qbs? so…how many do they have?

Okay–but two weeks from now–AFTER Davis has another good game, gets another victory–or if it’s longer, two victories–is there a controversy then? IF that happens, you can bet that until Hill goes out and performs well, and gets a victory there will be controversy–and even if Hill does that, fans may want the younger guy.

What if Davis gets even better?

I know that Fisher doesn’t want it–but depending on what happens, it may happen anyway.

If Davis stinks the next game it won’t matter…although some people will want to see Keenum.

It’s just how this year is gonna be unless the Rams win with a guy and he looks good and they’re rolling. If that stops there will be unrest. Questions. Controversy.

Fisher isn’t one of those coaches who reacts to one play or one game with his QB’s. He’s just not. Fisher is steady. I agree with him. Stick with the plan. Hill is okay and if he has a couple of terrible games then of course we will see Davis.

I’m not seeing the playoffs anyway this year with these QB’s. They just need to improve as a team over time this year.

Piece of crap is a tad strong…

And we don’t really know what we have in Davis. I hope we have a young QB in the making. However, one game isn’t the be all and end all.

Let’s not forget that Hill makes throws that Davis doesn’t. That was apparent live. Davis can hit certain routes, but they didn’t even ASK him to throw certain balls that they feel comfortable asking Hill to throw.

I’ll believe in Fisher until he gives me a reason to believe otherwise…

GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

Hill is an overrated piece of crap. Sorry, just gotta call’em as I see them.

Grits

I never knew Hill was ever “rated” as anything more than a solid veteran backup QB.

No one is “overrating” him.

overrated piece of crap…. that’s funny…..

Shawn Hill’s 1st career start: 22 for 27, 81.5% completion rate; 1 TD; 106 rating while playing for MIke Nolan with Jim Hostler as OC and his most productive WR was Michael Robinson, I don’t even know who he is….

Austin “Powers” Davis 1st career start: 22 for 29 75.9% completion rate; 0 TD 99 rating

Jim Hostler: As offensive coordinator for the 49ers, he was subject to much scrutiny and criticism regarding his playcalling. Among his most common criticisms was his inability to effectively use star running back Frank Gore, who led the National Football Conference (NFC) in rushing in 2006, but under Hostlers’ play calling, was largely ineffective.[1][2] Gore publicly criticized Hostler, saying the team did not trust his play calling.[3] Midway into the 2007 season, the 49ers’ offense was ranked last in the NFL, and the 49ers’ rushing offense, ranked sixth the previous year, was ranked near the bottom of the league after eight games under Hostler’s direction. Under Hostlers’ direction, the 49ers fell behind every team in the league in the categories of total offense, yards passing, and yards per play

The Hill/Davis comparison is interesting.

I see Hill as a more or less complete QB. That is, he can make virtually all the throws you need to be able to make. He doesn’t have an elite arm, but he has an average one, which, in the NFL, is a good thing. And he has a lot of experience and can make good reads.

He appears to be a capable leader. But not necessarily an inspiring one. I think he handles defensive pressure capably without necessarily being able to face down serious heat.

Davis is largely the opposite. He really seems to be much more of an inspiring leader, as Clemens was. But he is much better than Clemens was standing in there and making tough throws under pressure. Some of the throws he made while being hit were really impressive, the kind of thing great QBs do.

He also has a better arm than Clemens had. He can throw downfield in ways Clemens simply could not. The offense is considerably more potent with Davis than it was with Clemens.

But, his arm is probably not in Hill’s, middle-of-the-pack range. At least, I haven’t yet seen that it is. I agree with those in the thread who say he can’t really be asked to make all the throws that a solid NFL QB like Hill is asked to make. I see Davis as somewhere between Hill and Clemens, probably closer to Hill, maybe potentially on a par with Hill, but not yet.

So, for me, the Ram offense will be able to do some nice things with either Hill or Davis. They probably have room to grow with their WRs. I love, for example, the way we are starting to run quick (pun is OK here) slants to big, physical receivers. Teams do that to us all the time. We are starting to take the pressure off with 6-8 yard slants that are tough to stop. Keep that up, and it will affect the way teams scheme against us.

But, with either of these guys, the ceiling will be limited. Both can run an efficient offense with a good running game. But neither will be able to get us to the Red Zone 4-5 times a game or throw 2+ TDs. We just don’t have the horse at QB to do that sort of thing.

We better have a genuine QB with a major league arm available to us in next year’s draft. We gonna need it.