ckparrothead
Premium Member
Mauler said:Until the final preseason game, everyone around here thought Gus and AJ were tied for being equal pieces of poop. Then AJ imploded the final game and now Gus is good because he went 2 of 3 for 10 yards? No way.
AJ 38/71 (53%) for 336 1TD 2 Int (4 games) 4.7 yards per attempt
Gus 35/77 (45%) for 394 1TD 1Int(4 games) 5.1 yards per attempt
CB 27/48 (56%) for 329 1TD,1Int (3 games) 6.9 yards per attempt
If he is making a minumum salary and we have tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum at QB, why on earth would you not take a look-see? Everyone saw both Gus and AJ look like pure (insert derogatory expletetive here) in the preseason. Im not sure why you would just want to ignore the opportunity all together. If you were subjected to any of the Pittsburgh games, you will have noticed he actually looked quite good. In his games Vs Carolina and Philly, he performed much better then AJ or Gus. He actually looked like a real QB.
Timing's not right for Batch to come to the Phins. The Steelers are ready to sign him back right now after Week 1, and the Dolphins are not about to make any offers to him that will monetarily entice him away from the Steelers, where he has the best chance at success in 2005 (even as 3rd string, he knows the offense and the players). Wait til next offseason, when we might be dumping both AJ Feeley AND Gus Frerotte.
In 2006, we could consider bringing Batch in to compete with Sage for the #1 role in the offense, while drafting a rookie QB pretty high (my choice is Omar Jacobs...)