Clemens sucks and could not beat Chad for the starting job. I would rather have Cutler or Anderson at QB, They both have a couple years of experience and even at there worst was a lot better than Kellen ever will be.
Or throws it into the line. I have no faith whatsoever in KC. If he is named starter, then we have the worst QB situation in the nfl. BR deserves to be number 1 and hopefully will prove it again in the offseason. It would be smart to have a veteran number 2 in case of injury and in case BR sucks it up which I really don't think will happen. But this guy should not be KC. Give BR the job and lets see where we go from there.
VERY good post... right on the money. Everybody needs to relax and give Clemens and Ratliff plenty of snaps with the 1st team at TC, get comfortable and get in a rythm. Then we'll find out which one starts.
Youth at the QB position is a good thing?? I'm not so sure I agree with that. Looks more like a way to spin a bad situation with a positive. +1 to Tact on the part of the OC to make a less than stellar situation seem better than it is. Valient effort Schotty...
He might not even be that now that he is hopefully off the 'roids. I can't wait till Ainge is off the roster.
I have a feeling that Clemens will win the job but I can't help to think that Ratliff should be the guy and eventually will be, he looked comfortable in the pocket and made some really good throws during the pre-season and I really feel that it was just a climpse for the future. I have been known for wishful thinking but somebody's gotta be our quarterback.
Oakland. San Fran. Chicago. Houston. To that list, add teams that are on bad hit from abject failure. Miami, Buffalo,
Oakland- depends on how much one likes Russell SF- Shaun Hill seems to be better than Clemens Chicago- yeah, they have problems Houston- Schaub has turned out to be at least adequate when healthy- he's not a bad quarterback and Dan Orlovsky will probably be a good backup
If Schotty wasn't comfortable with Clemens or Ratliff starting Leftwich or Garcia would be a Jet right now. We don't need him to say anything, the Jets' actions (or lack there of) speak for him. Even if they drafted a rookie QB they would be very unlikely to play in '09 and wouldn't help settle the situation.
I don't think that is necessarily true... they could just be taking a different route and strategy to building the team and not going with another hired vet. Maybe their focus is the defense and they will look to the draft for a QB coming. Last year we saw Mgt go after Brett Favre and I'm not convinced that was the HC's idea.
The focus is clearly on the defense. That doesn't mean they aren't concerned with having an NFL caliber starting QB. Schotty is basically interviewing for a head coaching opportunity this year. Do you think he'd go to that interview unprepared? Don't you think he'd be kicking and screaming about bringing in an NFL caliber QB if he didn't feel he had one on the roster? Schotty was the QB coach for Drew Brees and Philip Rivers. I think it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about QB development. As for Favre, they had an opportunity to bring in an all time great QB coming off a fantastic year. We also don't know how much of a factor PSL's were in that decision. Regardless, I don't think you can hold it against a young inexperienced QB for being overlooked for Brett Favre. The team looked outstanding with Favre 3/4 of the way through the season.
Hey Mick, I do agree that our QB situation is quite poor and is our biggest need. I saw you said that drafting one won't fix the problem, so who have you had your eye on to take snaps for us next season? Would you rather sign a FA QB or make a trade for someone like Cutler? Even though I would like to bring in a vet QB, I just don't see the staff bringing in anybody based on what they've said.
he did not beat out penny. he replaced him after penny played like crap. big difference!! what choice did the jets have? continue on with noodle????
i'm giving Clemens another chance with this o-line no doubt about it, lets see what hima nd Ratliff along with Ainge can do in the offseason, I think we may have a starter among those 3, lets not give up on them yet, and if someone says draft a QB with our first rounder i will literally beat you with an ugly stick, im not sold on either Sanchez or Stafford, nor Ball Davis or fucking the dude from Kansas State
I think to put too much weight into how much say the OC actually has might be a mistake. I have plenty of faith in him being able to develop QB's or to know shit from gold in that category. But just because he knows and has come out and been positive about the situation, doesn't make it a positive situation. It may not be the overall strategy of the team to not worry about QB alot right now. Or maybe they supplanted Schotty's need of a QB with the promise that they will address the situation and make the best of it now. If he goes out next season and fails with this group of kids at QB, it won't be the OC's fault. Unless of course he expressly lobbied they could do the job. In short, there is a lot that goes on that we can only speculate on what is real, or what is hopeful, or just spin. You could be right on the money... or you could be flat wrong. I don't see anything that points to one or the other strongly enough at this point to give me much confidence about the QB situation.
