You seem to like referencing that statement I made about Tebow needing to protect his "brand". Well, I must be psychic, because that is exactly what the Jets are doing... ruining his image as a QB. And for what? You guys are perfectly happy losing with Fumbleinterchez. He's looking like a court jester out there for no real apparent gain. Would have been better to sit on the bench. Now any GM who previously thought he was a QB now looks at him as a punt protecting FB. His brand is severely damaged and it will affect his chances to obtain a job. It's not like he had a lot of teams vying for him in the first place.
I don't think his brand is damaged. It would be more damaged if he started and struggled like Sanchez or did worse because the team itself is rag tag bunch of players. Right now, his brand is still good to get him a job. He can use I had a year to change my mechanics, the Jets had to stick with Sanchez due to $, etc etc. His brand is fine. You still see people on ESPN and every other media channel calling for him to start, he's fine
And yet he comes with his own parallel universe of fans who will follow him no matter how much hot sauce the Jets pour over him.
I think he'll be fine in the end. It will take a coach who wants to build a ground up offense for him which is what many teams do, cater to their QB'S strengths. If it really is true that Sanchez starts due to money, what's his motivation to play lights out every game if he knows he won't be benched? When did this become the case in the NFL? Anyone think Ditka would overlook bad play from anyone because they have a big contract?
They're playing Sanchez because he gives them their best shot at winning. But, the contract is something Tebow can use as a reason he didn't play. It might not be accurate, but it's something he can twist to his advantage.
Can we skip over our typical argument and say we agree to disagree? :beer: The season is far from saving. Losing to Miami next week, then we need to be saved. Beat Miami, and we are where every realistic fan thought we would be.
Sure, I wouldn't expect agreement from all circles there. The worrisome thing is the way Sanchez looks out there.
So true! And I can't believe people still believe we have a better chance with tebow... especially after yesterdays game.
28-41 321-1-1 69% completion 90 qbr 9-10 90 yds on the game tying drive yup he looked horrible yesterday
Oh you mean the one where the cheatriots brought in our ex-HC. The same guy that wrote the playbook that the Broncos were utilizing for Tebow. I heard he also knew our snap count. The whole team looked abysmal.
Forget the starting how about running him for a TD on 3rd and 2 from the 3 so you can...you know...actually win? Team loss bud, just like the wins were team wins. That is called common sense and if you need to assign blame for that second game make sure you also include the defense ...did you see how the defense played? how about the first game when the score was 16-7 Denver? The kid has 16 starts, yet you hold ONE game against him.
Yesterday was a good game for him. It takes a broader view. He doesn't look composed under pressure. He doesn't have it.
Yes, we just don't relive it in our sweet, sweet dreams like Tebow's haters do. There has never, ever, been an NFL quarterback who didn't have disastrous games.
The media don't want the Jets to lose, they want them to be news. The Giants are boring. Tom Coughlin runs a tight ship over there and he has made the franchise boring to cover. The saving grace is they're, well, good enough to win a Super Bowl now and then and give the media something to sell with. The Jets on the other hand have just been solid stuff to sell for 5 years now, ever since they brought in Favre. They were pretty good under Herm in that regard and Mangini had some unfulfilled potential that got sucked away by the Sopranos and Mangenius. They really hit their stride with the Favre, Faneca, Pace and Woody signings and then they kicked into over-drive with Rex the next year. The media has had a field day with all the news around the Jets for the last half decade. They've been on the back pages of the Post and News regularly. Now that the Jets are trending down the media is not going to let go of that easily. They're going to pick over every bone until the carcass is clean. I mean what else are they going to do, try to pry open Coughlin's clubhouse? Good luck with that.
During the early years of the Coughlin era, they had 2 "Holmes" on the team, they were Jeremy Shockey and Tiki Barber. Couple that with the shitty play of early Eli Manning and you got the complete Giants circus.
