[CardinalSagehen]

[quote author=Cardinal Sagehen link=topic=17879.msg209796#msg209796 date=1509649992]
For the record, Staples also said (or repeated, as I just learned from double e dub) that he’d be “shocked” if KJ doesn’t start. 

That means nothing because everyone was shocked when DS left KC in the game despite his poor performance.
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Yes, it’s just pure conjecture at this point.  But I have since listened to the Shaw interview and Staples’ comments were based on his read of what Shaw had just said, as others noted above.  “I didn’t want to make any snap decisions in the course of the game” suggests fairly strongly that he’s more prepared to make a different decision now.  Shaw also fully acknowledged, now with some distance from the game, that Keller was off and basically didn’t meet the standard.

We don’t know how the competition will unfold this week in practice or what Shaw will ultimately choose to do.  You are right that his propensity to defy the world and make unpopular QB decisions has been unlimited. 

But just imho, this time he seems to be setting the stage for a change. 

[CardinalSagehen]

[quote author=Cardinal Sagehen link=topic=17879.msg209796#msg209796 date=1509649992]
For the record, Staples also said (or repeated, as I just learned from double e dub) that he’d be “shocked” if KJ doesn’t start. 

That means nothing because everyone was shocked when DS left KC in the game despite his poor performance.
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Yes, it’s just pure conjecture at this point.  But I have since listened to the Shaw interview and Staples’ comments were based on his read of what Shaw had just said, as others noted above.  “I didn’t want to make any snap decisions in the course of the game” suggests fairly strongly that he’s more prepared to make a different decision now.  Shaw also fully acknowledged, now with some distance from the game, that Keller was off and basically didn’t meet the standard.

We don’t know how the competition will unfold this week in practice or what Shaw will ultimately choose to do.  You are right that his propensity to defy the world and make unpopular QB decisions has been unlimited. 

But just imho, this time he seems to be setting the stage for a change.