Well thats your opinion on Petty. I wouldn't know that because everytime anything is brought up to our staff about our QB's , Petty's name is never mentioned. And the Hackenberg pick should just further be proof that the staff doesnt view him as a starter. If Fitz isnt here then its Geno's offense with Hack MAYBE waiting in the wings for 2017. Petty is not in this teams longterm plans IMO and any competition including him would be a sham.
I agree with you regarding a minor league, but not regarding the Jets keeping 5 QBs in TC. There are only so many practices in OTAs and TC. It would only hurt Hack's and Petty's development to cut their number of reps to give an equal number to Mettenberger.
Seriously? You're grasping at straws now. AFAIK it wasn't common knowledge that Mett was going to be released. With as many poor QBs as there are in the NFL, you'd better bet that some team would have given up a 6th or 7th round pick for him if they thought he had any real talent and potential, or there weren't character concerns that would limit his talent being fulfilled. Most teams keep 3 QBs. Since you obviously like Mettenberger so much, do you mean to sit there and say that you don't think a single team in the NFL would trade for him and try to develop him over keeping some bum older jag QB or some young QB without as much arm talent?
I disagree. How many years has the arena league been around? How many other football leagues have sprung up? The interest in and love for football is there. In Europe, they were having to try to educate and woo and audience and competing against the king there, soccer. Here, it's built in, and football is already king. I don't see your Academy working. How would it be financed? Who would it play? If hundreds were involved, they'd have to have multiple teams and scheduling and traveling expenses would be a nightmare.
I dont like Mettenberger so much. I hate Geno so much. I would rather see a half ripped paper bag start for us Week 1 than Geno Smith. You take my posts in this thread as some theoretical blowjob for Mettenberger to be our starter. Lets make it clear , I want Fitz back. No other option is going to make me happy. But no I dont think any team is going to give up anything when its clear that this guy was going to be a FA. And I also think that no team thinks highly enough about him to be that bummed out if another team happened to trade for him. In the end its not going to make that much of a difference one way or the other for a team to have him or not have him. But he's still better than Geno Smith is.
I think you're flat out wrong about Petty not being in the team's plans. Yet another BS, inaccurate statement. You've made more of those today in this one thread than you have in months, maybe years. You need to quit while you're behind.
Thats a BS statement but all you said about Petty was one big IF. The next time Bowles mentions Petty will be the 1st time since the season ends. Keep me updated.
No it won't. Sorry that you don't pay attention to interviews of Bowles or understand Bowles. Bowles doesn't gush about any player or any thing. He's pretty tight-lipped, but he has praised Petty at least once, maybe 2-3 times since last season ended.
You're Petty's uncle, right? Certainly you guys disagree on Petty's future, but I'm with the Whip on him being the invisible man no one talks about. What is it that you've seen or heard from the organization that indicates he's got a future on the Jets?
LOL based on what? You even said that at times Geno looked like a franchise guy and then would revert back to bad Geno, no argument from me either.....But that's what I don't get about the Geno haters, they will generally admit inconsistency but they will never agree that it's possible he can improve after sitting a year, being in a much better situation, etc....Not everyone is consistent and a franchise QB from day one. Not everyone has the same lows that Geno had to be fair, but maybe Mettenberger can lead his team to one win before we make crazy claims like that I try to support any Jet players unless it's clear that they will never help us....I just don't get how anyone can say that about a young QB who has been all over the map in terms of performance
Well that became clear to me a long time ago. The fact that he can perform good one week and then horrible the next is proof of a guy who will never be decent enough to be an NFL starter. To me atleast Mettenberger can be something better and at this point there is zero risk in finding out. But like I said before and a million other times , I rather have Fitz over everything. Threads like this are a headache and a pointless time killer arguing over bad QB's compared to awful QB's. Here's a statement...if either of these guys are starting for us come Week 1 , we're in trouble. But I would still be more excited to watch Mettenberger cause atleast he might show me something different.
Ugh I guess we will just have to agree to disagree....my whole point is saying that it's crazy to write off a QB after 1.5 years worth of playing time who started from day one when he shouldn't have even been playing until now anyway Inconsistency is part of the growth process for QBs......that is also my point
Inconsistencies yes. But to me there is a difference between inconsistencies and looking completely inept. Sanchez had the same look and the team waited too long to pull the plug on him. IK just made it easier for this staff to look somewhere else. But there is no way that Geno after being drafted in 2013 would only be starting to play right now , or even halfway through last year. Its not the way things happen anymore. Maybe thats the real problem , maybe not.
If he looked pretty bad and then completely inept at times I would cut the cord but there were some games against real NFL defenses in which he balled out and looked great, like a franchise guy as you even said I would like to see him with some real weapons and a real offensive coaching staff before I decide to throw away a possible starting QB that we drafted.....it's great that we have Petty and Hackenberg now as insurance because obviously with Geno it's a complete toss up if he will ever "get it"
But nobody has any idea what Smith is today. Was he rushed into action before he was ready? Absolutely. Did that create permanent problems in his game or can they be overcome with time in the shadows? Who the hell knows? NFL teams say as little as possible about their background guys; very often that's because there's nothing good to say and commenting would only devalue that asset. From my read on Petty and Smith, the Jets have more confidence in Smith than in Petty; not that we hear all that much about Smith, but we hear a whole lot less about Petty.
If there wasnt a legit chance that Marshall , Revis , Harris and Mangold were all not on the team after this year , Id be much more on board with giving a young QB their shot. Even Geno to "once and for all" see what he is.
