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Flash back!! Why the semi hate for Fiedler on this board?

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Just curious…..as I’ve seen many references to the Jay Fiedler days and some fans on this board recall those days as being dreadful?

Now that we’ve all lived through Cleo Lemon, Trent Green,Ray Lucas,Bobby Thigpen,Chad Henne, and any other revolving door QB you wanna name……

I recall the Fiedler days being “glory days” compared to what we have endured the last 17 years!!

I mean the numbers don’t lie….
4 consecutive winning seasons (11-5,
11-5, 9-7, 10-6) In that…..a division tittle. 2 consecutive playoff appearances, a playoff win (our last one by the way)

Before he took over we were spoiled with Dan. Impossible to follow that act. But he was gutty! After a 5-1 start in 2003 he was peaking. Broke his hand in a thriller Sunday night win in Denver. Then Ray Lucas came in and botched the next 4 games

But he had Back to back 11 win seasons and back to back playoff appearances. I think we’d all give our LEFT “PEA-NUT” for that consistency now??

Never much love for Jay?? Just never understood why?? Was he a franchise QB?? No!! But he was still a lot better then our many years of failures that followed him
 
sugar_ray said:
Just curious…..as I’ve seen many references to the Jay Fiedler days and some fans on this board recall those days as being dreadful?

Now that we’ve all lived through Cleo Lemon, Trent Green,Ray Lucas,Bobby Thigpen,Chad Henne, and any other revolving door QB you wanna name……

I recall the Fiedler days being “glory days” compared to what we have endured the last 17 years!!

I mean the numbers don’t lie….
4 consecutive winning seasons (11-5,
11-5, 9-7, 10-6) In that…..a division tittle. 2 consecutive playoff appearances, a playoff win (our last one by the way)

Before he took over we were spoiled with Dan. Impossible to follow that act. But he was gutty! After a 5-1 start in 2003 he was peaking. Broke his hand in a thriller Sunday night win in Denver. Then Ray Lucas came in and botched the next 4 games

But he had Back to back 11 win seasons and back to back playoff appearances. I think we’d all give our LEFT “PEA-NUT” for that consistency now??

Never much love for Jay?? Just never understood why?? Was he a franchise QB?? No!! But he was still a lot better then our many years of failures that followed him
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Sure he was our last somewhat successful(?) QB but I feel many put in the position he was in would have had the same success or better. Fielder had heart and I never disliked him but I have seen so many people act like he was the reason we had that record when we had a top-notch defense. I just remember grimacing every time he stepped back to throw worried about a pick as it was just as likely as a TD but I was a kid then too.
 
Valid point Bruzer

Our D with Taylor and Thomas was stout! We also had something we haven’t had in almost 2 decades. A running game with Lemar smith and Ricky later
 
sugar_ray said:
Just curious…..as I’ve seen many references to the Jay Fiedler days and some fans on this board recall those days as being dreadful?

Now that we’ve all lived through Cleo Lemon, Trent Green,Ray Lucas,Bobby Thigpen,Chad Henne, and any other revolving door QB you wanna name……

I recall the Fiedler days being “glory days” compared to what we have endured the last 17 years!!

I mean the numbers don’t lie….
4 consecutive winning seasons (11-5,
11-5, 9-7, 10-6) In that…..a division tittle. 2 consecutive playoff appearances, a playoff win (our last one by the way)

Before he took over we were spoiled with Dan. Impossible to follow that act. But he was gutty! After a 5-1 start in 2003 he was peaking. Broke his hand in a thriller Sunday night win in Denver. Then Ray Lucas came in and botched the next 4 games

But he had Back to back 11 win seasons and back to back playoff appearances. I think we’d all give our LEFT “PEA-NUT” for that consistency now??

Never much love for Jay?? Just never understood why?? Was he a franchise QB?? No!! But he was still a lot better then our many years of failures that followed him
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The reason i didnt like Fiedler is because he had amazing defenses and wasted them. Most of his years were horrible statistically compared to other qbs of his era. The only year he was off to a really solid start was the terrible injury where ray lucas took over, some may use this as a defense to fiedler but really ray lucas had no business being a nfl qb.
 
I actually liked Jay until he hurt his shoulder. To me he lost his swagger once he stopped running as much.
 
sugar_ray said:
Just curious…..as I’ve seen many references to the Jay Fiedler days and some fans on this board recall those days as being dreadful?

Now that we’ve all lived through Cleo Lemon, Trent Green,Ray Lucas,Bobby Thigpen,Chad Henne, and any other revolving door QB you wanna name……

I recall the Fiedler days being “glory days” compared to what we have endured the last 17 years!!

I mean the numbers don’t lie….
4 consecutive winning seasons (11-5,
11-5, 9-7, 10-6) In that…..a division tittle. 2 consecutive playoff appearances, a playoff win (our last one by the way)

Before he took over we were spoiled with Dan. Impossible to follow that act. But he was gutty! After a 5-1 start in 2003 he was peaking. Broke his hand in a thriller Sunday night win in Denver. Then Ray Lucas came in and botched the next 4 games

But he had Back to back 11 win seasons and back to back playoff appearances. I think we’d all give our LEFT “PEA-NUT” for that consistency now??

Never much love for Jay?? Just never understood why?? Was he a franchise QB?? No!! But he was still a lot better then our many years of failures that followed him
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Ok, very easy. Did you see that pick 6 that Tua threw last sunday? Fiedler seemed to throw one of those every game. He threw the dumbest picks and it was all because he never understood his limitations.
He was a warrior as a player because he would run over a LB in the end zone, but he just was not a good starter.
 
Bruzer said:
Sure he was our last somewhat successful(?) QB but I feel many put in the position he was in would have had the same success or better. Fielder had heart and I never disliked him but I have seen so many people act like he was the reason we had that record when we had a top-notch defense. I just remember grimacing every time he stepped back to throw worried about a pick as it was just as likely as a TD but I was a kid then too.
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Pennington was pretty solid in 2008…led us to double digit wins and a playoff game.
 
Jay Fiedler was hated because, especially the 2 seasons with Ricky, the team was pretty stacked and he couldn't ever seem to rise to the occasion in big time spots. Had mild athleticism, weaker than average arm and he wasn't very good at reading defenses. The play ill always remember him by was the gimme pick six he threw to Tedi Bruschi with the division on the line.

That and his dumbo sized ears were the most memorable thing about him.
 
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EasyRider said:
Ok, very easy. Did you see that pick 6 that Tua threw last sunday? Fiedler seemed to throw one of those every game. He threw the dumbest picks and it was all because he never understood his limitations.
He was a warrior as a player because he would run over a LB in the end zone, but he just was not a good starter.
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Pretty much this. He had a noodle arm.
 
sugar_ray said:
Just curious…..as I’ve seen many references to the Jay Fiedler days and some fans on this board recall those days as being dreadful?

Now that we’ve all lived through Cleo Lemon, Trent Green,Ray Lucas,Bobby Thigpen,Chad Henne, and any other revolving door QB you wanna name……

I recall the Fiedler days being “glory days” compared to what we have endured the last 17 years!!

I mean the numbers don’t lie….
4 consecutive winning seasons (11-5,
11-5, 9-7, 10-6) In that…..a division tittle. 2 consecutive playoff appearances, a playoff win (our last one by the way)

Before he took over we were spoiled with Dan. Impossible to follow that act. But he was gutty! After a 5-1 start in 2003 he was peaking. Broke his hand in a thriller Sunday night win in Denver. Then Ray Lucas came in and botched the next 4 games

But he had Back to back 11 win seasons and back to back playoff appearances. I think we’d all give our LEFT “PEA-NUT” for that consistency now??

Never much love for Jay?? Just never understood why?? Was he a franchise QB?? No!! But he was still a lot better then our many years of failures that followed him
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