i didn't see him get "crushed" in that small sample size. he pulled a quad...happens to lots of players, i think.
Yes he pulled a 34 year old out of shape quad and IMO even if you put Hill in Davis will be back sooner rather than later.
Hill didn't prepare to be the starter in the off season and his physique reflects it,sure he knows the playbook and unfettered can execute it, but our "pocket" is "No Country for Old Men",SAM is hurt BECAUSE Long whiffed ,Hill wouldn't take ALL the hits Davis does, but Davis won't take ALL the hits Hill will either I'd say they'd pretty well turn out close to the same numbers wise, and Davis doesn't JUST turn rabbit,he keeps his eyes down field .
Right now Davis is streaky, a lot of QB's are, but he can get hot after a cold streak in game, that's a unique quality in one so young,just is.
I was totally on board with putting Hill back in until these last three games (IOW even after our one win) I am convinced Davis played well enough in ALL three games that we'd have won if the rest of the team played as well as they should have,focusing on him ,expecting him to make up for poor play by the rest of the team is like expecting him to be Manning or Rogers or Rivers, we haven't had a QB on this team with that sort of ability since KW and certainly not Shaun Hill.
I rate these two as near a dead heat in what they have to offer now AFTER Hill has all that experience over the kid.
I can't help but believe Davis will get better as the season goes on and our record will be about the same with either of them.
My preference is that we stay with Davis because he has so much more future ,Shotty can mold him to what he wants,instead of trying to break the bad habits of the years of not quite being good enough to start permanently that have doubtless kept Hill as a backup.
My dad coached a national championship rifle team when he was in the service,they won three years in a row, he always said he'd take someone who'd never fired a rifle and had no bad habits over a good shot with bad habits he had to break.
Davis is materially a rookie,I think he compares pretty damned well to the rest of the rookie QB's currently playing ,Sunday is another big test for the kid ,I think he passes it and if we lose he probably won't be why.