If Our QB Play By Week 8 is Atrocious...

No cow, I am a fan of both teams. Born, raised, and live in New York, always rooted for the Jets.

The point of the exercise was to see what QBs would likely be on the trading block near the new trade deadline. I personally think picking up a guy like Hasselback or Flynn would be a great move for a mid-late round pick. If Sanchez is struggling, we have a guy who can step in and manage a game.

If Sanchez is breaking out, which I personally don't expect in the first season of a new OC and a run-first gameplan, then it would still be a good move to get a quality backup QB that can learn the simple offense over the rest of the season and prepare if we need him for the playoffs. Does anyone have faith in Tebow to lead the Jets to a SB if Sanchez gets injured near playoff time like Schaub did? I'd have much more faith in a guy like Flynn stepping in and completing passes and leading our offense down the field to points.

QBs usually "break out" when they are comfortable in an offense, the offense is decidedly pass-first, and they have good weapons. We have good weapons now, but Sanchez is struggling in minicamps which isn't a sign that he is comfortable and we are going to be decidedly run-first.

Newton last year had weapons, was comfortable in the offense, and the offense was majorly pass-first and tailored to Cam Newton. This offense is "tailored" to Mark Sanchez some would say, but only because it will not ask him to go out and throw the ball 30-40 times a game...thus taking the ball out of his hand and making him a glorified game manager.

Talking about Sanchez is never something most of you will see eye to eye with me because I was not a fan of his college and am not a believer in his "tremendous talent." He's a fine QB tools-wise who gets frazzled and loses his confidence quickly in games, but thinks he's as cool as can be off the field. Wasn't a fan of his when we traded up to #5 to take him even though the deal was a rip off in our favor, not a fan of his now.

 

As for the Broncos "buying" back Tebow for several 1sts at the deadline if Manning is knocked out for good, there is a likelier chance that we trade our entire offense for Matt Stafford and rebuild.

John Fox and John Elway want nothing to do with Tim Tebow. At all. Ever. They want him QB'ing the opposing team. Tebow may have been a fan favorite but they knew he was not the QB to lead the team then and they know that now. They drafted Osweiler to develop and would likely just play the year out, pick up a Top 5 pick and draft a stud defender like Johnathan Hankins or Barkevious Mingo, and then move on with Osweiler going forward.

 

Two things here about Tebow, because this isn't a bad idea.

1) The Jets aren't priming Tebow to be a better QB. In fact it's quite the opposite. They are asking him to bulk up to fullback/tight end size to be better used as an H-back in the offense and better sustain crushing hits from LBs and DTs on running plays. By mid-season, Tebow's mechanics and pure later movement and agility that helped him as a QB in the pocket should be worse thanks to the added weight and to the training as an H-back as opposed to QB. He would not be an upgrade football-wise over Gabbert or Henne, even if the Jags are 0-7.

2) The reason why that may not matter is because it seems Khan is a business man first and foremost. He is leaving control of personnel decisions up to Gene Smith however and seems like, as of right now, he wouldn't James Dolan the GM into making a move for a player he wanted. If the season is lost AND the two QBs flounder like nothing we've ever seen before.....that may change. If fans aren't showing up to the games and Khan isn't making the kind of money he projected, he may think that a 4th round pick would be used well by the team to bring in Tebow and fill the seats. We would never get a 2nd rounder because Tebow just isn't worth that....people need to remember that right after coming off a playoff birth, and playoff victory over the Steelers, the Broncos maxed out his trade value with a 4th round pick. Thus, if we were looking to sell Tebow mid-season after playing as a H-back, specialist, and personal protector he'd likely bring us back no more than a 6th round pick and that's if we're lucky.

I also don't think both Gabbert and Henne will flounder in Jacksonville. Mike Mularkey is very good at managing a QB, getting them to play well within some constraints, getting the ground game going and basic passing game going. He isn't good at getting creative and progressing a QB past that glorified game manager points, but up until then he can get one going. I can imagine that Mularkey will use the weapons in Jacksonville, which now are near tops in the AFC, much like he used his weapons in Atlanta.

MJD as the feature back, which is an upgrade on Turner.
Marcedes Lewis as the feature TE, which is an upgrade on Tony Gonzalez at this point.
Laurent Robinson and Justin Blackmon as the top 2 WRs, good players not at the level of Roddy White and Julio Jones but can certainly make plays.
Mike Thomas out of the slot, like Harry Douglas in Atlanta. Mularkey isn't adept at utilizing a slot WR but Thomas is there for the QB.

Henne seems like a logical choice to lead a Mularkey-attack since he can run the play action passing game with these weapons quite well and he is just fine at turning around and handing the ball off. His arm is also very good, so deep PA shots to Robinson will be nice. Gabbert has the same tools, but it's about his ability to rebound from a disastrous rookie season and handle the position mentally. I think Jax could be fine, it just may not reflect in their record early on.

Regardless, trading what appears to be an early 2nd round pick in the 2013 draft for Tebow after we traded a 4th round pick for him when his value was highest is not going to happen.

 

Unlike some of the other guys, I don't see these two as being worth even a 7th round draft pick. I'd rather take a flier on a RB or some off-the-field momo in the 2013 draft than bring in a guy like Losman or Edwards.

Moot point since no one within our division would trade us a QB, especially one like Moore who has legitimate talent and could upgrade our offense.