In just three-quarters of action, Huntley went 27-of-38 for a career-high 270 passing yards and a touchdown and added another 45 yards rushing on six attempts. While Garrett made his fair share of plays in that game including a strip sack that resulted in a clutch fumble that he returned 15 yards for a touchdown, he reflected on how well Huntley played as he nearly led the Ravens to a come-from-behind win. In Week 14 of last season in the second meeting of the year between the two teams, the former undrafted free agent came in and finished the game after Jackson went down with the ankle injury that would ultimately end his 2021 campaign. This won’t be Huntley’s first time filling in for Jackson against the Browns and Garrett vividly remembers the first. “He just needs a little bit more polish and I think he can be that capable of a player if he gets a chance somewhere.” “He’s fast, he’s elusive, he’s a lot of things that Lamar is,” Garrett told reporters on December 15, 2022. The three-time Pro Bowler spoke highly of the third-year pro who will be making his second straight start and the sixth of his career on Saturday when the two teams faceoff at FirstEnergy Stadium for an AFC North showdown. Chargers).#Browns DE Myles Garrett on #Ravens QB Tyler Huntley. Giants), and then a few who have elite aging quarterbacks who have done exhaustive work on young QBs for several years and aren't afraid of using a pick in the top half of the draft to address the QB of the future (New England, New Orleans, L.A. Then there is another group of teams looking at the draft as a chance to upgrade on their current bridge quarterback (Denver, N.Y. As it stands now, really only the Jags, Dolphins and Skins would be unable to go into a game today knowing who their starting quarterback would be. Couple that with a far less intriguing draft crop of passers – and the fact that some teams may prefer to wade into the 2020 draft instead, with quarterbacks potentially going first and second overall – and it makes for a much more tranquil landscape. And this time around there may be more veteran quarterbacks available than there are teams ready to embrace acquiring a new starting QB.Ī few are going to be left with less-than-desirable landing spots, and there are only so many starting spots to go around. Sure, many of the gambles made a year ago won't pay off (the Jags extending the contract of Blake Bortles, for starters), but very few of those teams will be ready to admit it so soon. So many teams invested so much time, money, draft capital, and energy into addressing the position a year ago that it only made sense that far fewer would be willing, able and needing to one year later. So, yeah, it was dizzying and all encompassing and, by its very nature, rendered this upcoming offseason boring by comparison regarding quarterbacks. 2019 NFL Free Agency: Controversial Le'Veon Bell, Kareem Hunt top list of free agent RBs.Oh, and a first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback ( Drew Brees) was also an unrestricted free agent and without a team for a little while, although it was viewed as a near certainty he would re-sign with the Saints (as he did). There would be multiple trades involving playoff passers (Alex Smith and Tyrod Taylor) and a record, fully-guaranteed contract coming for Kirk Cousins and shuffling around some other high-priced QBs ( Sam Bradford), and a signing of - and then, in the summer, a trade of - a recent first-round QB ( Teddy Bridgewater) and a record-tying five rookie QBs were selected in the first round of the draft that spring. The draft, free agency and the trade market were all overflowing with options, and the stage was set for several months of action at the most important position in all of professional sports. It was going to be wild and wacky, and, if you recall, Washington and Kansas City had already agreed to a trade involving a playoff quarterback before the Super Bowl was even played. A year ago at this time, NFL general managers and coaches were preparing for what we all knew would be an unprecedented offseason of quarterback movement.
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