“If Kyler comes back next week (on primetime) and the offense is dead on arrival, dysfunctional, does Colt come in at halftime? Or no? Do we in fact ride with healthy Kyler no matter what? What do you think? Benching the starter has always been the line in the sand. It’s so weird. In baseball, a starting pitcher does it haven’t one night, he’s pulled early. No effect long term. Try again next week. But in football, the moment you bench your starting QB, it’s catastrophic. It’s the moment the team fired their QB.”
There are many questions this week about Colt and Kyler and who to start and what to do at QB. So I wanted to get to them right off the bat. I think Colt’s game has to be put in context. He was wonderful on Sunday. He was exactly what this team needed. Yes, the offense seemed to flow better. BUT. The Cardinals’ defense dominated. The offense had two three-and-outs after the first field-goal drive, but it didn’t matter because the Rams couldn’t do anything. It gave McCoy and the offense time to settle. The Cardinals still had fewer than 300 yards and in most games, that won’t be good enough.
If Kyler is healthy, they will start him. He will not be pulled from a game. If he is not healthy, they will go back to Colt (although let’s not forget McCoy came out of the game with a bad left knee that leaves his availability in the air too.) As good as McCoy looked, I don’t think the offense did much more than it has with Murray. It felt cleaner yes because often times Murray is trying too hard to make a big play. But I’d like to see Murray in a game where he only has to deal with one false start instead of five. There are fans that want to move on from Murray, but many felt that way before. It’s not happening. The contract says it won’t, the talent level says it won’t.
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