Initial 53 | Cuts and Practice Squad Buildout

[Lefty2SLO]

You need to post the whole picture with Heineke not just cherry pick last year. He also went 12-11 with Washington and got them into the playoffs. 84 QB rating for his career.

One huge difference is that Heineke can compete in big games and give you a chance to win. Stick cant. Heineke is a gamer, he will attack and take shots down field. He plays with an edge. Stick looks like a deer in the headlights out there. He does not play with confidence

Stick has never won an NFL regular game. Heineke has won 13.

AGREED . . . . . . THIS is the difference. It's not that TH is going to be the savior if Herbert goes down - he's QB2 for a reason, just like all the other QB2's. BUT - if he has to play at least we have a chance at winning. Stick is so bad that we would have no chance to win - none. This is really all you can ask for and all that should be expected of a QB2 . . . . . . . even a good one.

My angst over the QB2 position for the last 3 years or so has been that the problems with Stick were / are so obvious, and the lack of talent / production was so egregious, that the fact that he remained on the team (with a raise no less) was a huge red flag that management had some serious issues and was most likely fucking up by the numbers in other (less obvious) ways as well . . . . . . . . . . .

[Boltbaby]

is that real?

It seems like it. It's hard to tell these days there's so many people grifting though. It's from TylerHuntleyofficial.com

[Fouts2herbert]

The Chargers just signed Tomlinson to the practice squad...

[21&500]

The Chargers just signed Tomlinson to the practice squad...

Haha
All we need is to trade for Laken Tomlinson now.

[colorado]

How much will stick earn for being the third qb this season?

[Lefty2SLO]

Lol, we aren't getting him though.

Uzumah, Tonyan, Logan. And our 2 PS guys and oh, McKitty is available .

Just stop . . . . . . . . . .

[21&500]

Patterson waived.
Mustipher officially on PS.

[Lefty2SLO]

Cleveland must have been asking for a ransom for Huntley.
glad we didn't bite.

Agreed . . . . . . . . Cleveland thought they could get Joe over a barrel with Huntley. Joe had none of that . . . . . . . . . . I'd like to have been a fly on the wall for those phone conversations between Joe and the Cleveland GM . . . . . . It probably went something like 'I don't play those kinds of games - you can keep all 4 of your QB's - good luck'.

[Fouts2herbert]

Haha
All we need is to trade for Laken Tomlinson now.

3 TEs on the practice squad seems a bit extreme, all they need is Fisk and Tomlinson...Benson looked overmatched blocking, is he like a STs guy?

[Lefty2SLO]

the rule as far as I know is 3 week minimum on the 53 man roster, but since he's still coming back from a 2023 injury, my guess is that they burn that second "will return shortly" IR spot on him while he finishes his recovery and ramps up on the new offense etc...so JT woods was most likely the Molden cut, tomorrow we'll find out what they do to squeeze Heineke onto the roster...GAC and some article on NBC suggested that they plan to keep stick on the 53 man roster

...someone said that the reason is stick can help Heineke learn the offense, LOL, it really didn't seem like Easton had a grasp on the offense this preseason, WOW and people still believe that John Spanos is not back there pulling strings? LOL

on a side note, Stick will get his full 2.6 mil salary fully guaranteed if he's still on the roster by week one, so even if he goes to the PS after that he'd still get his full pay, wow, must be nice to get scouted by John Spanos...there is no way that under any NORMAL circumstance that the team would pay him a cent more than PS minimum to stick around assuming that he would be kept around at all in those types of circumstances...mind you he already got his bonus and BTW when he signed they gave him 1.4mil out of his 2.6 contract value guaranteed, why? IDK, that's a sweet deal and not something that you see on a low level signing for a player that has no market or leverage...still tho, if they cut him tomorrow it would save the chargers 1.25mil in cap space, that's not nothing, that's money that could be used to sign someone else...

There's no way this happens . . . . . . . . prior to the start of the season Stick gets cut and then signed to the PS. He can assist TH (If needed) from there and begin his coaching career. I'm not too worried he'll get picked up by anyone

[Fouts2herbert]

Patterson waived.
Mustipher officially on PS.

a lot of movement and they're still working stuff out, there's only one spot left on the PS, so either they cut someone from PS or Jefferson and Patterson will need to flip a coin for the last slot...

[Velo]

TE acquisition still to come.