How About a Backup QB?

The War Room Detroit Lions — The Den
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I’m thinking maybe FitzMagic, Josh McCown, Teddy Bridgewater, Mike Glennon, Tyrod Taylor, or Trevor Siemian. Trevor Siemian stands out as someone who could be a cheap but quality backup QB that would fill the role quite nicely. Tell me your thoughts on this topic. Here’s a link to the free agent QBs on Spotrac.
Free Agent QBs

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Thinking it’s going to be Connor Cook, and that doesn’t scare me even a little bit.

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But do you agree that it would be nice to have a backup like FitzMagic to backup Stafford so we aren’t scared of Stafford getting hurt. I wouldn’t want to spend a lot of money on a backup QB but if we can get an upgrade for the backup QB position without spending a boatload of money I’d be happy with that.

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Nice? Sure.
Affordable? Not after today.

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I agree the top guys will cost a lot more after the market has been set today. Do you think that we still could upgrade the backup while still being logically affordable. How about a guy like Trevor Siemian? I think we easily could afford him.

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Blake. Bortles.

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I’m just not feelin it.

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If Tyrod Taylor is cheap, he’d be interesting as a backup. Might be good for a few games if Stafford gets another Boo Boo finger.

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Tyrod Taylor would be good and Blake Bortles would fit if he got cut, which if the reports are correct, he will.

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Tyrod Taylor signed by Chargers for 2 years. Teddy backed out of the deal with the Saints, still available. So everyone on my list at the start is still available except Tyrod Taylor.

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Jaguars just officially released Blake Bortles.

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Yeah, that one shocked me. He really seemed content learning underneath Brees.

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Teddy back with Saints. Wishy-washy.

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Don’t know anything here, but I could see the Lions kicking the tires on A.J. McCarron as a backup to Matthew Stafford. I’ve said before, Lions looking for a little upgrade to that spot this offseason.

— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) March 14, 2019
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AJ McCarron would be nice, too.

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Blaine Gabbert?

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FitzMagic off the board. Going to Dolphins.

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PS - Bring back Dave Krieg

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Bortles gone. Rams.

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I keep telling you guys, they picked up Connor Cook for a reason.