Donovan is a shadow of what he once was. He is NOT the answer. If Brohm is there when our turn comes around, grab him. But he probably won’t help this year. His upside is that he is tailor-made for the west coast offense.

As for you comment that J. Allen DE is not as important as the QB; I disagree. He will (hopefully) pressure the QB so our poor DB’s don’t have to cover for 6 seconds. We also won’t HAVE to blitz as often so LB’s can actually drop back and we can actually play the cover 2. And finally, teams won’t be able to double and triple team K. Williams on a constant basis anymore. His production shall increase. So, although J. Allen doesn’t “touch” the ball every play, his disruptive nature should have a ripple effect on our entire defense. And defenses win championships! At least that’s my opinion.

David Carr.

That said, There’s three things I’m watching for this year to see if T-Jack can make it.

1) Can he stay healthy? Every game T-Jack did not start last year, we lost. That was six games if I recall correctly.

2) Can he avoid the jump pass? Every time I saw that, I winced. He needs to learn that sometimes, it’s okay to take a sack.

3) With competent receivers this year, can he keep the defense honest? The way defenses were able to beat us last year, was by ignoring our passing game entirely. And given our passing choices of Williamson and Shiancoe, I can understand why.

If the answer to all three of those questions is yes, Jackson should stay. And it’s something we won’t find out until the end of the year.

We don’t need to replace either Childress or Jackson right now. Teams take a while to develop under a coach, and QBs need to develop into a system. The Dolphins have had a revolving door for the past several years, and look where it got them. We draft a developmental QB in a late round to grow into our backup QB, and possibly our starter if T-Jack doesn’t work out. And finally, our offense doesn’t need an outstanding QB. It needs a competent one. The QB needs to keep the pressure off of the running game. The rest will work itself out.

After this year, barring injury, I expect Tarvaris to have a more successful season than Leinart, Yong, and Cutler. Even if he’s competitive with his cohort, he was a steal at the end of the second round. For those who didn’t see improvement over his first year, your blind. There were a few ugly moments, to be sure. But there were many games where he looked poised and got the ball efficiently where it was designed to go. In my opinion he throws the nicest ball since Moon. Expect it to start hitting its mark consistently.