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Saints switch Taysom Hill to QB on roster
Posted on 9/4/23 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 9/4/23 at 7:10 pm
PFT
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As noted by Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.football, the team shifted the designation of Taysom Hill from tight end to quarterback. He had been listed as a tight end for all of camp. The move opens the door to the Saints potentially using Hill as QB2, with a third quarterback added to the gameday roster under the new emergency quarterback rule. Under that approach, Derek Carr would serve as QB1, Hill would fill the role of QB2, and Jameis Winston or rookie fourth-rounder Jake Haener would be the emergency third quarterback. The third quarterback could play only if both Carr and Hill were both unavailable due to injury or ejection.
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If that’s what the Saints do, it’s a creative application of the rule. The second quarterback can play at will and line up at other positions like tight end; only the emergency third quarterback is restricted to operating under center. Other teams might gripe about this, because that’s what teams tend to do when an opponent identifies a legitimate loophole. The easy response is this — go get yourself a Taysom Hill, and make him your QB2. The only downside to this approach is that it forces the Saints to use Hill as the second-string quarterback, in the event Carr is injured. The upside is that it allows the Saints to dress an extra player, since they won’t be devoting three regular spots to Carr, Hill, and Winston or Haener. Winston or Haener would count as an extra man, under the new emergecy quarterback rule
This post was edited on 9/4/23 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 9/4/23 at 7:25 pm to Handsome Pete
So Winston can’t play unless both Carr and Hill get hurt?
That’s horrible if true
That’s horrible if true
Posted on 9/4/23 at 7:30 pm to Handsome Pete
I worry about who is going to be the lead man running the ball while Alvin is out.
nothing against Jammal Willaims or Kendre Miller but I think this move suggests there will be a run package for Taysom like last season?
if not then what?
nothing against Jammal Willaims or Kendre Miller but I think this move suggests there will be a run package for Taysom like last season?
if not then what?
Posted on 9/4/23 at 8:15 pm to Handsome Pete
Seems pretty easy for Taysom to “cramp up” as needed in the situation that we don’t want him to actually play QB2
This post was edited on 9/4/23 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 9/4/23 at 8:27 pm to Handsome Pete
What would keep a team from switching there second string RB to QB to do the same? This seems ripe for abuse.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 4:44 pm to Handsome Pete
I suspect the nfl will put a stop to this. Seems like a violation of the spirit of the rule and an unfair advantage.
Something like, if QB2 plays more than x snaps at another position, you don’t get to use QB3.
Something like, if QB2 plays more than x snaps at another position, you don’t get to use QB3.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 11:18 pm to Handsome Pete
If the do this it tells me that they consider Winston next to useless unless disaster happens.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 4:44 pm to Handsome Pete
This makes a lot more sense now
Posted on 9/6/23 at 5:13 pm to Handsome Pete
shite. I really enjoyed having Taysom as my TE in Fantasy Football last season.
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