I really love a lot of Cardale's abilities. And I think he has all the tools to be a great NFL QB. I can't say the same of Barrett. With that said, JT absolutely deserves to be the starter.
I thought people were being silly before last week. Both QBs had played equally poorly, and Cardale may have even played better. But the past two weeks, the team scores and converts easily with JT, yet not with Cardale. In fact, watching the offense with Cardale has been painful, even last week when he was 21-28.
I ultimately think something is wrong with Cardale. I don't know if it is confidence, the system, the receivers, or what. But we don't have time to let him figure it out, especially when we have a QB who can run the offense as well as JT. It's time to officially make the change.