[Mick]

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Yes, very excited about Costello.

Yeah, it will be interesting to see if we get to see much more of him this year (particularly outside of garbage time).
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict: unless injury presents and opportunity, we will only see Costello in garbage time.  Based on past experience and Shaw's general persona, I just cannot see him providing any opportunity for a QB controversy to emerge.  Shaw may not be as conservative as some (including me) often thing, but I do believe he values stability, and consistency as valuable for the overall team. If he suffers no injury, I think it would take several sub-par games in a row by Chryst before Shaw started bringing in Costello at a meaningful part of the game.  This certainly was the case last year, when it took a few sub-par games by Burns before a move was made, and even earlier when Hogan had to wait for a few sub-par performances by Nunes before he saw the field.

I'm not sure if that is good or not, but I do think it's in step with Shaw's past approach.
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You're probably right, but I recall us saying a few days ago that if/when Costello got in against Rice, it would only be to hand the ball off and there was no way Shaw would let him throw or direct a legitimate drive. So you never know.
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I think Coach Shaw's playing the odds.  You have a not-particularly-mobile quarterback, who is heavy, coming off an ACL injury just six months after surgery with porous pass protection at the same time. 

I think the odds are pretty darned good we'll see Costello again this season.

[Mick]

[quote author=socalstanfan1 link=topic=17242.msg198275#msg198275 date=1503905792]
[quote author=JPRI link=topic=17242.msg198222#msg198222 date=1503860781]
[quote author=oman link=topic=17242.msg198221#msg198221 date=1503860616]
Yes, very excited about Costello.

Yeah, it will be interesting to see if we get to see much more of him this year (particularly outside of garbage time).
[/quote]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict: unless injury presents and opportunity, we will only see Costello in garbage time.  Based on past experience and Shaw's general persona, I just cannot see him providing any opportunity for a QB controversy to emerge.  Shaw may not be as conservative as some (including me) often thing, but I do believe he values stability, and consistency as valuable for the overall team. If he suffers no injury, I think it would take several sub-par games in a row by Chryst before Shaw started bringing in Costello at a meaningful part of the game.  This certainly was the case last year, when it took a few sub-par games by Burns before a move was made, and even earlier when Hogan had to wait for a few sub-par performances by Nunes before he saw the field.

I'm not sure if that is good or not, but I do think it's in step with Shaw's past approach.
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You're probably right, but I recall us saying a few days ago that if/when Costello got in against Rice, it would only be to hand the ball off and there was no way Shaw would let him throw or direct a legitimate drive. So you never know.
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I think Coach Shaw's playing the odds.  You have a not-particularly-mobile quarterback, who is heavy, coming off an ACL injury just six months after surgery with porous pass protection at the same time. 

I think the odds are pretty darned good we'll see Costello again this season.