This debate bores me. McCown will either claim the job in the offseason via a killer OTA/Training Camp/Preseason performance, or he won't.  Personally, I'm not going to hold my breath on such a long-shot.
Common sense is telling me that if he was going to do something, he would have done it already. ÂÂ
And while his three games were reasonably impressive, let's not pretend that it's a big enough sample to draw any meaningful conclusions from.  You could go find three games from any almost quarterback in the league that would make said QB look either bad or good. ÂÂ
In a recent thread there was a comparison of stats with Jeff Garcia. If I remember correctly, they both figured out to 1 TD for every 27 plays. That would be fine if they were both rookies or both seasoned veterans. Garcia should be far superior since he has 21 starts compared to 3 starts for McCown with the Bucs. He's not.
Ya see, if you wanna talk stats, you need to get a bigger sample size.  Three starts is not enough to smooth out any statistical flukes and anomalies and give a reasonable idea of what could be expected from McCown on a given Sunday.  Have a look at Derek Anderson last year.  If you look at his first eight or so games, he was playing like a future HOF-er. Then it all fell to bits on him, but even after struggling through the second half of the season, he had enough TDs and yardage to look good on paper.  And then he stinks it up this year.  Now, finally, the stat sheet starts to tell the story. Statistics can be very, very misleading. Especially looking at only three games.
I'm not dismissing the McCown entirely, I think he has talent. But I don't think we are in a position to make a serious evaluation of him at this point.
The guys who coach him day in and day out and have seen him take hundreds of snaps probably
are in a position to make a serious evaluation. ÂÂ
Oh wait
They did.
