Arizona Cardinals: Sam Bradford vs Josh Rosen debate

After the Arizona Cardinals loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, the calls for rookie quarterback Josh Rosen intensified

Certainly for Arizona Cardinals fans, it has been a tough couple of weeks to start the season.  They came out flat in week one, then flat again on Sunday in week two.

It is a quarterback driven league, so naturally, many are blaming starting quarterback Sam Bradford for the slow start.  He is certainly not blameless.

He has not looked good in either game.  Whether that is a by-product of lack of playing time in the preseason or not grasping offensive coordinator Mike McCoy‘s offensive scheme, who knows?

What we do know is he is not currently getting the job done.  So what are the pros and cons for keeping Bradford as a starter for now?

The pros are despite what you’ve seen the first two weeks, historically he is a very accurate passer.  Maybe he needs time.  Cardinals fans haven’t had much patience with him though over the first two weeks.

Some of that impatience may be linked to the idea many Cardinals fans were against signing him in the first place.  He could have thrown three touchdowns on Sunday and it still wouldn’t have mattered to fans.

He has been around for eight years.  He knows the NFL game better than Rosen.  That doesn’t mean he is the better option down the road though.

Certainly a con would be his health.  Bradford did not get killed by the Rams as many predicted he would.  Once the schedule came out, many were circling Sunday on the calendar that Bradford would be seriously injured.  It didn’t happen.

What did happen though was a continued sense that Bradford just isn’t getting it.  Whether that’s scheme, talent, both?  Who knows but it certainly isn’t what we were promised.