At this point I'm becoming more and more hard over that unless Fitz and his greedy agent are willing to take a significant reduction from $18 (as rumored) to no more than $10 or so its good bye Fitz hello RGIII or equivalent. Quite frankly $10M for a maxed out, short term, hold the fort guy is more than enough. Albeit he now has a good Jet's winning season on his resume, the fact remains he could not finish the job at the most crucial time and missed the playoffs under some pretty favorable circumstances for us. Had he shown us that he had what it takes and "win when it counts" trait we so desperately needed in the game against Buffalo, we quite frankly would not be in a negotiation today and Fitz would be a Jet already. There are doubts, and that has to be factored into the price. We can either make a move now or let this thing playout as long as we want, because if Cleveland is willing to over pay for him or SF for that matter it's good bye Fitz. His choices are as limited as ours, if not more.
@MMehtaNYDN 12m12 minutes ago Maccagnan on Fitzpatrick: "We'd like very much to get Ryan back in the fold. Eventually hopefully we can find a middle ground... We'll see" In that video Casserly was spot on
Casserly always makes good sense, and of course, he got us Macc. I'm a little more optimistic about Fitz, but I agree that giving Fitz what he wants is not smart.
18 to 20M total, meaning the entire # won't be guaranteed. Casserly has a good point though about a weak armed QB getting up there in age. Fitz takes a lot of chances, I could see him throwing a lot more INTs next year. The continuity factor is strong though and it's really my main reason why the Jets should keep him. Plus Geno sucks at throwing screens.
Thought it interesting that Mac was noncommittal on Brick. For the Fitz camp, the message was any food we put on your plate gets taken from Brick. You sure you want to do that to the man covering your blind side?
For real. I understand that we're not the worst QB franchise of the past 20 years, but why the hell do we continue to be cursed with guys who love throwing picks on screens? Geno's screen pick 6 on Monday night vs. the Bears to start the game was so horrendous. Sanchez is a lot more competent of a quarterback but he struggled with it too. It's unbelievable, to bridge 6 years together at starting quarterback with the worst screen game in the league, and screens being a 'risky' play.
It's truly unbelievable. That screen pass to Powell for the TD in the Giants game may have been the best screen pass I've ever seen from a Jets offense.
I like Fitz and want him back, but not at anything near what he is supposedly asking for. Casserly summed it up rather well, in regards to Fitz.
I like Charlie, but the guy is a talking head for a reason. Most of the "experts" on NFLN ended up falling in their field of expertise, that's why they are talking about the job instead of doing the job.
I wouldn't say Casserly failed. His Texans run was rough but he had a pretty nice stint with the Skins, no?
Let's not get carried away. We used to be perhaps the best screen play team in the league during the Curtis Martin era. That was a nice play, perhaps the first screen play TD this team has had in like 6 years, but far from best ever screen play in a Jets offense. When Curtis Martin was here that play was called "third down"
He definitely did, although his head coach was old school from the days where HCs made a lot of GM decisions.
It's not so much about the running back but the QB in terms of execution and selling the play. Curtis could catch anything and I agree. Chad was very good at executing screen passes, but I've seen Vinny throw some good screen passes and some REALLY bad ones that were intercepted. It's crazy we have to go back to the early 2000s to recall the last time so am I really getting carried away lol?
Cept Heath Evans, how the fuck does that man still have a job? He is the worst analyst on any network.
