John Middlecoff

J.J.

McCarthy wouldn't beat out a lot of guys.

There'd be a lot of teams where, based on what we've seen, J.J.

McCarthy wouldn't beat out the backup quarterback.

And we saw last year when Daniel Jones was signed to the Indianapolis Colts for $14 million.

That wasn't a quarterback competition.

Daniel Jones, the moment he signed that contract, was the starting quarterback.

Unless things went exceptionally bad or he got injured in training camp.

And what happened?

Daniel Jones was starting quarterback.

A couple years ago, in a backup quarterback situation, it was like the 49ers assigned Sam Darnold, and there's going to be a competition for the backup quarterback job.

That's what Kyle Shanahan told everybody.

It's like, there's no fucking competition.

The moment Sam Darnold signed, Trey Lance was done.

The only question was, would they keep a guy as the third overall quarterback just to be like, well, we drafted him, we used all these picks?

And the answer was no.

Sam Darnold beat him out or just did what he was going to do the whole time, be the backup quarterback, and Trey Lance was traded.

I think they would have traded Anthony Richardson last year if they could have traded him.

Doesn't seem like anyone wants him.

And even right now, nobody wants him.