I see that Dan Quinn has done a bit of poaching. The Redskins signed Armstrong and Biadasz.
Purdy in all likelihood never sees the field unless Lance (and Garropolo too) got hurt. Many of you keep conveniently forgetting that.
Nobody has any idea how that would have played out had Lance stayed healthy.
We likely do know. Teams have practice. Practice is not simply to practice. Practice is also to evaluate the players. Players are constantly being evaluated. Based on what Lance showed on the field, the coaching staff likely would have been giving Purdy a keener look. At some point, Lance would have been yanked because he SUCKS. It just would have taken longer.
The Cowboys, for example, had an inkling that Tony Romo was better than Drew Bledsoe. Parcells just needed to wait for the right time. It took Romo some time, but he eventually broke through by, as Darren Woodson said, torching the defense in practice..
Coaches aren't idiots. They don't see a guy in practice make throws and reads, even with limited reps, and have no idea.
There is a significant discrepancy between how Lance played and how Purdy plays. That wouldn't have been kept a secret for years. Lance, while more athletic, and the type of QB Shanahan preferred, was showing difficulty reading the defense. Purdy excels at it.
In cases in which the QBs are close in ability and the starter is being paid handsomely, then you're right. But you're finding excuses in this case because you don't want to admit that the Trey Lance trade was not a good trade!
A 4th for Lance was far too much given what other QBs could have been available in free agency, given that Lance might have been available in free agency, and given that the Cowboys were apparently content with Rush as Dak's backup.