Jimmy James
You sit on a throne of lies!
That SCRUB is by your (intermittant) admission the best guy we had over Norv's two years. If that is the case, then I absolutely expect Norv to adjust the system. He wouldn't have run as much as he did if the RB was Bernie Parmalee, would he?
I am all for changing the "SCRUB" just as soon as we know we have a better solution. I keep saying this over and over again, and yet you still say:
Quotes like that just make you sound unstable, man. I have had just about enough of you impugning me in this way. I have no interest in this other than keeping this team in the hunt. This is probably going to be one of the last few years together for a lot of these guys. If you call me a liar or imply that I am one again, I will ignore you.
It would seem that you are again contradicted by more than one FO. The Jaguars felt he could run a system, and so did the Dolphins. I still stand by my opinion that he could run the WCO relatively well.
I see no reason to blame anybody for failing to get the result I want when I know they have done all they can to get it. I hated seeing those horrid Royals punts, but I didn't blame him for being on the team or for giving each one his all. I'm glad he is gone, but I wouldn't have wanted to just get rid of him for somebody who quite possibly couldn't get the punting/holding duties done as well as he could have. I would want a competition if at all possible. Thankfully, Turk was a known quantity.
If Jay couldn't get him the ball, how did he get 49 catches?
I am just frankly shocked that you don't believe we kept the TE in more often than we would have liked to due to the horrid offensive line. I guess it's just easier for you to believe that all the evil in the world comes from #9.
I argue that it works exactly the other way:
When you have a known starter, you need a guy who can be a band-aid. When you have a guy who is a question mark, you have to have a backup who can start and be successful. Jay is that man, no matter how you personally feel about him. Under him as the starter, this team ended the season with 11, 11, 9, and 10 wins. That is success except by what is apparently your warped definition.
I would argue that it has more to do with the QB controversy he invites and the team's cap space. I'm sure salary is a consideration, just as I'm sure it is with Jay. I wouldn't be quite as opposed to releasing Jay after 6/1 because it might actually make some sort of cap sense at that point. I think it's certainly possible that Jay might take a pay cut if AJ looks good and it seems he will be the backup, though. I would want the team to at least extend that option before cutting him. I would also want to go after an experienced backup like Warner in that situation. Why is that? Because that is my interest in keeping Jay: having a known quantity in the midst of the uncertainty AJ brings.
You mean like the last four losing seasons?
Asphyx, reality is on the phone for you. Look up our record. If Jay is the starter, we'll see 9-7 as a bare minimum. That is what Jay is capable of delivering. He is a known quantity.
NO YOU DO NOT You might get that, but you might get Vick going down and Doug Johnson/Kurt Kittner coming in. Don't throw away one of the final Taylor/Thomas/Bowens/Madison/Surtain seasons like that.
What I am concerned about is making a run for the playoffs if that is the team's purpose. If they want to rebuild, I am for that. We don't need to be buying guys like AJ or Boston if that is the motive, though. The team has chosen a course, and I want to see them stay on that course rather than going on some insane hunt for the next Tom Brady at the expense of a year.
Neither outcome is good for the team. I would argue that 10-6 is the better of the two because it wouldn't cause the sort of cancer that rips a good team apart like a 1-15 season would.
YOU DO NOT REPLACE A 4 YEAR STARTER WITH A PLAYER THAT HAS 5 GAMES EXPERIENCE BECAUSE DOING SO SHOWS DISRESPECT TO THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A STARTER IS
What has to happen is the sort of competition that the Dolphins have set up. Otherwise, you cause chaos in the team because every starter has to constantly watch his back every time a youngster is added. You must give a starter a chance to compete for his job at a minimum in this situation.
Ask the Panthers. You tell me how that isn't like Peete/Delhomme. I have more faith in AJ than I did in Jake (because McNabb is a harder guy to displace than Brooks), but I think the situation is otherwise pretty much similar. Where did the Panthers get last year?
I am trying to keep the streak of winning seasons alive. I'm also trying to keep the team alive for the playoffs. If Jay can get the team there, it is conceivable that AJ could come in late in the season and lead the team the rest of the way. It is also not impossible that Jay could pull a Trent Dilfer and end up with a ring as a starting QB. Anybody who says otherwise is just blinded by Jay hatred.
If our coaching staff blows so badly that you don't trust them to correctly evaluate Sage's talent as being less than Jay's, everybody from Wayne down needs to go before this team is going anywhere. This proposition is ludicrious.
Even though I'm curious about this, I WILL NOT compile this information since you say you know what it is. I again call for you to post it.
Let's try this again:
Win% is the number of games out of 1000 that the QB would win.
SOS is the number of games out of 1000 that the opposing team would win.
We're just subtracting wins here. It is as legitimate as it comes. Jay would have 67 more wins than Brian against teams that have 32 fewer wins over that 1000 games. That makes 35 net wins of difference. Why is this conceptually so difficult for you?
I'm sure you would love that answer because it would just help spur on the riot against Jay that has been on the verge of happening ever since he came on. Why not have Jay give out his home address and when the police aren't generally patrolling his neighborhood, too?
The truth of the matter is that the numbers don't tell us anything of this nature. We would only know how Jay would have done against the Titans if Jay had played against the Titans. Same goes for the Patriots and Brian. Numbers are just easy to compare so they make a nice shorthand.
