Is it time for Hill?

PA Ram wrote:

Hill doesn’t excite me either.

But I sort of have a “whatever” attitude at this point. Hey–it can’t hurt. Let’s compare what Hill does to what Davis did. If nothing else it’s a back-up competition for next year(although I doubt Hill will be back anyway). I’m more concerned about what happens AFTER this year. There are no good options unless they find a hidden gem in the draft.

This feels like the Dieter Brock era, or the Toney Banks era. They just don’t have good options at the most important position on the field. And for the record, I’m not comparing a healthy Bradford to those two guys–but he’s not healthy.

Hill is better than Davis.

And better than Brock and Banks.

Winnbrad wrote:

zn wrote:
Hill is better than Davis.

And better than Brock and Banks.

Agreed. But that’s a low bar, bro.

Winning seems far-fetched at this point.

Yeah I know.

I didn’t say Hill was better than Everett, Bulger, or Bradford (let alone Warner).

But better than Davis, Null, Boller, Clemens, Martin, Feeley, and Frerotte. (There’s that “bar” issue again…bear with me).

I am not going to address next year, yet. Personally, I am going to save that for the off-season.

But this year? WHEN THE DEFENSE FINALLY SETTLED DOWN (mostly)…an experienced, veteran, savvy, cagey veteran qb would have made a difference in games. That’s Hill.

I watched Hill close the bit he played from pre-season through the Vikes game, and IMO he would have been a big difference in those games. In my humble opinion, he would have been fine in close-contests like the ARz game. (Close for 53 minutes anyway.)

And he wouldn’t have done things like bail on the pass to Kendricks in the 3rd and 1 play against SF.

Mike Martz said he always regretted the fact that in SF, he underestimated Hill.

This is just an analogy, but to me, Hill is the Rams DeBerg. Only he ain’t behind Montana.

Yes I think they can win with Hill with the proviso that he needs the defense to be playing better (like it is now). Let’s put it this way. IMO they win more from now on with Hill than with Davis.

Anywho, onward and upward, I hope. The team is better, overall, than it has been in years. Now they just need a QB that can at least manage a game and not give it away. I think RFL called it “QB Hell”. That’s apt. It’s a QB only league these days.

Yes it’s a better over-all team than last year for sure.

But to me Hill isn’t qb hell, he’s more like qb purgatory but with a light sentence.