Is there a QB debate?

Is Kirk playing again this year? He isn't even under contract for next. The OP was who for here and now so of course it has to become about Kirk.

None of us really know and the injury kept us from finding out about Hall. But I really doubt Kevin thought he had picked a Brock Purdy in Jaren Hall. If he did, he would have planned on him playing out the season and made Mannion his backup until Mullens was healthy. Teams have gone a couple games with far worse than Sean Mannion as their backup. No, I think he knew Hall was indefinite and he gave KAM a list of QBs he wanted to work with, Dobbs one of them. As his QBOTF? I am not saying that and think it's unlikely. But when they acquired Dobbs, I think they expected to have him running the team, though probably not so soon. It may also have been apparent that Hall was very prone to injury.

In fact I think it mostly shows exactly what Mannion is. If they picked up a guy on Tues and with little practice made him the primary backup. Seems they wanted Sean no where near the field if even for one week to give Dobbs some time to work in.

So my point remains. What is Mannion "practicing" on a squad they have no interest in him playing on?
For Dobbs if his leash is short it's still his till they say otherwise. 

I'm really surprised at how rapidly some are abandoning Dobbs. Of course, we all have admitted it's unlikely he can take us to a SB or even close, or is the next QBOTF, But even with the disappointment of the Broncos game, his success has been far far better than what most teams can experience after losing their starting QB. Seriously, didn't you all say, "Season over" when Cousins got hurt? Most teams nosedive when their QB goes down for the season.

We won 2 games with Dobbs and lost 1 by a single point - when the refs blew a call (by their admission) that gave our opponent possession and 3 points and rung Dobbs' bell, and when Dobbs later had us driving for a score that was lost by Mattison's fumble. I get that Dobbs is not CJ Stroud, but he has given us much more production - and entertainments - than we should have expected from any backup QB, including Jaren Hall.

For me the jury is out until we find out how Dobbs handles max pressure on every down. Or maybe the play calling is just that bad.  Hot reads did not seem to exist at the end of last game.  Hopefully we get some answers Monday night and they are good ones.