Can PJ Walker be a starting QB gor these teams

[BleedTheClock]

8 hours ago, ILoveTheVikings said:

Let's not overreact now. He is doing this against XFL competition. 

But could the best XFL team beat the worst NFL team?

 

/s

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by BleedTheClock

[Nabbs4u]

15 hours ago, ILoveTheVikings said:

Let's not overreact now. He is doing this against XFL competition. 

Which is the equivalent of a slightly worse version of a week 4 Preseason game talent wise.  There was a reason not a single club felt the need to make him a 3rd string QB.

Not only No, but Double Hell no to the Question! Potential Backup in the NFL if he goes off,  Maybe but even that is unlikely. 

Edited February 19, 2020 by Nabbs4u

[Blackstar12]

PJ Walker has been cut and signed  10+ times from the Colts PS lol.

Edited February 19, 2020 by Blackstar12

[ET80]

14 minutes ago, Blackstar12 said:

PJ Walker has been cut and signed  10+ times from the Colts PS lol.

This looks like my fantasy football team when I'm deciding who to start in my flex spot. 

[SkippyX]

Walker is not really an NFL starter right now but I would have loved him to be Wentz's backup over a 40 year old McCown in the wildcard game last year.

[bananabucket]

He's a 3rd string QB in the NFL.  

[N4L]

16 hours ago, Dome said:

twitiots

This is my new favorite word. so fun to say 

Twidiots is probably how I would spell it though 

Brilliant 

 

Will go great in my sig

There's so many twidiots out there. A few of them find their way here. 

[Tugboat]

I mean, sure...if a team wants to tank for the 1st pick while pretending they're "trying" to explore every avenue.  I guess.

[HoboRocket]

Honestly, I think PJ would be intriguing in a few systems that are listed. LAC, TB, and CHI stand out. But I think two games is too soon to consider him an NFL starter on ANY team. Still, when you watch him play... The guy CLEARLY has talent. It would certainly be interesting to see him get his shot. And I mean REAL shot.

We see this all the time. Bigger-name guys or more established options get roster spots and the others get cut most of the time. And sometimes, those "others" stick somewhere else and play really well. With the Colts, it's ENTIRELY understandable how a QB with zero NFL starting experience from Temple didn't stick to the roster. Let's look at his competition and see if he could realistically beat them out in this situation:

Andrew Luck: There is almost zero chance that really any QB besides one of the NFL's top five at any given point would outplay Andrew Luck in training camp. And an even smaller chance that, even if he did, he'd get a shot over a former #1 overall pick and perennial pro-bowler in Luck.

Jacoby Brissett: Well, they traded for Jacoby before they ever acquired PJ, and Jacoby's resumé is far greater than PJ. As far as resources expended go, he was drafted, which is a leg up over MVPJ. He played really good football starting for the Patriots in place of an injured Jimmy G and suspended Tom Brady in 2016 - and it was against a Colts division rival, to boot. He started a WHOLE SEASON for the Colts, and he wasn't awful. Was he a top-tier starter? Heck no! But was he bad enough to lose back-up consideration? Nope. And this year, it's the same story. Brissett has shown the ability to he a capable starter on an NFL team, and has far more experience and resources allocated than MVPJ.

Brian Hoyer: If your starting QB were to retire, and all of a sudden you were forced to start a young QB still on his rookie contract, who do you turn to to play back-up and help him prepare in the film room? A long-time back-up who has impressed in spots as a starter? And yes, Hoyer has wet the bed for sure in many chances as a starter, but he also has shown the ability to step into an NFL game and play well at times, or help a team win, and he has experience in several NFL teams' systems. He's an established veteran back-up, and that's EXACTLY what a team looks for when they're starting a young QB.

Chad Kelly: First of all, Swag Kelly didn't make the Colts final roster before the season, either. He was suspended. And people forget that Kelly was once widely-considered a first-round QB. He's extremely talented, and that's been evident every time he's gotten a shot, whether it's in college or the NFL preseason. What's been his issue? Everything off-field. But he's loaded with traits. Who would you rather have as your 3rd/practice squad QB? 3rd-year UDFA from Temple with really nothing to his name beside good play in training camp, or 3rd-year UDFA from Ole Miss, someone who has 1st-round QB talent that has played lights-out football in the pre-season, the nephew of a former NFL legend? He has all the physical talent in the world to go with an NFL pedigree, so yeah, I'd take him for a roster spot over PJ Walker. And by the time that Kelly even was out of suspension, PJ Walker had left the NFL for the XFL. 

So let's not pretend that PJ Walker was getting beaten out by guys like Brandon Allen and Chad Henne. He was getting beaten out by guys that make perfect sense for the team, considering the circumstances. And why wouldn't they? The Colts, as a whole, have made lots of very sound decisions under Ballard. But PJ Walker was still a Chris Ballard guy, so it's also not like he doesn't have any NFL traits.

 

Now, I don't think PJ Walker is a starter at this point. At this point, I think his ideal spot  and best-case scenario would be as a back-up for the Texans so that he's making NFL money and they have the rights to him, and he'd play back-up during the Texans' season. After the season, though, he'd have a clause in his contract that would allow him to play for the XFL. That would be a win-win-win for all three of PJ, an NFL organization, and the XFL. PJ still gets his shot to play football while making significantly more money. The Texans get an ideal back-up for Deshaun Watson with the same play-style and an intriguing talent-level. The XFL gets to retain a star player and probably one of its biggest draws, ratings-wise. 

I mean, it's not like PJ would be playing in the CFL and NFL at the same time - that would be impossible. The XFL plays AFTER the Super Bowl. It would be an ideal situation.

Right now, I think that's the best spot for someone like MVPJ Walker.

[seriously27]

While I definitely don't think he has the talent to be a starter, I do think he could work out as a backup somewhere. I do want to point out that a lot of people are bringing up the number of times he was cut as a bad thing when in reality its the exact opposite for someone like him. Teams don't waste any roster spots and they obviously saw a lot to like in him that they kept bringing him back. 

He isn't a stater though. 

[Duffman57]

No.

Cardale is the best QB in the CFL, not Walker, and he didn't beat out the Chargers first 3 QB's for a roster spot.  That's the talent level they're working with in the XFL right now.  Until it becomes more of developmental league, that's where it'll stay.

[Ty21]

Is it this part of the off-season now 

[Wyld Stallyns]

6 hours ago, HoboRocket said:

Jacoby Brissett: Well, they traded for Jacoby before they ever acquired PJ, and Jacoby's resumé is far greater than PJ. 

First part of this is not true. The Colts signed Walker UDFA in May of 2017 and traded for Brissett on Sept 2. Walker was cut that day (final 53 cuts) and signed to the practice squad the next day. 

[HoboRocket]

1 hour ago, Wyld Stallyns said:

First part of this is not true. The Colts signed Walker UDFA in May of 2017 and traded for Brissett on Sept 2. Walker was cut that day (final 53 cuts) and signed to the practice squad the next day. 

Got it. I remembered incorrectly. Still, that means he was never put in a competition against Brissett until after Jacoby had started for a season. The odds were even more stacked against PJ than I had thought.