Chad is doing great and is the current qb for now no doubt about it but who should be the man in the future. Is it really Clemens i mean i think hes ok but a lot of guys project him a just a really good backup which is ok because every team should have one, even though im not saying thats all he'll ever be. Before the season i thought Kellen would be the man though. Now i'm not so sure. In the last game of the preseason i saw brad smith play quarterback. I saw him use his great field vision and although he was visibly rusty throwing he wasnt awful. Now i know that was a 3rd string d but boy he made them look like it. All im saying is this guy has a good arm and has great field vision. Accuracy can be improved upon and this guy really could rush for 1000 yards from the qb position. I think his arm can do it too. Now he's not ready now but he still contributes from wr and rb positions. But after watching him and college and that preseason game i saw a leader and a quarterback. I saw randle cunningham
I didn't see the next Randall Cunningham. The next Kordell Stewart is more like it. I really, really do not think Smith is good enough to be a good starting QB in the NFL. He could probably play the position and do a half-ass job like Stewart, but that's about it.
I don't know who projects Clemens as only a backup, or how you can tell that based on limited action in his first preseason. Brad Smith will never be a QB in the NFL. He'll continue his role as a gadget player, and maybe eventually be a regular receiver but he doesn't have the tools to be a regular qb in this league. As for the QB of the future, who knows. Chad is the QB now, and if he continues to play well could be the QB for the next few years. If that's the case, our QB of the future probably isn't on the roster. Teams can't plan for that long down the road very often in the NFL. If he gets hurt, doesn't play well, whatever, and they decide to move on it would probably be Clemens.
After passing on high profile signal callers like Leinart and Jay Cutler in round one New York finally landed their quarterback of the future in round two when they selected Kellen Clemens of Oregon. After missing a good portion of his senior campaign due to an injury Clemens saw his stock soar in the last month leading up to the draft. Even though he lacks top-notch physical tools Clemens is a very smart and a great leader with premier intangibles who will be groomed behind Chad Pennington and Patrick Ramsey as a rookie. Personally I don't see Clemens as much more than an average starter at best and he is probably more of a very good backup http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/review/teams/newyorkjets.html
Yeah, sure just like most was saying Vince Young will stink. Read Smiths Resume. I sincerely hope he gets to play QB in the nfl. If not for us then somebody else. This kid had a great college career. Hes a smart kid too. heres a link to his bio (great resume) http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/smith_brad01.html Excerpts: Holds the NCAA Div. I-A career rushing record for QBs, with 4,289 yards, and became the first NCAA Div. I-A QB to throw for 8,000 yards and rush for 4,000 yards in a career ... Ended his career ranked 4th on the alltime NCAA career total offense chart, with 13,088 yards, almost double what the previous MU career record was (6,640 by Jeff Handy from 1991-94) ... With 2,304 passing yards and 1,301 rushing yards in 2005, he became the 1st player in NCAA Div. I-A history to achieve the 2,000/1,000 mark twice in his career (he also did it as a redshirt freshman in 2002) ... Is one of only 3 players in Div. I-A history to have 4 seasons of 2,500 yards of total offense, and is one of only 6 players to have 3 seasons of 3,000 yards of total offense ... A true testament to the term student-athlete, he received his bachelor's degree in business administration in May of 2005, and is taking graduate level courses in 2005-06
LMAO How do they even relate? Sure, some people didn't think Young would be good. You can say the same thing about any rookie QB. Some people say Leinart doesn't have the arm. Some say Cutler can't be a winner. Difference is, they were all picked early in the first round, so obviously that sentiment wasn't held by many, or by the people that actually matter. Smith was a late round pick, and nobody was looking at him as a QB. He might have been good in college, but the NFL is a different game.
oxymoron anyone? (not sure if it is actually) i believe clemens will be our QB of the future once he gets groomed by pennington, and learns the playbook. hes gonna be like pennington with a cannon.... that sould be a helluva quarterback.
So what do you know that all the teams in the NFL didn't on draft day? If a guy puts up those great numbers in college, in a BCS conference and he doesn't even get a look at being a QB, there's a reason.
You can't make judgements on a QB based on what you have seen in 4 preseason games. Right now, the future QB, may or may not be on our roster. Who knows at this point. It could be Clemmens but there is no way of knowing for sure. At this point we have to just rely on the coaching staff and Tennanbaum to make the right decision and find this guy who will be our future. And no I don't believe that is Brad Smith. I was at that last preseason game and was impressed. However, you don't make a judgement on him because he scored a TD on one drive in preseason against a 3rd string defense
Difference is Tom Brady is someone who went under the radar. He didn't get a lot of hype at Michigan, he didn't put up huge numbers, he had to battle for playing time, he was never really a stand out. Brad Smith got a lot more hype and he had a lot more accomplished NCAA career and he still didn't get drafted high. There's a reason for that.
The difference is Brady got jerked in and out of the lineup and NFL teams didn't know exactly how good he could be. Smith was a regular starter for all 4 years. There was a ton of tape on him. Smith sucked that one year when Gary Pinkel implemented a pro style offense.
When, at any point, did anyone try and switch Tom Brady from the QB position? Brady lasted to the 6th round because of concerns over his frame, strength, and arm strength. Smith didn't get any look at being a QB because he's just not good enough to play the position in the NFL.
No not really if you watched mizzou that year you realized that they went to a pro style offense when they had no one besides smith who could do it. Pinkle is also and idiot coach. brad had 17td 11int that year charlie whithurst of the chargers had 7td 17ints in his junior year and he is considered a qb:grin:
drafting the next "franchise qb" is always a crap shoot,that's why you ride the wave whenever it comes in and enjoy it(like this year)
