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If Gus starts the game and the score is 14-7 at half, Gus should not get benched..that's making a QB play scared, always looking over his shoulder instead playing the game. We went though that last year, I hope Saban doesn't do it this year.
 
MDFINFAN said:
If Gus starts the game and the score is 14-7 at half, Gus should not get benched..that's making a QB play scared, always looking over his shoulder instead playing the game. We went though that last year, I hope Saban doesn't do it this year.
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No, my question is if Gus goes out there and plays the same as he did against the bucs.

We shouldve KILLED the bucs, our OL controlled the LOS, our WRs got WIDE OPEN, our RB ran hard and effective. Our QB played very poorly. We shouldve been up by 2-3 TDs by half time against the bucs.

That is my point, if guys are getting WIDE OPEN and Gus isnt hitting them, do you just say "oh well" and stick with Gus? Hoping he eventually makes one of those plays?

Remember, denver can move the ball, they have some serious RBs and can make things happen on offense. If they start putting points on the board and we are missing out on easy TD passes and throwing silly INTs, we'll lose.
 
shellgh0st said:
Yeah, but what can we do, they are giving him every chance in the world to show something.

I think AJ is a better QB, but Im very supportive of Gus, I just wish he would stop trying to act like Elway or Marino and start playing smart football. Take what the defense gives you, create a rhythm with the short and mid range passes and then kill the defense with the deep passes when they are there. He needs to improve his accuracy. Also, he is "feeling" pressure too soon, he is letting the ball go too soon because of that and that is effecting his timing.
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You can't judge Feeley on just 12 career starts it's not fair. Give him a full season without having to look over his shoulder to see where's he's at. He may surprise and give us a reason NOT to grab a QB early in next years draft.
 
GrnMtnMan said:
You can't judge Feeley on just 12 career starts it's not fair. Give him a full season without having to look over his shoulder to see where's he's at. He may surprise and give us a reason NOT to grab a QB early in next years draft.
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I think you misread my post.

I think AJ is the better of the two and Im hoping he becomes a pro bowl QB for us. This way we will be free to draft other positions next year (CB, DT, OL)
 
FakeSpike13 said:
You can't say that because Feeley has not proven he's the answer or a beaming talent... I trust Saban to make the right decision, and if Frerrote can be a placeholder so we can be competitive and get back to winning habits before finding a qb next year, so be it....
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It doesn't matter in the interim a rookie QB is just that a rookie. There will be growing pains no matter how you slice it. I'd rather take one on the chin right now have better draft position/leverage than be average with Frerotte.
 
GrnMtnMan said:
It doesn't matter in the interim a rookie QB is just that a rookie. There will be growing pains no matter how you slice it. I'd rather take one on the chin right now have better draft position/leverage than be average with Frerotte.
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So you'd rather sacrifice the season for a draft pick?
 
shellgh0st said:
I think you misread my post.

I think AJ is the better of the two and Im hoping he becomes a pro bowl QB for us. This way we will be free to draft other positions next year (CB, DT, OL)
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Sorry I thought that you were implying that Feeley has run out of time and it should be Frerotte starting. For all intents and purposes Feeley is a rookie in a complicated new system. There will be growing pains and we need to grow with him, not with Frerotte.
 
rafael said:
If you listen to Saban's and Linehan's press conferences the day after the game they are more specific. Linehan says one of the problems is that the receivers don't know the offense as well.
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Oh, so the receivers are to blame for getting WIDE OPEN. How dare they...If they knew the system better they would've been covered and Gus wouldn't have to look bad.
 
GrnMtnMan said:
You can't judge Feeley on just 12 career starts it's not fair. Give him a full season without having to look over his shoulder to see where's he's at. He may surprise and give us a reason NOT to grab a QB early in next years draft.
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Feeley was a career 3rd stringer in Philly. He couldn't beat out Fiedler or Gus( both backups themselves) here in Miami. How many strikes does this guy need? I'd say he's been judged pretty fairly by now.
 
Here's a thought.... what happens if Gus performs admirably? No one seems to think this can happen, based on his "career" play.
I believe it can happen, but it is also definitely possible that he stinks up the joint like so many FF's (Feeley Fans) expect him to.
 
FemaleFinFan said:
So you'd rather sacrifice the season for a draft pick?
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I'd rather take the time, fully evaluate what we have in-house before we start a career back-up (for the most part) on our way to "respectability". So sure, I'm willing to take the chance that we may not win all the games that we MIGHT have won with Frerotte to evaluate Feeley. If Feeley shows he isn't the man then we are in much better position to grab that "franchise" QB.
 
phinphan11 said:
Here's a thought.... what happens if Gus performs admirably? No one seems to think this can happen, based on his "career" play.
I believe it can happen, but it is also definitely possible that he stinks up the joint like so many FF's (Feeley Fans) expect him to.
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I've been waiting for it (great play from gus) to happen. I personally think AJ is the better of the two, however, I am very supportive of Gus. When he is in there, I cheer for him.
 
poisonphin said:
No, switching QBs in the middle of the game never works, you need to let them play through.
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Tell that to the Panthers, who subbed Jake Delhomme for Rodney Peete, who he had failed to beat for the starting job. Delhomme brought them back against the Jaguars and lead them to the Super Bowl. I will tell you this, his first few starts weren't pretty at all, although they barely managed to come back in those games.
 
gimmemybullits said:
Feeley was a career 3rd stringer in Philly. He couldn't beat out Fiedler or Gus( both backups themselves) here in Miami. How many strikes does this guy need? I'd say he's been judged pretty fairly by now.
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He was behind a guy named Donovan McNabb, maybe you've heard of him? Then he was behind a guy who has spent his whole career in a West Coast scheme. Look, I'm not saying Feeley is going to be superstar, but he could be every bit as good as league average. All he did in Philly, when he started, was win games! We need to fairly evaluate him behind an OL that doesn't suck.
 
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