Why did Roper get pulled?

by grimc on Aug 31, 2008 8:49 PM PDT

The TV announcers stated that it was because he got his bell rung. I kinda doubted it--I suspected he didn't show much so Belotti pulled him--but I accepted it at face value, even though Roper seemed to be fine when he was talking to his parents on the sidelines.

But in this live blog by a Seattle PI reporter, she wrote during the third quarter that it was because of a hand injury.

Maybe just a mistake, but I get the feeling that while Costa may have been the #1, the battle for #2 wasn't really settled when he went down, and Roper was on a short leash. I just hope this doesn't lead to the coaches switching out QBs like Saturday night.

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by David Piper on Aug 31, 2008 8:54 PM PDT reply actions

Nobody's on that short of a leash...

If Roper had gotten benched just for throwing a pick (after going 7/10, for 114 yds, 1 TD before that), his confidence would have been shot for the entire season. No coach would do that to a QB

by inroywetrust on Aug 31, 2008 10:37 PM PDT reply actions