Very few of those teams were 1-7 like us. We were in a prime position before the Titans game to take that brass ring. _
I'm a big mariota fan, but anyone that paid any attention to that game knows the titans should have been out of it early and one of mariota's tds was a horrendous throw into double coverage that was tipped in the air, grabbed by Walker, and he raced a long way for a TD. If that play was a pick like it should have been, that game swings a whole different way. Stop looking at the stat sheet all the time. Yes, mariota has been good, but not all stats are created equal here.
It's not about one play or one game his rookie year on a shitty team. It's the fact that his abilities translate to the pros and he's likely going to be a massively productive NFL QB. That was a bad pass. Absolutely. But he's played incredibly given where most detractors were claiming he'd be given the offense he played in college. _
I don't regret not "trading the farm" (we don't know what they would've taken btw) I regret that our franchise failed to get the memo of #suckfortheduck At that time it was more important to our brass and some morons here that John Connor scored a TD and we win that game than the next 12-16 years of our franchise.
The "brass" in question at the end of last season were Rex Ryan and John Idzik. who needed to get some wins if they had any hope of keeping their job. What possible motivation would they have had to "suck for the duck?"
Gladly http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/jets-vs-titans-2014-week-15.82811/#post-3143692 http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/jets-at-titans-the-toilet-bowl.82761/page-12#post-3144658
We've been here all along. Folks are tired of my rants on this topic so I try not to start them. But I'll chime in whenever I see one. _
So because we draft like morons one year, you think that if we replaced those with more picks in the next years draft, we'd have drafted smart all of a sudden. Rolling my fucking eyes. Your idea is still terrible.
Yeah, he's a long way from the prospect that many described as "raw", run first, played in a "gimmick offense", could not take snaps from center, "needed to sit for a couple of years", yadi yada yada. That guy sounded like a guy that would suck.
If he were running around, like Kaepernick and RG3 I would agree, but he hasn't. His damage has been done strictly from the pocket. Has he had his mistakes? Of course he has, but his accuracy and anticipation all have already improved and so has his pocket presence. For the most part, he's played well behind a terrible OL unlike Kaepernick and RG3. RG3 would have been fine if it were not for the injuries , however, Kaepernick was always a flawed QB and he couldn't quite develop.
I wanted Amari Cooper (imagine him as our slot right now, good god) or Mariota (Imagine him running this O right now) so baddd.. but i guess leo is coool.. Raiders and Titans both kinda did the unexpected on draft day, thought both teams would go in a different route.
Tennessee would only have considered trading #2 if it was Winston sitting there, they were taking Mariota though.
Because you knew Idzik was going to get fired? After our wonderful 2013 draft I wouldn't have had any more confidence in him drafting 2015 players than I did him drafting 2014 players. And nobody defers a draft for a year, that's a year of development time you lose. Plus a first-rounder in 2014 is worth more than any unknown pick in 2015. You trade a second-rounder in 2014 for a first in 2015 maybe. Or a third for a second. Nor is anyone going to trade 'multiple' firsts down the road for mid-round picks this year. The idea was ridiculous for so many reasons, number one being which it would never happen.
Actually, we were two wins from having Mariota or Winston. Had we went 2-14, we would have been in the catbird seat. Those victories were certainly franchise changing weren't they. Too bad in the big picture, they meant us missing out on a choice of perhaps 2 franchise Qb's but at least we beat Miami. Yay I guess in hindsight, considering who was running our draft dept at the time, it wouldn't have mattered anyway. We would have found a way to fuck it up.
