Ya--shitting on Strev reminds me of the guy who drives an old chevy who's got something against BMW so he would never own one.
Were they? The dude is a 4th stringer for a reason.... and still outperforms the #2 overall pick in his first live action. Granted, that says more about the other guy but still.....
This hot off the press from my rabid Jets fan friend, Vinny: "Streveler is not the answer. He's a poor man's Tim Tebow." Better watch out better not cry better not pout I'm telling you why. Why? Because I have zero tolerance. I am in some mood today. I hate the Jets.
This is consistently the worst "logic" displayed by fans. There are many "reasons" someone is a 4th stringer, and ability and quality of play is only one of them. One reason is the ability of the coaching staff to evaluate talent. I don't trust Saleh to judge offensive talent, or the talentless Lefleur to evaluate talent at all, so that reason is dog shit. Another reason is how much money and draft capital the Jets as an organization invested into Wilson. They have a vested interest in hoping he succeeds and will look like a bunch of clowns if an undrafted guy from the practice squad is ranked higher on the depth chart. This has absolutely nothing to do with who has the capacity to perform better. Not only Wilson, but Flacco has been consistently higher on the depth chart than Streveler all year. Does that mean Flacco performs better on the field or would give us a better chance to win on any given Sunday? There is unfortunately always a lot of politics involved in depth charts at the QB position, that have nothing to do with performance on the field. I don't think Streveler is any sort of world beater, but he clearly has the ability to scramble and make positive yards when nothing is there, as well as dumping the ball (clumsily as it may be) to an open guy when he is on the move. Further, I'd be surprised if he ever got any reps at all with the first team. In just over a quarter he scrambled for almost 50 yards and converted on a key 4th down (that was fumbled away by Wilson). I think that there is a good chance we score on the first drive of the game when the defense gets us the ball on the 10 yard line if Streveler is in, and a good chance that we pick up a bunch of other first downs in the 1st half (rather than the total dog shit we got from Wilson) that changes the whole complexion of the game. Maybe the defense plays more inspired if they believe that when the offense takes the field it isn't an automatic 3 and out. At the end of the day, for all intents and purposes, the season is now over. One of the most important goals of this year was finding out for sure what we had in Wilson, and now we know. If he continues to be on the depth chart, above Streveler (or anyone else) that is more evidence that the depth chart is no reflection of talent or ability, and a withering indictment on the coaching staff. The sooner we take the L on Wilson and move on the better off we'll be.
Thanks for the dissertation but I'm pretty sure the way he "threw" the ball was why he's down the depth chart. That being said, the guy isnt without merit. His energy and skillset can be applied in certain situations, but will never be "The guy" imo...
I thought Streveler did fine considering the situation. Refs fucked us on that 3 & 1 where they stopped the play for no reason. That throw to Uzomah shoulda been a touchdown...
Strevler is more like a poor mans Taysom Hill. He's not the answer, and if we rolled with him the league would figure him out pretty quick. But at least we can say we gave him a chance. People might not believe this. But Flacco would have given us a better chance of coming back last night.
Streveler IS the answer if the question is "which quarterback is better than Zach?" But yeah... long term he is not the answer. But then again nobody asked that question.
Sorry if reading 3 paragraphs was challenging for you. I'm pretty sure the way he "threw" the ball was more effective than how Wilson "threw" the ball, so that is no justification for him being below Wilson on the depth chart. In ~1 quarter Streveler was 10/15 for 90 yards with a QBR of 72.1 In ~3 quarters Wilson was 9/18 for 92 yards with a QBR of 5.1 I don't think Streveler is "the guy" - or ever will be. My point was that he was (and is) way more effective than Wilson and that if he started the game we would have had a chance to win, as opposed to Wilson, who gives us no chance.
Streveler won't be on the roster next year. He's not an NFL caliber quarterback. The fact that he outperformed the starter says more about Zach than Strev. I have to wonder how much pressure Saleh was under to keep putting Zach out there. Putting Streveler in just seems like a big FU to someone above him. Either that, or they really are listening to WFAN and reading Jets twitter.
LOL... which was my point "and still outperforms the #2 overall pick in his first live action. Granted, that says more about the other guy but still....."
