These guys aren't owed anything more than what's written in black and white in their contracts. If hack has surpassed Petty already that doesn't mean Petty got a raw deal. It just means he wasn't the better qb. It's also probably good for the Jets. This is the NFL. Not everyone gets a trophy.
Bowles is an absolute hypocrite "We play the guy who gives us the best chance to win" So you start Hackenburg with some lame excuse?? Just stupid Look Mac drafted 2 QBs but in different rounds ....so what ? Brady got drafted Round 6 Put the guy in who JUST WINS If its Petty taking the team to the playoffs people will forget MM wasted a Round 2 pick...there have been plenty of Round 1 QBs that have busted out jmho
How do you know? You think Hack has been sitting on his thumbs since you last saw him? It seems pretty obvious to me that the CS isn't high on Petty, it sounds like he probably shows nothing in practice. The fact that Hack has closed the gap on Petty is a good thing. I personally have no confidence in Hack or Petty for that matter but if it was Hack that got first chance I'd root like hell for him, just as I would Petty. I swear though, the only people dumber than the people in charge of the Jets are those rooting for Jets.
We're not talking about either of these kids STARTING. This is about why Bowles is treating the #2 backup QB position as if the Browns are gonna game plan against Petty or Hackenberg. If Bowles is taking a page from his Parcells manual, he might want to read the part that says he's not Parcells. This entire Sphinx act of his is starting to get old fast.
People are wondering how did Hack, who really sucked in his last years in Happy Valley and reeked in the preseason, suddenly "closed the gap". If it wasn't for Petty, Anderson, Peake and Marshall may not even be on the roster as they all had their best games during the preseason when Petty was Qb. We've seen Petty make plays during the preseason and we've seen Hack throw dirtballs. Now we're being asked to believe that some invisible QB whisperer has turned Hack from Tebowesque to NFL ready? People just aren't buying into that considering the politics involved. Hack was drafted 2nd because Mac and only Mac thought that highly of him. Everyone else on Planet Earth had Hack no sooner than 4th which btw, is Petty's slot. So don't think for a minute that politics doesn't play a part in this.
This doesn't seem like nearly a big a deal as the fan base is making it. Maybe he plans on playing one of them in the game and wants to catch the Browns off guard. If the staff knows, and the players know, isn't that all that matters. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk
I'd believe that more if Petty was a leftover from previous regime and Mac didn't trade up to get him. Hack didn't suddenly close the gap, Petty missed 6 weeks of practice and if Hack showed improvement during that time, that's a good thing.
Basing anything on pre-season is meaningless. Lots of young QB's look okay even in NFL games until there is game day tape on them. The Jets have a huge problem. They either don't have a QB of the future on the roster or they have a development plan for their future QB and don't want to throw him in yet. It's also possible that the backup named might not be the one management believes in and wants to develop. Don't be surprised if they want to throw garbage into the bon fire instead of who they really want to groom. That's not necessarily a bad thing. We aren't used to the Jets management having an actual development plan for a young QB. This could actually mean we have a thoughtful courageous staff rather than a bunch of dumbasses... Highly unlikely but it's the best spin I could come up with.
It's the NFL, they don't owe anyone anything. For all we know Hack blew them away in practice the last month and a half while Petty was out. Petty slipped until the 4th round (and some teams came out and said they had an undrafted grade on him) because he wasn't a very good prospect. That's why the team picked his replacement 2 rounds earlier a year later. That, and he didn't know what an under front was at age 24. I think most quarterbacks would look good if they were a 24 year old 5th year senior playing against 18 year old freshmen. Hello, Brandon Weeden. Starting a guy they deemed to be a better player isn't "screwing" the backup. He's had almost 2 years to prove to the coaching staff that he's worthy of a chance to start, and if he hasn't done that by now then tough luck. We saw him throw a couple long touchdowns in fake games, they see him for 12 hours a day every single day and have him locked in a battle with a guy they didn't want to see play this year. What does that tell you about his progress?
This is an easy question to answer. They're being very careful with the backup position now because it's going to wind up altering the course of the franchise. Whoever is active behind Fitz this week is most likely going to start within 3-4 weeks. Have you seen some of Bowles/Chan's comments on Fitz? They're absolutely done with him. They're going to get the backup ready for the next few weeks and then make the change. The difference between starting Hack and starting Petty significantly alters the direction this team goes, and the decision should be made carefully.
Maybe....or Bowles and Macc see what TGG and Woody did to Rex Ryan who was anything but afraid to tell ppl what's up. Maybe Bowles doesn't want the Jets referred to as a circus and himself a clown. If he's learned anything from the Ryan era, it's this: "It's better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt"
While I'm not happy about the direction of this franchise from top to bottom, I quite frankly don't understand all the fuzz about quickly naming the back up QB to appease the fans and the crappy media. Fitz is done, he was done before he started the season. Unfortunately the inability of the GM and the head coach to see that embarrassed this franchise. Geno's injury, while unfortunate, might be the catalyst to bring in the QB with the best future. It's important to choose wisely, because we can not afford to fuck this up. The CS should be asses and elbows trying to figure that up. I really don't care when it gets announced, but how it gets announced. The guy with the best chance should be selected, draft position be damned. If Bryce is still not 100% healthy, or Hack is not quite there, then the decision is logically going to happen later than sooner. And that sucks
