Walter Should Be Starting the Last Three Games:

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Dec 15, 2006 8:44 AM PST in News

Andrew Walter has gotten one snap since he insulted Art Shell's buddy Tom Walsh.

Sure, his numbers on the year are terrible!!! He was sacked 41 Times and he threw only 3 TD's against 9 INT's.

He is ranked at the bottom of the League in Passer rating at 55, which is a bit over half of Drew Brees's 101 and a full 10.7 points lower than the 2nd lowest passer in the League, Vince Young.

Oops, check that, he is actually 9.2 points below the 2nd worst passer rating in the League...That would be Aaron Brooks with a 64.2 rating.

Brooks has 3 TD's against 6 INT's and is still starting. Help me out here Raider Nation. How is that possible?

It has been reported that Art Shell thinks that Brooks gives the team the best chance to win. I agree with that except for the fact that he hasn't won YET and throws picks at the worst times possible.

It has also been reported that the Raiders want to see if he is worth a 5 million dollar roster bonus.

I can answer that right now...NO...EMPHATICALLY, NO!!!

What should be important is getting Andrew Walter VERY Valuable playing time, especially with Gallery coming back and having McQuistan stepping up at Left Guard.

We need to see if Andrew can get it done next year. If not, we will need to pick up a QB in the off-season by either trade, draft or free agency.

There is no reason NOT to play the only QB who has a win this year.

There is no reason to shelve our potential QB of the future.

I mean, isn't Walter the reason we passed on Leinart?

It would be VERY Un-Raiderlike to see Brooks benched so late in the week, so at the earliest I HOPE we get to see Walter against the Chiefs.

Go Raiders!!!

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I absolutely agree

It is crucial that we find out if Walter will ever be an NFL QB. I have my doubts mainly because in this league a QB has to be mobile and he is not.
I love his arm and his touch, so possibly if he learns to deliver balls quicker he can be good, very good. But we won't know with him sitting on the bench. I think there will be QB's available through free agency. I would prefer the Raiders draft a big time runner in the draft.

by chinabob on Dec 15, 2006 8:52 AM PST reply actions

If Brooks is Auditioning to Remain

We are not impressed. At least with Brooks the team won't set the NFL record for most sacks in a season, with Walter they might. Last night on ESPN they showed the "Ghost to the Post" game. It brought back great memories but was also a reminder of what pride and poise meant. Stabler had it along with a great vetran team. Geez, I miss that. It just reminded me of how far this team needs to go to begin to achieve any kind of success, offensively, anyway.

by PrideandNoise on Dec 15, 2006 11:24 AM PST reply actions

I watched that too:

Man, it was great to see a team playing that well together.

I also loved how it showed that no matter how great that team may have been, they were 2 feet away from being beaten in that game by Raymond Chester!!!

Pride And Poise!!!

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Dec 15, 2006 1:24 PM PST up reply actions

Check this out!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J7ipVezSEk&mode=related&search

Pride And Poise!!!

by Raymond St. Martin (Saint) on Dec 15, 2006 2:14 PM PST reply actions

I liked Walter...

LIKED!!! He should be on the bench. Brooks definitely gives us the best chance to win... and we were driving, but Anderson's penalty and Crockett's fumble took away a whole lot of momentum.
But damn it was soooo much worse when Walter got out there...

by Erik in the LBC on Dec 17, 2006 9:56 PM PST reply actions