyer -- and maybe that will work. It's hard to tell when he took no meaningful snaps last year. Maybe Meyer can do that job. However, if you're making me pick between Doug Johnson and Anthony Wright, I guess I'd go with McNeal or Meyer. Both Johnson and Wright pretty much suck and I wouldn't spend a minute lamenting either of them going. To have two mediocre-on-their-best-day QB's gives me no additional comfort over having just one. So, I say sayonara to Wright since Johnson is already resigned. If it were the other way around, I would be just as quick to say ciao to Johnson.

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I think the Bengals will draft a qb in the later rounds to be third string this year and later groomed to be Carson's back-up, ala Erik Wilhelm when he was the understudy to Boomer.

I say this half joking and half serious, what about Jordan Palmer? He'll probably be available in the 6th...

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I think the Bengals will draft a qb in the later rounds to be third string this year and later groomed to be Carson's back-up, ala Erik Wilhelm when he was the understudy to Boomer.

I say this half joking and half serious, what about Jordan Palmer? He'll probably be available in the 6th...

He's the type they'd pursue, I think. He has an arm comparable to his brother's, and he's huge. He isn't a very good decision maker, however, and may be the slowest QB drafted this year when it's all said an done. I doubt the Bengals will draft any QBs at all, unless they've already lost all faith in Erik Meyer.

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I kinda care that other teams have been raiding ours this off-season.

I'm anxious to see this overhaul Coach Lewis has in store for us.

I think he's gonna pull a Portland Jailblazers-style makeover for this season.

But, that would mean we'd have to wheel-and-deal come the draft.

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