Comments on: Kolb starts Thursday, but Skelton is close to being ready

By: cardiaccardinals

cardiaccardinals — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:58:32 +0000

They should switch them out every other game so that they survive the season in one piece.

By: pop562

pop562 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:51:17 +0000

Cards o line had been suspect since day one and Kolb is running for dear life…at least they got Skelton fresh ready to step in so he can get sack as well.

By: steelwarriors55

steelwarriors55 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:22:57 +0000

And if they lose tonight(which i think they do),they go back to Skelton and then if he loses too you’re all messed up for the rest of the season.Prediction: by the beginning of week 8 they will have changed twice their starting QB

By: steelwarriors55

steelwarriors55 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:20:54 +0000

let met look at it this way,you gave up a 2nd pick and one of your better corner to get a guy you thought would be your #1 qb.then you got that guy who was losing the opening game got injured the other one(that you traded for) get in and you win all of your first 4 games.Now you want to get back to that 5th or 6th round pick QB? Yeah it makes a lot of sense to even bring that up

now i know why AZ are one of the laughing stock of the NFL

By: jimmylions

jimmylions — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:25:02 +0000

The Cardinals should win tonight, which will make them 5-0. Conventional wisdom is you stick with the horse who got you here when you’re undefeated. I’d keep Kolb as the starter.

Am I too late for the Red Skelton jokes? He’s a Cardinal, so that name should be sticking … you’d think.

By: bobonmycob

bobonmycob — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:42:30 +0000

Kolb>Skelton

Bottomline.

By: greeneblitz

greeneblitz — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:31:48 +0000

“players don’t lose their job to injury” must be one of those dumb “unspoken” rules made up by injured players.

By: mongeese1

mongeese1 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:29:35 +0000

John Skelton 52.4% completions. 13 tds 17 ints. Holy smokes we gotta get him back in there!

By: mikebrownfaux

mikebrownfaux — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:29:19 +0000

DubZ480 says: Oct 4, 2012 5:20 PM

Dont know how this is even up for debate.

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You mean you won the math debate?

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:09:11 +0000

Um, yeah, truths4all, not one single person said Kolb was “solely” responsible for the winning streak.

All anyone has said is that you don’t bench a 5-0 QB.

I think it’s telling that you consider simple statistics to be “complex facts”.

By: ErikW65

ErikW65 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:06:14 +0000

Not a big Kolb fan, nor am I a Cardinals fan. But Kolb should start, period.
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Me neither, and I agree of course for now- as someone else said it’s a no-brainer. But the more challenging question is, what does Coach Whisenhunt do if Kolb regresses and has a terrible game?

Then it’s a much more interesting issue because the HC has to make the decision as to which QB really gives them the better chance of winning- the guy with the it factor, or the guy who was paid the big bucks.

By: truths4all

truths4all — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:47:06 +0000

So the great majority of the posting “experts” voice their opinions that Kolb is now solely responsible for the Cards winning streak to 4-0? Guess these geniuses cannot understand that the Cards Defense and Special Teamers had anything to do with these wins, but then hypocritically argue the Defense and Special Teamers were responsible for the Cards finishing last season at 5-2 when Skelton started and finished those games to bring the team back from a 3-6 record. While Kolb had an excellent game against the Philly defense that he was extremely familiar with, Kolb as played very iffy against the Pats and Miami. Granted he had the one good series at the end of the Seahawks game, but his overall performances to date do not make any compelling reasons to keep starting him over Skelton who can execute more of the Cards passing playbook. Of course our resident experts simply cannot be bothered with such complex facts.

By: iced107

iced107 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:20:55 +0000

Kolb vs Skelton is like Dilfer vs Kyle Boeller…

By: n0hopeleft

n0hopeleft — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:19:37 +0000

If Wizzie hands over the starting QB job, he might as well hand over his own job.

That decision would be among the all-time blunders of all time.

By: mannyicey

mannyicey — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:01:46 +0000

Not a big Kolb fan, nor am I a Cardinals fan. But Kolb should start, period. If you put in Skelton, all you’re going to do is anger Larry Fitzgerald. I’m still amazed that he’s wearing a Cardinals uniform in 2012- especially since the last real quarterback he played with retired in at the end of the 2009 season.

By: mongeese1

mongeese1 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:52:15 +0000

John Skelton is not an NFL quarterback. His completion % is nauseating & he throws picks like Jerome Simpson sells reefer. Whisenhunt should quit playing games.

By: cwhat32

cwhat32 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:42:27 +0000

We’re not talking about Manning and Painter here. Why on earth would Skelton automatically get the starting job back, especially if the team is winning.

By: broncostevenp

broncostevenp — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:24:41 +0000

I think it would be a HUGE mistake to make a change right now. Why change what is working?

By: Stiller43

Stiller43 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:24:38 +0000

Of course its a no brainer, theyre still winning. Lose this week and i bet skeltons ankle gets a lot better during the next 10 days.

By: rgiii2dc

rgiii2dc — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:22:25 +0000

Kolb should be used to this. As a refresher, he lost his starting role when he went down in Philly and Vick took his spot.

You see, it’s like a circle…

By: bradybbgoat

bradybbgoat — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:21:04 +0000

Imagine in the Patriots had gone back to Bledsoe in ’01?

Kolb is no Brady, (even though he beat him fair and square), but Wisenhunt would be wise to stick to stick with him while his team is rolling.

Call it superstitious, but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

By: redfield11

redfield11 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:20:32 +0000

pretty sure not even the packers-seahawks hail mary ref would be dumb enough to take out your starting quarterback if you just went 4-0, no coach ken isn’t going to make the switch until kolb starts really struggling, not when kolb is blasting his personal records.

By: DubZ480

DubZ480 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:20:26 +0000

Dont know how this is even up for debate. Kolb stays as long as he is winning or playing well. Skelton has been shaky at best, and wildly inconsistent to boot.
Kolb seems to finally be showing the promise he showed in Philly.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:20:05 +0000

If they win tonight, there is no way Whiz benches a 5-0 quarterback. He’s not that stupid.

By: skulman7

skulman7 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:16:30 +0000

Kolb lost his starting job while he was injured in Philly. Don’t see the problem with him taking over a starting job in a similar circumstance.