He had 2 or 3 good games in pre-season and shined whenever given a chance after Geno shit the bed and Sanchez just played OK in those same games (remember Sanchez also played in game 4 resulting in injury. I love how people will revise history to justify their arguments. Keep kicking the guy while he is down, if someone gives him an opportunity perhaps you will eat those words. I am not saying that Simms is a budding all star at this point but Geno is the guy that should be cut.
Dude not even close. Geno is light years ahead of Simms. I sometimes wonder if im watching the same games as some of the people on this board. Simms didnt even shine vs back ups. He was mediocre at best.
I'm happy for Simms. He'll get a chance to start over somewhere and make a career for himself even as a backup. The Jets did right by granting him his release after he requested it. I'm just confused as to why it took Simms this long to ask for his get out of jail card. It wasn't like the writing wasn't on the wall these last few years. So far, this new regime has been classy in their dealings with players. Nothing shady so far although the Wilkerson thing looks to be getting darker. Good Luck Matt! Wherever you go, I'll be rooting for ya (anywhere except the AFCE)!
It's a shame the NFL doesn't have college tape, OTAs, mini camps, training camp, and pre-season games to evaluate a young QB so you don't have to throw away and entire season just to find out about him.
Matt Simms asked to be released but it doesn't say why he asked to be cut http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/05/jets_release_reserve_quarterback_matt_simms_son_of.html
It took so long because probably even Matt knows his chances of sticking on an NFL roster are slim to none. He had Rex and the old regime fooled for a while. A famous dad can buy you a bit of time before even the worst of offensive talent evaluators sees right through it. You won't have to worry about him in the AFCE, you probably won't have to worry about him in the NFL period. We've landed on the moon!
Its typical dilusional Jet fans over reacting ....remeber Mclroy?For some reason Jets fans always think the third and fourth stringers are the answer
This doesn't make you any less foolish for posting something that's been talked about for the past 14 hours in this thread as if it were breaking news.
What makes people think Simms is going to get signed somewhere when every team in the league passed on him for 17 weeks last year? It's not like he's gotten better.
Can't wait for him to throw two TDs in garbage time of the third preseason game so I can come here to read the inevitable "I told you we should have kept Simms" thread.
I'm not on here every second of every day I have no idea what's been talked about for 14 hours.You loser,some of you guys take what's posted on here way to serious like someones trying to rewrite the Bible and change things in it
http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/jets-release-matt-simms.84273/page-3#post-3258187 Edit: I see you edited your post. Good move.
I see so after two years Simms is not allowed to show any improvement but Geno is going to magically learn to read defenses and stop throwing INTs. How could I have ever thought otherwise?
Actually Jared Lorenzon is legit comparison to Simms. He was good enough to make an NFL active roster after a pretty good career as an NCAAAF Qb at Kentucky. He never got much of a shot with the Giants because of Eli. Look, I'm not saying 3rd stringers or backups should be starters. And Mark should have been the starter going into 2012 even though he was horrendous down the stretch in 2011. But Mark had enough down time as a regressing player that other Qbs should have seriously been in the mix to replace him. Same goes for Geno. What I'm saying is that you can't categorize players and say they are terrible and don't deserve a chance to play until they prove it on the field. Sure it's easy to say they lost the job in training camp and in practice. But if the starter is bad you have to make a change, at least temporarily. btw Aikman's team was even worse than the Jets.
Who said this? Simms was not a good college player, showed nothing in camp and practices apparently and showed nothing in the little time he got. Again, third stringers are a dime a dozen for reason. Only in NY is it a news story when one of them is cut.
