It is true Logan Thomas assets were speed & his cannon arm (they tried to run a John Elway play run with against Seattle to the left side and throw to the right side but failed miserably due to the pressure). After the horrible 2012 season, I never would have expect to see Ryan Lindley play quarterback on the field in the NFL, the thought of it even happening never entered my head because it would have seemed so silly to entertain the thought. His first play was a fumble return for a TD, he set the record for most career passes thrown without a TD(which he increased the number this season), Arizona lost a 6-7 game to the Jets.
My point with Thomas is he at-least gave the offensive a chance to move the ball which was something they didn't have with Lindley and meant a temporary run heavy offense was the better alternative (I felt since the conclusion of the St. Louis game) given the circumstances as a temporary bandaid until Stanton became healthy. That is just out of those two options. What is John Skelton doing these days? Hell, Matt Leinart? How about Charlie Batch or Caleb Hanie? Even Tebow would have been better. I'm almost tempted to suggest Jamarcus Russell but I viewed picking up Lindley to save the team would be like picking up Russell to save a team.
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From a fan perspective, when I see Calais Campbell & co bust through the line I like to see QBs go down. Russell Wilson especially (Peterson says he is the most difficult to defend since he isn't looking to run when on the scramble) but other speedy QBs with credible passing ability (though even Troy Smith was frustrating for me as a Cardinals fan but at-the-time he had some good games, hey another to the list of QBs Cardinals could have looked for. Me, passing ability has to priority #1 and if he fails nothing else matters but the difference between the speedy ones and the pocket passers (don't really mean so much elusive pocket passers like Romo/Roethlisberger) is they turn sure sacks into pass attempts or first down runs, it is something you notice easily when watching the Arizona Dline every week, they take down QBs on a routine basis when they're clicking but the guy who can run, shit Cam Newton had back-to-back 3rd down first down runs which would have been sure sacks against most of the QBs (they guy spying him got beat to the outside easily as well)
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I agree with you generally, but facing Russell Wilson & Kaepernick twice each per year is one of the bigger nightmares I experience as a Cardinals fan during the season. Peyton Manning has been a consistent 100% nightmare every time my teams face him, now he plays for my AFC team - Denver. Aaron Rodgers is the same way, Brees is also most of the time. Anyone else and there are very good QBs I'm including, I'd prefer to take my chances against a QB that can't outrun the front 7.
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