What’s the old saying? “Even a bad day fishing is better than a good day at a Jets game.” I’ll set my DVR. If the weather is nice, I’ll do something outside and watch the game tomorrow night.
It's sad going into a game where not getting our ass kicked is seen as progress... And fuck playing Flacko... White or Wilson or even Johnson should be starting. This team is a shitshow. beyond the normal shitshow we usually are.
Flacco has had 3 weeks now to absorb the offense. I think the offense is likely to have a few scores in it with him at the helm. Whether 24 to 27 points is enough to win or not is an open question. I think it speaks a lot to how the season has gone that the Jets are afraid to start White in this game. If he sparked the offense and the Jets won big it would create a major QB controversy - which is something that Flacco will never do. Given the Jet's luck Flacco will go down on the first series and White will come in and cause the controversy anyway.
I agree Brad. And to some extent I can't even believe I'm saying this but if you examine the entire pile of shit in its entirety I just can't kill the Jets for giving Flacco a crack at it here this week. Really all this stuff is noise we kind of need to just tune out and years from now we'll barely care or remember. What REALLY matters is when our little bundle of #2 overall joy trots out there in his little white headband good things need to start happening. If THAT fails to materialize this ship is going to smash all over the rocks and its going to be one ugly ass road back to respectability.... let alone playoff wins.
Flacco can throw the long ball accurately. White can't. That's why Flacco is starting and White isn't.
Playing Flacko means they not only made a mistake with Wilson... but with White and Johnson as well. You're gonna tell me that the three qb's you have on the roster can't handle the 3-7 Dolphins?
Flacco is starting because every QB other than Zack Wilson has performed very well in the Jet's offense at some point this season. The Jets want to bring Wilson back at some point for another bite at the apple and starting either White or Johnson against the Fins creates the possibility that somebody will clearly establish that Wilson is the problem in the Jet's offense. Flacco would have to play well a couple of games in a row to do that. I don't think any of the choices the Jets could have made at QB, other than Wilson, was the wrong choice at this point. When Wilson comes back he is going to have to play much better than he has to date in order to right the problem for the Jets. If he doesn't he's going to open up a can of worms that will extend into the free agency and draft periods next year. This assuming that Joe Douglas is still managing the Jets during those periods. If Wilson plays poorly for an extended period of time this season he is fairly likely to bring down the Jets house of cards.
Wilson did a very good job vs the Titans, especially when you consider that TEN had the ball for 10 more minutes than the Jets.
That dolphins defense better look like the fuckin 85 Bears today. The coach came out and basically said he’s scared to play 2 of his QBs against it
Agreed. Which means that this will be a game in which we play well and probably win, yet with absolutely minimal impact by Flacco. Will be interesting to see how scared Saleh coaches during the game if he's already coaching that way leading up to it.
