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M GO BLUE!!!
03-02-2007, 01:38 AM
I was just wondering when everybody pulls their QB.

I've tried several ways, but I've pretty much settled on riding my starter until the game is out of reach, and then base it on if I'm up or down. If losing, I get my backup some reps, if winning I wait for the losing team to pull their QB.
Raiders Army
03-02-2007, 07:20 AM
Never. It's all about the stats. Every pass is a step further in the career record books.
Phototropic
03-02-2007, 07:56 AM
I'll pull mine on occasion when I'm kneeling to avoid any chance of an injury. Other than that I will consider it if he's playing horrible (3+ picks) and I have a decent backup.
dbd1963
03-02-2007, 09:08 AM
I rarely have a better option at QB than the starter. I go up in the draft to grab great QBs when the previous one retires -- during the few seasons where I've had to start guys who weren't great, I'll still have one I got from FA who is way better than the scrubs I pick in the late rounds. So I don't even worry about benching the starter.
redfox000
03-02-2007, 11:48 AM
It all depends on how well developed my starter is and whether or not I have any promising younger QBs behind him.
dj_morton
03-02-2007, 03:00 PM
Never. It's all about the stats. Every pass is a step further in the career record books.


Well put
AlexB
03-02-2007, 03:05 PM
Reminds me of the Alf Ramsey/Rodney Marsh exchange, which Marsh reckons cost him an international football career...

England gaffer Alf Ramsey, to Marsh: “You have to work harder. If you don’t, I’m going to pull you off at half-time.”

Marsh: “Christ! All we get at Manchester City is a cup of tea and an orange!”
Raiders Army
03-02-2007, 09:24 PM
Reminds me of the Alf Ramsey/Rodney Marsh exchange, which Marsh reckons cost him an international football career...

England gaffer Alf Ramsey, to Marsh: “You have to work harder. If you don’t, I’m going to pull you off at half-time.”

Marsh: “Christ! All we get at Manchester City is a cup of tea and an orange!”

:D Nice.
perez24
03-05-2007, 03:42 AM
If I have a semi-decent backup, I use the starting QB like a starter in baseball, though I don't pull him at the first hint of trouble...maybe the second or third hints.

I also get them out during blow outs, whether I'm winning or losing.