Start Null or not?

We have a young strong QB that did better than a number of top veteran QB’s in the league and we are discussing whether we even want to keep him or not, much less start him. Phew!!

does have a pretty good passer rating….

I feel like most of us here want Null developed, and tough games played, but still want to lose to make sure we get Suh and don’t have to waste a high pick on a QB.

he can do the dropkick from anywhere on the field and get us points. Screw the wild cat, we got the dropkick formation. “Believe in Donnie” the St Louis Rams story.

“Donnie, Danny and Richie”

The heart wrenching tale of how an underrated punter (Jones) and often over looked return specialist and WR (Amendola) give an entire city a purpose on Sundays, while a lackluster offensive lineman (Incognito) belches and spits on the entire team, and is eventually released.

Drama / rated PG-13

Starring Donnie Jones as ’Donnie", danny Amendola as “Danny”, Steve Spagnuolo as “Spags”, Richie Incognito as “Dipshit”

I couldn’t agree with you more. The thing that must be kept in perspective is that he is a rookie and with that comes rookie mistakes, no matter how dumb they may be. The key that I am looking for “is he progressing as he goes?” I only got to watch about 2/3rds of the game, but I liked what I saw. Especially considering that the O-line was plugged with fill-ins, who did well once they settled down. The beauty is that Null has a very accurate arm and he has been going through his progressions better than most rookies do. There were several dropped passes that should have been caught. You can start to see that he is getting comfortable with Gibson and especially Avery. There was one play where he decided to air it out to Avery after he blew by Dunta Robinson…just a little too far, but give it time and that may be a money combination.
I already know what Boller is capable of, and am not interested in seeing him show me that he has hit his ceilling. At least with Null there are many unknowns and I love the fact that the kid has the most important quality of a QB…a short memory after a mistake. QB’s that dwell on mistakes too long often have a hard time finishing off games. We don’t have time to waste on dwelling on mistakes. Recognize the mistake. Learn from it so that it doesn’t happen again and then move on because the team still needs you behind Center.

5 votes for Josh Brown. That’s 4 more than Boller

there was a lot of criticism that came from the TST faithful after last years draft. How would the Rams draft grade out now? I defended the Rams draft than, and it’s looking better now.

Jason Smith when healthy has looked very good.

JL looks like a future multi pro bowler

Bradley Fletcher/Fletcher Bradley was also looking very strong prior to injury (story of 09 Rams)

Keith Null-looking very respectable as a rookie QB that was drafted very late

Dorrell Scot-contributing nicely as a rookie this year.

In hindsight I think anyone could argue we could have a had a better draft, but looking back I think the Rams did a nice job of finding talent. Lets hope the 2010 draft can bring even more productive NFL talent. Looks like Suh will be ours, and thats a good start!!

As I mentioned in another post, neither the Cards nor the 49ers really have anything to play for now except pride. The Cards are the NFC West Champs and they gotta remember how Otogwe pounded Warner’s head into the turf a few weeks back resulting in a 2-week concussion issue. Also, why would they want to risk getting Bouldin, Fitzgerald or Breaston hurt now that they’ve clinched? The 49ers gotta be bitterly disappointed that they’re out of the playoff picture after sweeping Arizona this year. That absurd loss the Sheattle and the last second comeback by Brett Favre did them in. It’s gonna be tough for even Singletary to motivate them now. So, IF we win either of these two games I’d consider it no more important than a pre-season type win, except that it could cost us Suh in the draft…

Has all the intangibles of a great QB in the making, size 6.4 220, Quick release, leadership qualities,accurate passer.

Spags will need to step forward and say “he’s our guy” about “someone”. But beofre that happens:

1) Needs to see Null the rest of the way
2) The Bulger question mark. Can he play? SHOULD he play? (will Spags consider?)
3) The new kid… doubt we’ll even get a look.
4) Draft someone?

Obviously there are these question marks, but an announcement will have to be made shortly after the final pick is selected (I don’t expect anything will be said until then), not just for US but for the team. We ALL need to know the direction we are going.

I to think that null looks like with these next 2 games and next years training camp and preseason games he could very well start developing into something really good, hence we can look elsewhere during the draft

its better safe then sorry as my mother always says. Especially at the QB position Id rather have 2 good qb’s then one that’s shaky. Keep Null to develop him but dont rely on him he’s much to young and we are probably hurting everyone by doing that. I would like to see Bulger Return because he’s still decent and is a good guy to fall back to if things hit the fan. Plus it would save us from signing someone that is more then likely his skill level. Then Draft either 2nd to third if the right guy comes up.