I AM STILL AMAZED AT THE WIDE VARIETY OF COMMENTS REGARDING ONE JAY FIEDLER. WHAT A DIFFICULT JOB HE STEPPED INTO TAKING OVER THE DOLPHINS OFFENSE A FEW YEARS AGO. EASILY THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK ONE COULD IMAGINE. IT'S LIKE REPLACING LOMBARDI AS COACH, ...VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT APPEARED MARINO WAS NOT REALLY TREATED RIGHT AT THE END.
THAT SAID, I CHOSE ONE POST TO USE AS THE SPRINGBOARD FOR MY POST REGARDING FIEDLER. THIS WAS A POST BY KB, WHO HAS LONG VOICED HIS CONCERN OVER FIEDLER'S ABILITY TO QB OUR TEAM.
WHILE I AGREE THAT JAY DOES THROW TOO MANY INT'S......AND WE COULD STOP THE DISCUSSION THERE.....I DO ALSO THINK HE IS IMPROVING (WE COULD BEGIN ANOTHER CONVERSATION HERE THOUGH). I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT KB THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAY TOO HARD ON FIEDLER, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. I AGREE IF NOTHING CHANGES FIEDLER WILL BE GONE IN 2 YEARS. THE ONLY WAY THIS GUY STICKS AROUND AS OUR QB MORE THAN 2 YEARS FROM NOW IS IF WE WIN MORE PLAYOFF GAMES AND HIS TD-INT RATIO CHANGES IN A BIG WAY. HE DID SHOW LAST YEAR THAT HE CAN TAKE THE POUNDING, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH HIM AS QB.
HOW MUCH WILL HE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE NOW WITH RICKY AND CHAMBERS & COMPANY? THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUESTION GIVEN HIS AGE (29). I'M HOPING HE'S A LATE BLOOMER LIKE RICH GANNON PROVED TO BE. IN FACT, I LIKEN HIM ALOT TO GANNON IN JUST ABOUT EVERY AREA AT THIS STAGE OF HIS CAREER IN TERMS OF STYLE OF PLAY, ETC....
BACK TO THE INT'S......I'VE TAPED AND REWATCHED ALL THE PAST SEASONS GAMES....AND NO LESS THAN 5 OF JAYS INT'S WERE ABSOLUTELY NOT HIS FAULT. THEY BOUNCED OFF OF THE WR AND WERE DEAD ON TARGET (ALA ....MCKNIGHT VS JETS). ACTING LIKE ALL 21 INT'S, OR THAT 20, 19, 18 ETC WERE ALL HIS FAULT JUST ISN'T ANYWHERE CLOSE TO TRUE. THERE ARE MANY REASONS A QB CAN THROW AN INT - HE SUCKS, HIS OL GETS BEAT AND DL BACKSIDE TAPS THE QB ARM AT THE TIME OF THROW, DB MAKES A GREAT PLAY, WR'S DROP OR TIP THE BALL TO DEFENDERS, ETC..... JAY HAD WR'S TIP SEVERAL VERY ON TARGET BALLS INTO THE DEFENDERS HANDS.
THAT SAID, I STILL CAN'T LIVE WITH EVEN 5 LESS INT'S AND CALL HIM A GREAT QB. 10 LESS INT'S WITH 20 PLUS TD'S AND I'M A FAN. THATS WHAT I'M HOPING FOR THIS YEAR. I WANT A 25-10 RATIO OR 27 - 12 RATIO ON THOSE TD-INT'S. IF HE COULD DO IT, WE ARE A SUPER BOWL TEAM. I LOOK FORWARD THIS SEASON TO ROOTING FOR MY TEAM AND FINDING OUT HOW GOOD JAY FIEDLER CAN BE WITH SOME SERIOUS TALENT AROUND HIM. CHAMBERS, WILLIAMS, ETC AROUND HIM REALLY GIVE HIM SOME GREAT WEAPONS THAT HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE WITH IMO.
THAT SAID, I CHOSE ONE POST TO USE AS THE SPRINGBOARD FOR MY POST REGARDING FIEDLER. THIS WAS A POST BY KB, WHO HAS LONG VOICED HIS CONCERN OVER FIEDLER'S ABILITY TO QB OUR TEAM.
Originally posted by KB21
Fiedler had one of the highest int percentages in the NFL.
Oh, but I forgot. None of Fiedler's interceptions are his fault. Let's blame the receiver for not doing backflips to get to a ball thrown 7 yards wide of him right to a DB.
WHILE I AGREE THAT JAY DOES THROW TOO MANY INT'S......AND WE COULD STOP THE DISCUSSION THERE.....I DO ALSO THINK HE IS IMPROVING (WE COULD BEGIN ANOTHER CONVERSATION HERE THOUGH). I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT KB THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAY TOO HARD ON FIEDLER, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. I AGREE IF NOTHING CHANGES FIEDLER WILL BE GONE IN 2 YEARS. THE ONLY WAY THIS GUY STICKS AROUND AS OUR QB MORE THAN 2 YEARS FROM NOW IS IF WE WIN MORE PLAYOFF GAMES AND HIS TD-INT RATIO CHANGES IN A BIG WAY. HE DID SHOW LAST YEAR THAT HE CAN TAKE THE POUNDING, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH HIM AS QB.
HOW MUCH WILL HE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE NOW WITH RICKY AND CHAMBERS & COMPANY? THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE QUESTION GIVEN HIS AGE (29). I'M HOPING HE'S A LATE BLOOMER LIKE RICH GANNON PROVED TO BE. IN FACT, I LIKEN HIM ALOT TO GANNON IN JUST ABOUT EVERY AREA AT THIS STAGE OF HIS CAREER IN TERMS OF STYLE OF PLAY, ETC....
BACK TO THE INT'S......I'VE TAPED AND REWATCHED ALL THE PAST SEASONS GAMES....AND NO LESS THAN 5 OF JAYS INT'S WERE ABSOLUTELY NOT HIS FAULT. THEY BOUNCED OFF OF THE WR AND WERE DEAD ON TARGET (ALA ....MCKNIGHT VS JETS). ACTING LIKE ALL 21 INT'S, OR THAT 20, 19, 18 ETC WERE ALL HIS FAULT JUST ISN'T ANYWHERE CLOSE TO TRUE. THERE ARE MANY REASONS A QB CAN THROW AN INT - HE SUCKS, HIS OL GETS BEAT AND DL BACKSIDE TAPS THE QB ARM AT THE TIME OF THROW, DB MAKES A GREAT PLAY, WR'S DROP OR TIP THE BALL TO DEFENDERS, ETC..... JAY HAD WR'S TIP SEVERAL VERY ON TARGET BALLS INTO THE DEFENDERS HANDS.
THAT SAID, I STILL CAN'T LIVE WITH EVEN 5 LESS INT'S AND CALL HIM A GREAT QB. 10 LESS INT'S WITH 20 PLUS TD'S AND I'M A FAN. THATS WHAT I'M HOPING FOR THIS YEAR. I WANT A 25-10 RATIO OR 27 - 12 RATIO ON THOSE TD-INT'S. IF HE COULD DO IT, WE ARE A SUPER BOWL TEAM. I LOOK FORWARD THIS SEASON TO ROOTING FOR MY TEAM AND FINDING OUT HOW GOOD JAY FIEDLER CAN BE WITH SOME SERIOUS TALENT AROUND HIM. CHAMBERS, WILLIAMS, ETC AROUND HIM REALLY GIVE HIM SOME GREAT WEAPONS THAT HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE WITH IMO.