True, Feidler did seem off yesterday and a little rattled. I thought his pocket presence was poor. He also seemed to take forever to throw the ball. Every year he seems to have a game where he's not feeling well (or something) and gets into the out-of-sinc, poor decision mode. Jay usually bounces back the following week as I expect him to do this week against the Patsy's - which I think we will win by the way.
As for Jay's overall ability, as another poster put it on the DD board, "Jay is a QB that has to be managed." I agree with that assessment and it is not meant to slam Jay or anything. I also think Brian Griese is another QB that has to be managed. When you have a journeyman QB, who cannot make all the throws, you have to manage him to keep him from losing it for you. Asking to much, goes against his ability and then bad things start to happen. For Jay, dump offs, and the intermediate throws work best. When you start asking him to throw deep, he throws a jump ball, which reduces the odds of it being completed. Throwing it deep on third down is like conceding the down, you might as well pooch punt it.
I still think we can win with Jay as long as Norv sticks with his strengths and avoids the plays that puts Feidler in a position to turn it over. Yesterday, although the defense played horrible, is a game we still could have won if we didn't turn the ball over five times. Ricky fumbled once, Chambers took the blame on one interception and that leaves three interceptions on Jay. Timing and placement could be the blame for those three and thats something Jay can work on and improve. I'm looking forward to our game with the Patriots because it should be a good game against a very solid team that also has somethings to prove...like if they can stop the run. Run-Ricky-Run!
:) :) :)