It is all Doom and Gloom over at their Gang Green forum.....here is just one of their posts: :3w:
This thread is an embarrassment to Jets fans. Message boards around the NFL are going to link to this thread to show what a bunch of morons Jets fans are.
I don't care what any of you think of Smith as a QB. To be happy about this injury and the way it happened is sick.
And anyone who says and thinks this is good news from a football standpoint is a complete idiot. First, Smith was by far the better QB in camp. Second, he has a higher ceiling than a 10 year veteran journeyman. Third, he was showing signs of reaching that potential. Fourth, and most importantly, this is a huge set back for Jets future plans. If anything, 2015 was Smith's final audition season. He was surrounded by talent and a CS that understood offense and we were finally going to find out if he was the future QB of the Jets or not. It doesn't matter what happened the past two seasons or what any of you think was going to happen this season. We were going to see if the man could play. Now that is shot to hell. Smith is going to miss four huge weeks of camp and coaching and opportunities to build a rapport with the receivers. He is going to miss a few games and with a wired jaw, it will be hard for him to keep his weight up and stay in playing shape. He may have lost half a season. Now when he returns in week 5 or 8 or whatever, do we really see the real Smith? And so now a team that was ready to win in 2015 0r 2016 has no QB --again. Drafting a QB next year means 2-3 of development. Petty is 2-3 away. There is no FA QB that is going to be the answer. So this injury screwed the Jets royally. And those of you who wanted a QB competition are surely not getting one now. This is lose - lose all the way around for the team, Smith, the CS, and the fans. This goes down as one of the worst days in Jets history.
Last, those of you blaming Smith or the CS or the other players for this are so freakin' hypocritical it is unbelievable. When that dirt bag Incognito was exposed for the absolute jerk he was and the goings on in the Dolphins locker room was exposed to the world, how many of you were defending him and saying that's what the way NFL locker rooms are - they are filled with real tough violent men. Now you act as if the Jets locker room should be like church and the players should all be choir boys. So which is it? When
50-60 22-32 year olds spend all day every day together things are said and jokes are made and insults are thrown around. Some of them cross the line, like Incognito did over and over. And breaking a player's jaw crosses the line in this case also.
No NFL player deserves to have his jaw broken over $600. Should Smith have paid IK? Maybe. But Bowles is right. This was a stupid incident that should never have come to this.
This is no joke. This royally sucks for all of us. Some of you just have no clue. Unbelievable.
