Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano, senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss this week’s matchup of two rookie quarterbacks who were both expected to go early in last April’s draft – and now finally get to face off on the field. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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So there’s the Shadow angle as well.
He’s going to start next week.
Shadow Cam Ward, I mean, that’ll be fun, Charles.
Actually, yes, that actually is.
I’m mildly interested in, In that game, because I, when they put the schedule out, Uh, in the offseason, I said, you know, hey, by this point, OK, yeah, Shador was drafted in the 5th round, but by this point, There’s a chance that Shador may be the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns Cam Ward should be the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans.
And obviously, in the run-up to the draft, right up until draft day, All we did was say, you know, Shaddo versus Cam, Shaddo versus Cam.
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Uh, which guy is better?
Uh, you know, we talked about it; oh, it’s gonna be a, The picks are going to be 12; it’s Cam, and then Shador.
Um, that ultimately didnt pan out the way any of us thought.
And it, it launched us all on this odyssey that we’ve been on this season, Particularly with the Browns and Shad Sanders, but I do think it’s interesting seeing these Two guys now go up against each other as rookies quarterbacks.
And look, I’ll say between the two, the one I’m most afraid of is not Shadow Sanders, It’s Cam Ward.
Cam Ward has, uh, the way he’s getting sacked this season is, It’s unreal.
And I will say something else about Cam.
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That I’ve learned this season that I did not know about him until this point.
He’s freaking tough.
Hes taken a great deal of punishment behind that line with the Tennessee Titans Not breaking at this point is staggering to me.
I hope we don’t get to the point where it’s a Derek Carr situationexcuse me, David Carr situation with the Houston Texans where, Where we see him shell-shocked, you know, Moving into the future years of his career Because he’s been hit so many times as a rookie.