The word out of Dove Valley when reporters sought out the coaches after they cut Sloter was that he looked totally raw in scrimmages against Denver's #1 team. In the pre-season teams are playing totally vanilla defense. You just run your offense exactly as it's drawn up with no adjustments, and the defense just lines up and plays without any attempt to scheme a way to stop you. Nobody wants to show anything.Originally Posted by Freyaka View Post
That is true. It is not unusual for fans to have delusions of grandeur.
The fact is this team right now has the NUMBER ONE defense in the NFL as expected. We were all hoping that the Mccoy offense was going to have some magical answer for the 7th round back up in Siemian. He is frustrating, but he is what he is. Nothing more. He is a back up QB in this league imo. A quality back to be sure, and that for any organization is a valuable commodity.
Talk about delusions of grandeur. I also had them with Sloter. I think that was a mistake to get rid of him for Brock long legs Osweiler. I just have a problem with the notion that Osweiler was a known quantity. Meaning, we know what he is, and what he is, is not that good. Sloter on the other hand did show promise. I know it was against backups in preseason, but he also played WITH backups. I saw big league throws.
Anyway, just pissing in the wind with that. No point. Just have a feeling we will be regretting that move. Personally, I would still take a championship caliber DEFENSE over one HIGH PRICED QB that has proven that their salaries makes other aspects of the team suffer. With a defense like this one, they are in every game.
So, if you have better athletes on offense (D.T. & Sanders) you can look pretty good. Against the #1 defense when they are trying to fool Sloter he got picked off. A lot.
Don't bother arguing with me about this. I don't really have an opinion. Sloter looked good to the casual fan during the pre-season. That's about it. The coaches were not nearly so impressed.
Simple question: Is the casual fan right? Probably not. Sloter was undrafted for a reason. This is the reason:
A couple of decent games in the pre-season does not negate all that. You can watch the Vikings and see if Sloter ever turns out to be anything. I don't wish him ill. I liked him, but he's still a long shot.Draft Projection Projected: Free Agent (not drafted)
Bottom Line Sloter is a transfer from Southern Miss who has gone from quarterback to receiver and back to quarterback. He has good size and a lively arm, but only has 320 career passing attempts under his belt. However, he flashed enough raw potential as a senior that he has garnered NFL attention and has an outside shot of sneaking into the final day. Sloter is a project that will almost certainly require a couple of years on a practice squad.