C Erik McCoy returned to practice 11/7/24; McCoy designated for return from IR

OldTimeGamer1966 said

I agree it wasn't a fair assessment of what he can do as the circumstances were unfair for any QB,, especially a rookie QB. I think we will see what we have in Rattler in the future. You never know the way we seem to get injuries we could see him back again this year. Hopefully not because I don't want any of our players hurt but it would surprise me.

I still think they would go to Rattler if Carr are to be out for any amount of time. DA pulled him because he needed to win that game at any cost so that was the natural thing to do.

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Rattler seems like the preferred choice of a coach on his last leg. If it works out, the coach gets credit for bypassing the #2 because of the vision he had for the #3. If it doesn't, he can say the rookie "needs more time to develop" as he did after three losses. He probably didn't think he could win the games anyway, so why not pin it on the rookie QB who almost certainly didn't have a chance--whether we like it or not, he was a fifth round pick for a reason.

Also notice that Rattler, with nearly three full games of extra experience in the offense, was back to the #3 after Carr's return. They thought a guy who only has a couple of drives of regular season action in "garbage time" was the better backup in a game that Allen likely knew he had to win.

Unfortunately for Allen, seven losses in a row were too much for him to blame it on injuries/rookies/etc.