He could be just an insurance policy in Bills camp. Lee knows the player and probably thinks he can run their offense which is going to be conservative. There's a good possibility that Simms won't make their team. He has three guys ahead of him but two of them are beatable. You would assume Cassel will be the starter. But Simms could play this coming year in the NFL if there are injuries, etc. Of course last year when he was on the PS nobody picked him up. I'm not sure the rule on that. If a team makes a claim for a player on your practice squad if you elevate them to active status can you keep them.
You don't see the rest of the guys just quitting and asking to be released just because they aren't guaranteed a roster spot or better yet are pretty likely to get cut. That's the NFL. Unless you're a #1 pick or a proven veteran you have to fight for your job, let's not act like Bowles was going to cut him no matter what. All he had to do was play well enough. He put himself in a situation where he probably wasn't going to get that opportunity to get enough snaps to prove himself but he has nobody to blame but himself, the tape doesn't lie. Now he's trying to make it look like he wasn't in our plans. Well, no shit. You sucked, why would you be in our plans, why would you be given a chance to start for us? What exactly did you do to deserve those snaps and reps with the starters? He's crazy. Let him move on, who cares. The odds of him making the Bills are just as bad, maybe even worse.
I really couldn't care less about losing Simms. I wanted him to get a chance to start last year when it was obvious Geno blew but it's not like I think Simms is anything special. There's nothing delusional about wanting out of somewhere that you're obviously not valued. I would think most people would do the same.
Rex picked him up shortly after he was released. You have no idea if anyone else would have given him a chance.
I don't see it that way. Again the Jets didn't have to release him. We don't know the conversation he had with Mac or Bowles. If you're working for a company and they bring in someone new to take your place wouldn't you start looking for work somewhere else.
He was cut last year, went unclaimed, then spent the year on the practice squad where any team could have signed him. I have a pretty good idea of whether or not anyone else would have given him a chance.
1) I'd let a shoe throw the ball for us in week 17 if we're 0-15. That doesn't mean that shoe should be in the conversation of being our starting QB in week 1 to open the season. 2) That's not even what we're talking about.
You're saying: don't ever give the guy a chance, he sucks because he was a mediocre college Qb. To you this proves he's not NFL. He wouldn't have even been signed if his father wasn't Phil Simms. Of course the best ever college Qb is a guy you hate, too. And you've said the same thing about him: he sucks and shouldn't even be invited to training camp. Glad that you can change the rules every time a player you hate tries to make a team.
Last year he was on the PS, so anyone could sign him, right? No one did. This year he was cut and the first guy knocking on his door was his coach from last year. Why should we assume he'd have multiple suitors.
how so? the coach told him about the lack of opportunity he was going to have and he opted out. if they valued him he'd have been given more of an opportunity.
He threw 8 career college TD's. Please do not put him in the same class as mediocre, he didn't earn that.
Why assume he was/is a good player and that he deserved a shot? He was evaluated every day he set foot on that practice field, in meetings, in walk throughs, and in the locker room. He was evaluated in pre-season and regular season games. After this evaluation, the team felt we needed to bring in a veteran backup (Fitz) and draft Petty. Once that happened, I think he had a pretty clear idea of how the team valued him and I can understand him asking for his release (kind of like Zac Stacy). Now, he goes to a team with a worse QB situation than us - Good luck with that.
1. He wasn't mediocre in college. He was shit. There's a difference. And what shitty college QB ever gets a shot in the NFL? Answer: none. 2. What the hell does the rest of your post even mean?
Learn how to use the "@" function next time you wanna call me out So he spent 9 NFL weeks and more than that in calendar weeks on the practice squad where he could have been signed by any team.
So what's your end game here. I think it's: Matt Simms shouldn't be in the NFL. At all. Would this make you happy?
How many teams are looking to add an inexperienced QB, unfamiliar with their system, onto their 53 in Sept or later? fringe guys like Simms need a full camp to earn a spot. With the additions of Fitz and Petty, he wasn't going to make it here. Was a classy move by the Jets to cut him loose. Buffalo took him directly off waivers, so his gamble paid off. now it's up to Simms to give Buff a reason to keep him. He's no lock by any means, but he'll have a better chance in Buff than here.
3rd string QB's generally aren't going to get plucked off practice squads to an active roster. These are the type of guys who need to really shine in ota's & preseason to have any sort of shot. Can't knock a guy for wanting a better opportunity, and obviously one was available.
