If he’s right, I’ll happily admit I’m wrong. I don’t see it though. I certainly don’t see what “pride” has to do with it.
If we follow that as our guideline, there is absolutely no way Curtis Painter should be the back-up quarterback over Tom Brandstater. In four preseason games, Painter has gotten many more reps than Brandstater. With those reps, Painter’s thrown only one touchdown, four INTs, fumbled three times, and completed barely 50% of his passes.
Brandstater, with fewer reps and inferior talent around him, has thrown four TDs, scored on a two-point conversion, tossed on pick, committed one fumble, and completed 66% of his passes.
With the ‘lights on,’ Brandstater delivered. Painter didn’t. If Painter makes this team over Brandstater, than the line above from Bill Polian means absolutely nothing. Painter was awful in training camp and has been awful in preseason. Brandstater, however, has been quite good. He should be the Colts back-up for 2010.
In the end, I trust the Colts and their ability to judge quarterback talent. Jim Caldwell certainly knows quarterbacks. But if I were Jim Irsay and Caldwell selected Painter over Brandstater, I’d call him into my office and ask him to provide me with a thorough reasoning as to why. For me personally, if the Colts keep Painter, it’s for pride and not based off performance on the football field.
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