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Jay Fiedler Welcomes Josh Rosen To Miami

TheJetsBlow said:
Fiedler was actually playing good football before he broke his thumb that season. His injury, and the subsequent deployment of Ray Lucas, is what ultimately ****ed us over that year.
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That offense was pretty darn good for a while that year. We were 5-1 before he got hurt and the only game we lost we still put up 30 something points. Sure it was based around Ricky but that was still but Fiedler played his part, and that was the era just before constant rule changes made 4500 yard passing seasons standard faire and the cult of the franchise QB hadn't taken hold so it wasn't as frowned on to have QB's just play their part (it was another three years later that Saban took an RB at number two, first of three taken top 10, while Aaron Rodgers fell to 24).
 
Scrap said:
I agree that he overused Ricky, but Ricky quitting was because Ricky wanted to smoke weed. Wanny’s just being used as an excuse. Ricky liked weed more than playing football. Is what it is. The only regret I have in the whole thing was burning his jersey only for him to come back later.(Leaving me wishing I had a number 34 jersey)
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Ricky hated his job, hated that that it physically abused him, had anxiety and let himself self destruct to get out of it. People who don't have anxiety problems don't realize how otherwise rational, intelligent people can sabotage their lives and careers just out of stress avoidance. My opinion of Ricky might be different if he just acted like some street thug, but in a league apparently full of women and child abusers as well as others who do unethical things on an off the football field, Ricky was a hard worker who displayed otherwise good character.
 
Sirspud said:
That offense was pretty darn good for a while that year. We were 5-1 before he got hurt and the only game we lost we still put up 30 something points. Sure it was based around Ricky but that was still but Fiedler played his part, and that was the era just before constant rule changes made 4500 yard passing seasons standard faire and the cult of the franchise QB hadn't taken hold so it wasn't as frowned on to have QB's just play their part (it was another three years later that Saban took an RB at number two, first of three taken top 10, while Aaron Rodgers fell to 24).
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Yep, it was a different era.... the team that won the SB that year had Brad Johnson as their QB, and did it with great defense and a solid running game.
 
Kdawg954 said:
Still think his injury in 2002 probably cost us a legit Super Bowl run (That and Wanny’s lack of a ballsack).
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I think so too. They were a nightmare at home and probably get home field that year if Fiedler doesn't get hurt.

It's remarkable they were the 1 seed in the AFC heading into week 16 that season and missed the playoffs entirely 2 weeks later.
 
Jay was my favorite player of all time, not because he was good, but rather because of the fact that he wasn't.
You'd watch him play and ask yourself, how is this guy in the league? Jay didn't have a good enough arm for D-1, much less for the freaking NFL... but he won games, lots of games that he had no business winning.
Was he good? No. But he may have been the toughest player I ever saw. He got more out of less than anyone in the history of the NFL, and to me, that is inspirational.
 
Sirspud said:
Ricky hated his job, hated that that it physically abused him, had anxiety and let himself self destruct to get out of it. People who don't have anxiety problems don't realize how otherwise rational, intelligent people can sabotage their lives and careers just out of stress avoidance. My opinion of Ricky might be different if he just acted like some street thug, but in a league apparently full of women and child abusers as well as others who do unethical things on an off the football field, Ricky was a hard worker who displayed otherwise good character.
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Ricky didn't hate football, he hated himself. He was the star of the team and his self-conscious paranoia in that position fueled his obsession.
 
TheJetsBlow said:
Yep, it was a different era.... the team that won the SB that year had Brad Johnson as their QB, and did it with great defense and a solid running game.
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Brad Johnson was actually a pretty good QB in the middle of his career. He was the perfect fit for that team at that point, he was consistent, reliable, efficient, and made good plays while rarely making mistakes.
 
TeeMoney said:
Ricky didn't hate football, he hated himself. He was the star of the team and his self-conscious paranoia in that position fueled his obsession.
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I don't think he hated football, but the way he was being used and the team's over-reliance on him was too much.
 
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