I am seriously surprised they haven't signed anybody yet, does nobody want the job or are they trying to make a trade? They AREN'T waiting to hear about smith's jaw, I would bet on that.
Yea and I think it's crucial that he gets preseason experience to develop. It will be his first professional experience against opponents and he will ideally have none all regular season long. Most of his in-game experiences up until his first pro start will solely come from preseason games.
I'm hoping he gets in-game snaps late in the season in blowouts (either way). Week 12-13 at the earliest. _
I'm hoping he doesn't because that will probably mean we're not a very good team. (I don't think we'll be the ones blowing anyone out).
The sad and stupid thing with starting Sanchez was that he had one year of starting experience and all the "experts" said that he needed to sit for at least a year, maybe two. To make matters worse, at that point in time almost every underclassman QB had failed miserably. Only a couple had succeeded, and I think that they had either sat for a year or two, or were guys who had 2-3 years of starting experience and were thought of as "can't miss" types. There was a great article at the time detailing all the stats and names that was on a site like Walter Football, Football Outsiders, Football's Future or something like that. I looked for it a year or two ago and it was no longer to be found. Too bad. At any rate, Sanchez should have never seen the field his rookie season. He should have sat and learned, but stupid Rex and Tanny royally screwed the pooch. Smith shouldn't have started, either, but in his typical brain dead fashion, Rex had to put Sanchez in at the end of a meaningless Snoopy Bowl game and get Sanchez hurt, and the rest has been history. I agree with you that Petty could potentially be our QB of the future, and about the huge learning curve he has to over come. Our only hope with Petty is to let him sit and learn for at least a year, maybe two.
Excited to see him this preseason. But reg season wise it's NOT petty time, and if they throw him out there they will ruin him. He's not ready yet.
Fans like you are the biggest problem with this team. Thank God your loser attitude is not accepted by the players or the coaches or the FO.
he is exactly correct. let him sit and learn, unless he lites it up like russell wilson did as a rookie in seattle. start fitz and wait until geno gets back. signa veteran backup only if you can find a decent one. thygpen at least knows gailey's offense from time in buffalo. plus, he was serviceable standby in both kc and buffalo. rex grossman is a no! unless glennon or cousins is available at a resonable price, no trades. wait until cuts are made to see if anyone whom the jets may have a decent scouting report on shakes loose.
Not Petty's time just yet. Fitzmagic will work for now. Look, I'll take average quarterback play, it'll be a nice change of pace after the last few years.
Petty is a developmental QB, and shouldn't see the field this year. We need another camp arm, and a guy who could serve as Fitz's backup while Geno is out during the regular season. Geno's role upon his return and Petty's progress in practice will determine if we need to draft another QB next year. Regardless of how the QB thing plays out, we aren't going to suck enough to get a top 5 pick. That is because we invested so much in the rest of the team this offseason to appease the billboard crowd, who are now the same guys saying we should suck for Cardale. You can't have it both ways.
The whole rookies need to sit or they get ruined theory is ridiculous IMO. There should only be two ways of thinking if you are a HC or a GM 1) the team is built to win now, and we should play the best QB we have. if there is a stopgap vet who has no future but is the best QB we have to compete in a small window, then they play him and let the rookie sit only because he is not yet as good as the vet. 2)the team has young talent and is looking to become competitive soon, then you play the rookie as you will see what he can do and not waste time developing him... if they were so mentally fragile that the trials and tribulations of being a rookie would completely break them mentally do you really want them in the first place? no. I think with the jets it comes down to option 1, but is fitz really going to be better then petty come week 1? I dont know I dont think so. he has no physical qualities that are better then petty, the only upside he has is decision making/playbook knowledge and IMO the best way to learn that is by playing. I think petty should play a ton of snaps in pre-season and get a ton of reps in practice. if he can get up to snuff with that aspect and at least approach fitz on that level he should start. one thing i think people forget is that he is old for a rookie(same age as Geno), hes not a kid hes mature and a smart guy... its not rocket science it just takes dedication which if you look at his journey at Baylor he is clearly a dedicated individual. I agree fitz should be penciled in as the starter right now but I think they need to push petty as hard as they can the rest of the off season and if they see improvement in his decision making/ playbook knowledge and hes not reacting a second late because hes thinking to much then he should start. This nonsense about him not being ready, and it will ruin him etc is BS, I think he already has an NFL body so he doesn't need to develop himself physically and I for one dont want someone to play QB for this team who will get ruined if they make some mistakes as a rookie. If he plays well today and throughout the preseason as well as improves in practice I want him to start. I think waiting an arbitrary amount of time is a mistake.
Petty will have the preseason to get a feel for the game and sit and learn during the season next year he'll compete for the job
It's already been reported that they are waiting to see what happens tonight. If Petty shows us the game isn't too big for him they'll probably just bring in a vet for insurance as the #3, if at all.
The more I think about it, it's better to get someone in as soon as possible to at least learn the system. Nothing says you can't cut them next week if a better option comes available down the road as rosters get trimmed.
I read elsewhere that the jets said they are going to stick with their current Qb's. I get that, but I also think the hidden clause there is "for the time being" - if some vet Qb ends up being cut before opening day and the Jets think such person might be able to help the Jets, we'll see what happens then.
