John Middlecoff

Seattle, Rams, Niners, Cardinals, I mean, they're just... Jacoby Bursette's the starter if he's healthy.

It feels like it used to happen way up more often.

So I hope that's a long-winded way of answering the question that

There's not a concrete, it's like you do X, Y, and Z, you're winning the job.

There's still a lot of gut feel.

And that's where the coach and the coordinator and the quarterback coach have a lot of influence, and the GM.

I just like this guy more.

We drafted him.

We paid him.

We believe in him.

That's the other thing.

There's a lot of intangible stuff with the quarterback.

Do you know the fucking plays?

Do you know all the checks and the audibles, the offense?

Do you have a rapport with your teammates?

Do they like you?

Would they believe in you?

Could Dick Vermeule stand up there and say, we're going to win with Kurt Warner, even if he might have been BSing?

But whoever that player is in Kurt Warner's shoes, can the coach look at the team and go, we believe in this guy?

Sometimes you do and sometimes you don't.