Letting Keenum Go Was A Bad Decision

[Amitar]

Actually a really really bad decision.
They never even let him start a couple games to see what he had and it would have cost them nothing because they lost anyway.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

He played a good game today. But then again Austin Davis had a few good games in there too.

 

[LACHAMP46]

I wondered why we never kicked the tires on him? I mean, maybe they know something we don't....

 

[RhodyRams]

I wondered why we never kicked the tires on him? I mean, maybe they know something we don't....

Maybe they didn't want to see the youngster get shell shocked behind that awesome Oline the Rams had on the field

 

[blackbart]

Actually a really really bad decision.
They never even let him start a couple games to see what he had and it would have cost them nothing because they lost anyway.

Because he was such a great player that he could not stick with the Texans?? No idea why they did not try him but he could not even get off the practice squad. The only reason he went back to Houston is because they were so desperate and he was familiar with their offense.

 

[mr.stlouis]

Could not craps on Hill again. It was the right decision.

 

[FRO]

He played the Jags. Come on now.

 

[-X-]

He had zero knowledge of the system, and had zero chemistry with the receivers. Not that those things would keep him from playing if he had to. They're just kind of important tools for the QB to have if you want to run the whole system. I would have liked to have retained him until next season, but it didn't work out that way obviously. But we got over Thaddeus Lewis leaving to become a world beater, so we'll get over Case Keenum too.

 

[Alan]

-X- fibbing:
But we got over Thaddeus Lewis leaving to become a world beater, so we'll get over Case Keenum too.

I just recently got to the "Pain & Guilt" stage. I've got 5 more stages of grief to go.

 

[jrry32]

No, it wasn't. He's a 3rd string QB.

The bad decision was not trying to get someone before the season after Bradford's injury with more potential than Keenum and Davis.

 

[Ramrasta]

Keenum wouldn't have made it with us. He is a decent backup but he needs a true #1 WR in his arsenal to make an impact. Almost all his success comes from trusting Andre Johnson on the 50/50 balls he chucks up there. He becomes predictable.

 

[dbrooks25]

He had zero knowledge of the system, and had zero chemistry with the receivers. Not that those things would keep him from playing if he had to. They're just kind of important tools for the QB to have if you want to run the whole system. I would have liked to have retained him until next season, but it didn't work out that way obviously. But we got over Thaddeus Lewis leaving to become a world beater, so we'll get over Case Keenum too.

^^^^THIS^^^^^

 

[jrry32]

The 7th LB plays special teams. Keenum rides the bench.

 

[VegasRam]

No, it wasn't. He's a 3rd string QB.

The bad decision was not trying to get someone before the season after Bradford's injury with more potential than Keenum and Davis.

I see this a lot, so my question is twofold.
How do you know Snisher DIDN'T try;
And (and this really isn't solely directed to you), WHO should we have gotten? (I might give you Garrapolo instead of Joyner, but verdict's not really in yet).
And while we're at it, (again directed at everyone), WHO exactly should we get next year, (draft or FA)?

 

[ZigZagRam]

It was a bad decision to let Case Keenum go because he had a decent game against one of the league's worst teams?

I'm having a hard time getting upset about his departure.

 

[-X-]

If we never acquired him in the first place, how many people would really even know his name? I was all for keeping him for next season based on a few games he had last year, but that's mostly because we acquired him and I got to study him a little as a result. But if he was never picked up, nobody would even care who he was. The question would then be, "Who wants that 3rd stringer from Houston?" Answer: "Who?"

 

[Irish]

I see this a lot, so my question is twofold.
How do you know Snisher DIDN'T try;
And (and this really isn't solely directed to you), WHO should we have gotten? (I might give you Garrapolo instead of Joyner, but verdict's not really in yet).
And while we're at it, (again directed at everyone), WHO exactly should we get next year, (draft or FA)?

I hate this type of thinking. Garrapolo was highly touted in the draft, and many people saw his potential, myself included.

Essentially, what one says when "the verdict is not in", I read that as "well, we just need to stretch the argument out until I get the desired result." Objectively, one can look at what Joyner's ceiling is and his performance this year as well as the impact he makes a his position versus what a guy like Garrapolo relative to where he was drafted? I mean, seriously, if Joyner becomes the best nickel corner in the league, is there any scenario where having him on your team instead of Garrapolo, based on what we have seen thus far from him, is better? Garrapolo looks like a future stud in the league, and he fills an enormous NEED that this team has now, had in the draft, and had last season as soon as Bradford tore his ACL the first time around.

Just my .02, of course, and I don't mean to derail the conversation, I just do not understand this line of thought.

 

[MFaulk107]

Yeah, I'd like to see what he could have done.
I really don't like saying it but Shaun Hill is a low tier 2nd string. The guy has no accuracy but every blue moon.

 

[Boffo97]

A. The only "decision" involved with Keenum was not cutting someone else to add him to the main roster. "Just to see what he's got" isn't a good reason to do that. They can see plenty in practice. They didn't see enough to justify promoting him.

B. He had 1 mediocre game, then one decent game against a really bad team.

The guy is the definition of JAG, not even good enough to make a roster unless there's injuries. Don't be surprised if he's not on a roster next year either.