Great points WV. Thanks for pointing out that next year's QB class is possibly the weakest in the last decade. If we fail to get a QB this year we have to wait until the 2010 draft before one becomes available
Also great point about the whole building a team first argument. Until you have your QB you havent begun to rebuild
Its ridiculous that people dont want this kid.
I guess they like the idea of watching a team with a Super Bowl caliber defense and a Super Bowl caliber running game with a weak QB.
I guess they like going to New England on the last game of the season and blowing the lead because you have the ball with a couple minutes left.....too much time to run it three straight times and punt, so despite the bashing the coach takes for a smart move in throwing on 1st down.....you cant get it because your QB is Jay Fiedler. So you finish 9-7, blow the division, blow the playoffs, and go home despite having your running back kill the league with 1800yrds and your defense dominate all year. Yea, that was fun.
That must be what they all want. Some 10-6 and some 9-7. Cause guess what. When you dont have a QB who can get the job done in those spots, thats what you get.
Reality is no matter how good your team is these days your gonna play close games in this league. In order to win those games you need a clutch QB. And youre gonna be in spots where you need to make a first down to either drive for a win, or kill a clock(but need to throw it) for a win. Youre just not doing that with the Fiedlers, McCowns, retreads, Dilfers, and 2nd round projects of the world. Look at the clutch drives Eli had to come up with despite the fact that his front 7 on D dominated in those playoffs, and his running game was nice too.
And to finish, in that particular New England game, despite the fact that with Ricky we had the best running game all year, in that particular spot we had to try and throw it on first to get enough yards to run for the first down. No way New England was going to allow 10 yards on 3 straight runs. Thats why it was so smart to throw on first, they were ready for a run on 1st down. If we get 7-9 yards throwing it, were gold. Well it went incomplete.(Go figure, we had a bum at QB and not a franchise stud drafted #1 overall, like Ryan) So then on 2nd and 10 you HAVE to throw it now. Not gonna get 8+ yards on a running play in this spot. Well 2nd down went incomplete. Gotta throw again. See the importance of having a solid QB.
We had a Super Bowl caliber team that only won 9 games cause or QB wasnt clutch and simply couldnt hit Chambers on the deep ball throughout the year on the golden opportunity play actions passes set up by the killer run game we had that year. A good QB and we won 12 games easy that year. Go back and look at the close ones where Fiedler missed Chambers wide open on play action for scores. We win 12 or 13 and have home field and win the bowl. All we needed was a QB. I DONT WANT TO GO THERE AGAIN!!! GET RYAN!