Yes, I picked up on this same thing listening to DNVR. I thought it was a terrible take.
I believe the same guy was also saying that the running game improves when Salter is in the game, which I also don't see. There were successful running plays with each QB in the game. Obviously we don't get Salter's rushing from anyone else, but Salter doesn't really seem all that eager to turn it into a weapon either. He forces passes that he can't hit when easy runs for necessary yardage are easily available.
I think Salter has some strong tools and I could see us getting to six wins with him at QB if a lot of other stuff also worked out. I don't see him being a guy who takes initiative to get the most out of this team. His best drives have felt long, painstaking, and difficult. Staub played with conviction form the jump and finally gave our offense some verticality. I can see the argument that Salter didn't do anything to "lose" the job per se, but I think Staub took it from him, at least for the time being. The audibles tell us even more about him than his play. I kind of wonder if a player might want to do that in a way that addresses Prime's obvious timeout management issues?
DNVR was also being insistent that this game was basically meaningless, Delaware wasn't a real opponent, the team treated it like a scrimmage, etc., so for those reasons, we shouldn't put a lot of value on Staub's performance. That's maybe true-- will Staub be able to do stuff like this on Friday night? (I wager the answer is mostly yes) --but I certainly think we can value it in relation to Salter's performance against the same lowly team. And uh, Staub was definitely better. Our receivers are way too good to ignore a coherent downfield passing game in favor of Salter's athleticism.
It's almost like the DNVR guys were engaging in a sort of sunken cost fallacy w/ Kaidon. I didn't listen much before the season, but some of their perspectives only makes sense to me under the context that they maybe don't want to admit their overzealous and optimistic hopes for Kaidon were ill-placed? They kind of strike me as overly optimistic and it's easy to imagine them overhyping Salter.
Oh well. There's much for this team to learn, and for us to learn about them. But ultimately, seasons aren't that many games. There's not a lot of time to find yourself. Staub is the only qb out there who has had swagger and leadership, and he's easily the best passer (right now). He deserves the start. There is something intangible that Salter seems to be missing. Staub has shown it twice now, in how he has been able to meet the moment.
