I'm addressing the situation, not the players. I don't want to repeat what we just went through 5 years of... An inexperienced QB forced into a starting position with no one behind him or someone behind them with no chance of starting. We have nothing invested in Geno, he's not a 1st round pick, we didn't trade picks to get him, he's like found money as QB's go. To anoint him the starter next season just because he he started this year is wrong. That's like signing Revis and Megatron to sit behind Milliner and Hill... Of course that is an exaggeration, but the theory still applies. You don't look for someone worse than who you currently have, you always look to upgrade every position and the best player starts. QB to Punter.
All about the cost in my eyes. If it involves a trade - no way. If he wants starter's money - no way. Our defense has proven capable of carrying the offense. All we need is a competent QB. Geno has shown glimpses that he is capable. Bring in a qualified backup in case he regresses. Spend the extra money/draft picks on improving the offense as a whole. QB's have proven to be more or less capable directly in relation to the quality of talent surrounding them (outside of the truly elite guys of course).
If the Texans have decided that Schaub isn't going to play for them you're right. There's no part of the game where Schaub isn't a better QB than Sanchez but he is 5 years older and if his welcome is gone in Houston and the Texans can renegotiate Sanchez down to much lower money they're better having him than nothing.
Sanchez is simply not good enough to beat out Schaub....it least he hasn't proved it. Only way would be for him to have his best off season/pre season ever and Schaub to come in and play like he did last year.
That's not entirely true, we did use a valuable 2nd round pick on him, we also let him play an entire season. But compared to Sanchez its not even close, we did invest a little into Geno, but Sanchez we invested A LOT. It wont look good if Geno isn't the answer but it wont break the franchise either considering it wasn't a 1st round pick and we didnt trade up for him.
Mark was also making millions from day one, we couldn't afford to pay a backup a lot of money. That's not the case with Geno, we have money to invest in the QB position. I see it as this simple. If management thinks we have all the pieces in place for a SB run, they bring in Schaub, if they don't think we do, they bring in a bench QB and let Geno start another year. Despite his extension, I think Rex may still be in trouble if he doesn't have a very good season.
Schaub might just beat out Geno and become our starter next year. I think he'd be a lot smarter of a signing than Mike Vick. That said we shouldn't give away any picks for him. If he gets cut we can sign him to a reasonable 2 year deal or a loaded 1 year deal. I can't see Idzik giving him starter money because there's just too many needs. Besides the guys we draft who aren't sure things we'll have to tie $ into WR,CB,S, TE, resigning Howard, etc. and I'd much rather have a more complete football team.
What an awesome point. Anyway... Schaub is probably better than Geno right now, but not good enough that you stunt Geno's growth to give Schaub playing time. Schaub is terrible. He reminds me of Ryan Fitzpatrick... you look at his stats and he looks like a solid QB, but when you look at the whole picture, he just doesnt win games. Ever. He'll throw for 300 yards and look great the first 3 1/2 quarters, but when you need to drive to win the game, he'll throw an interception and you'll lose. Its how Schaub has been down here since he got here. He's not good enough for your team to win, but he's not bad enough to where you usher him out the door the second the season is over. He is the definition of mediocrity, and usually hurts your team later in the game. The Jets can do better than Schaub. If I were a Jets fan, I'd rather start Geno and continue to see what you have then start a proven loser for no good reason. Plus, just having Schaub's contract on your roster hurts your team's cap situation. Vick would be a much better option if you're not going with Geno.
If/when Schaub and Sanchez get cut, I'd be happy if Schaub got signed as Geno's backup. He won't do great things for us, but he would provide some much needed depth at the position.
One of the Jets biggest problems has been continuity on offense.injuries, roster turnover & coaching changes make things difficult on that side of ball. Given that we are likely to be rebuilding the pass catching core it makes sense to let geno start .This will allow for continuity in morningweg's offense hoping to build off last season
Geno Smith has a good chance to be the Jets starting QB next season. He certainly learned a lot this year and hopefully the learning curve starts to flatten out for him this off-season. If he's still very inconsistent next year I think the Jets would be better off with a veteran playing QB for the season. There's nothing wrong with letting Geno sit if he's not performing well in his second season with the Jets. That would not be the end for him and the Jets by a long shot. He'd still be under contract for 2 more seasons and undoubtedly motivated to try to make up whatever ground was missing last year. All of that said I think Geno's the most likely starter for the Jets next season and I expect him to be quite a bit better than he was this year. I saw real growth out of him at the end of the year and I saw real potential in the very raw rookie stage before the Jets shut the offense down.
You're right, Schaub never wins games....ever....except for when he brought the Texans to a 12-4 two years ago.... Schaub is a way better option than Vick. If you don't know that you don't know a lot about football.
Team sport. I simply can't believe how often this comes up here. Sanchez Fans want to give him all the credit for every win the Jets had with him on the active roster. But when you ask about 2011 and 2012, it suddenly becomes a blame game, blaming everyone else. It's ridiculous.
