phinphan11
Perennial All-Pro
The potential to throw a bad pass at the worst time, that is....
Great!!....if Saban thinks they have more potential than AJ, I'm right behind him.:up:djfresh47 said:We don't know anything about Sage, or Brock, why not start them to "see what we got?"
inFINSible said:See, here's my point....We have one QB that we know isn't taking us anywhere. We have one that hasn't taken his team anywhere in 12 years. We have another that needs to play before anybody can say with any authority whether he's a complete bust or not.
AJ may certainly be a bust, no doubt about it but, we need to find out now. Wasting time with gus getting used to playing with the starters only takes away from AJ's time to do the same thing. When we get 5 games into the season and gus has a lynch mob waiting outside his house, he gets his job taken away, then how many games do we have to wait for AJ to build the chemistry that gus spent 5 weeks wasting?
Wishing for another QB at this point is as big a waste of time as starting gus.
SammySmif said:these threads are so ridiculous. every preseason game the opinion changes. you guys need to understand both QBs suck and they will both start throughout the season. I could have told you this 5 months ago, it requires a minute knowledge of football and simple logic.
What's wrong with not wanting to make mistakes?? Maybe the coaches are calling these short passes to combat the pass rush of the Steelers which would seem like a smart in game adjustment to the play calling seeing as gus wasn't getting a whole lot of time back there. Or, maybe it's the coaches way of working on one of Feeley's weaknesses which has been throwing a catchable short pass. Either way, it wasn't Feeley who killed any of his drives.NJFINSFAN1 said:I would tend to agree with you, but AJ shows me nothing, even with the Eagles, his stats were nothing to go, hey okay, he is good! Last night was the best I ever seen him play, yet they were all dump and short passes. Maybe he is learning to not throw into coverage and dump it off, if so, I will admit I was wrong about him, but I think it's more about him being afraid, and not wanting to make mistakes now!
I hope one of them just take charge and win the dam thing next week!
My opinion has not changed ever.SammySmif said:these threads are so ridiculous. every preseason game the opinion changes. you guys need to understand both QBs suck and they will both start throughout the season. I could have told you this 5 months ago, it requires a minute knowledge of football and simple logic.
djfresh47 said:What has AJ done to merit being named the starter based on potential? Starting Gus may not accomplish anything, but what does it say about AJ if he can't beat out a 12 year backup Qb? Should the team also start Eddie Moore, to see what they got, rather than going with the player that wins the job? A top 5 Qb is a big investment, but so is a top 5 player at any position. AJ has never played significant time anywhere, and for this the team should perhaps waste a season to see what they got? The best Qb should play, not the youngest guy. Feeley has never impressed me, even his brief stretch of very average play for Philly did not impress me. Gus doesn't impress me either, neither does Sage or Brock, the teams QB situation is terrible, and right now I don't think any of the QB's would even have a chance at starting for any other team in the league. AJ has potential, but what good is potential if it doesn't bring productivity?
Hey, you stole my point.. :fire:FinFanGirl said:here's my point... if this is how gus plays and he knows the offensive system, I'd rather have feeley in there making the same mistakes, but learning the offensive system. Let's get this out in the open... Feeley has had to learn two different systems in two yrs, is it his fault that he hasnt made it a competition yet. Not entirely.... but he sometimes shows that flash of brilliance, lets face it we dont have another marino here and mostl likely we will never have another marino. if we can just get AJ to the point where he manages games like last night, NO INT's NO MISTAKES 11, 5 or 6 yrd completions and a good running back, this team can go just as far as the ravens did with trent dilfer...