There are TWO QB's that will not be on the roster after this season and neither one of them are named Petty or Hackenberg. From there the Jets CS/GM will need a veteran presence for the team, either to serve as a stop gap until Petty or hack are ready or as a veteran backup. Either way Mac will add a veteran QB. IMO, that veteran presence will be Tony Romo. And Bowles unwillingness to play Petty has everything to do with trust or simply incompetence as the HC. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. So WHY does Bowles continue to go with a clear loser in Fitz? Because he's stubborn??? It's a losing recipe and the season is over. There are no more excuses for going back to Fitz. He should be trying to develop the young QB's for the future.....
The wild card in all of this is Woody Johnson's fear of empty seats and lost revenue. He will never agree to a full blown rebuild because he's afraid the STH's and gameday fans won't show up and he'll take a hit on his revenue stream. He'll order Mac to make a run at Romo mainly because Cutler and Marshall have history. This will in turn, force me to start backing away from this team until Woody sells it or takes a 10 year vacation from it.
Well, this team might be in luck this season....I've given up rooting for this team. I am now rooting for them to lose out, so we can get a truly great player that can make an impact. This team is so far worse than ANYONE thought. I always thought they would have a losing record, but even this is pathetic. They just lost in back to back weeks to the Miami Dolphins and the LA Rams??? This is so BAD, I can't even begin to describe it. There's really only TWO more games IMO that the Jets could possibly win. That is the 49ers and the Dolphins. Losing to Buffalo is a virtual stone cold lock. TWO losses to NE is an automatic. The Colts will be a loss IMO. So if Toilet Bowles can show his true colors in the Miami and 49ers games, we will lose them also. There's a good chance this team could lose out? If they do, they end up at 3-13 and that would likely get us a top 5 pick. The number 1 pick is already reserved for the Browns. From there the Jaguars, Bears, and 49ers are all worse teams than the Jets. Carolina is at 3-6, but that team is too good. They will rebound and end up around 8-8 IMO. So currently the Jets are looking at the 5th overall pick. That should give us a very good player. Mac SHOULD be able to trade up or down from where we'll be. Trade up to grab that great QB? Or trade down and accumulate picks because this team is so lacking in talent.........
I think the Jets enter camp next year with Petty, Hack and a veteran. It wont be Romo. Because a) The fanbase rightly doesnt like the idea of bringing in a fragile QB retread. b) Mac will convince Johnson that the team is in rebuild mode and will look foolish taking Romo and c) Romo I bet would rather retire than come to NY. He has been beaten up enough. Cutler would be a better choice, and depending on the $$ he may be an alternative, but we have seen how he turns teams on each other and I'm sure Marshall and Forte have provided Mac alot of inside intel on the Bears locker room. Maybe they get Glennon? He is a free agent. But I hope its Petty. If he remains healthy and builds off his Sunday performance I think he should be the guy. At some point, the drafted QB's need live game experience to see whether they sink or swim. I think its the perfect timing to see what Petty has. He seems to have learned the playbook and pro-system and god willing once he adjusts to NFL speeds he will show enough to be QB1 entering next year. I think he has the arm and the pocket presence to be a good QB in the Andy Dalton/Caron Palmer mold. But we'll see. If not him, then you hand it to Hack. He will have had a full offseason to redo his mechanics and already knows the system.
For all those saying Tony Romo, what makes you think he would come to Jets?? If he goes anywhere other than ESPN he will want to go to a contender and try to get that ring. Jets certainly aren't contending for anything next year. I'm going with for QB of the 17 Jets...Mitch Trubisky. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It will be Petty, and I believe the FO will emphasize the oline with their high draft pick. Mac will not select a QB next year, he has Hack and I'm of the opinion that Mac believes he is the guy the jets need to develope. There is no reason to select QB after QB if your CS can't develope the prospects.
No one is talking about Teddy Bridgewater. While I think Romo could be a nice holdover while we take time to develop our QB of the future, the success of Sam Bradford with the Vikings could give us the opportunity to get a young, experienced QB with high upside. Thoughts?
Woody may not be, but hopefully Mac is intelligent and realistic enough to know that is what the Jets need. I'm sure there would be fans who would be against that, but as far as I'm concerned those fans can either deal with it or start rooting for another team. I'm fed up with this team always trying to take short cuts, to outsmart itself trying to be smarter than other teams. The reality is that we are over the cap for next season and only have 2 QBs under contract for next season. In all likelihood, only Petty will be a realistic competitor for the starting QB spot, and he is a huge question mark. Our OL needs to be totally rebuilt. Mangold is breaking down, and successful teams like the Pats and Steelers aren't sentimental and would cut him and move on. That's probably what we need to do, but it would be hard since he has been such a great player for us. I don't have much hopes for Shell, and our OT positions are in horrible shape. Carpenter is probably our best OL and only true starter in the bunch. If Winters could improve as much this off season as he did last, then he would be good at the other OG spot, but I don't hold any illusions that he can. He's a quality backup, but not really a topnotch starter. We could possibly get by with him for another year or two if we significantly upgraded both OT positions, but he needs to be replaced sooner rather than later, and he will be a UFA. Our RB position needs help. Forte is the starter and he doesn't scare anyone. Powell's a very good rotational back and backup, but not a starter-quality. Who knows what Khiry Robinson can bring to the table since he is coming off an injury and has never played a down for us. We all know that the TE position is a total mess unless ASJ can stay healthy and show something in the last 6 games or one of the youngsters can suddenly develop. The DL is pretty solid and has a couple of young DL on IR who could prove to be revelations, but we need to either light a fire under Mo's ass or trade him, and Richardson needs to go. Our LB corps is almost as bad as our TE corps or secondary. Lee has a ton of potential, but at this point, that's all he is. Jenkins hasn't shown much this season and Mauldin is a disappointment. Harris is too old and too slow. He probably needs to go. Our secondary is a trainwreck. Revis and Gilchrist need to go. Skrine isn't lighting up the league, but he won't go anywhere because of the dead money hit the team would take. Williams hasn't developed. Burris has shown some potential, but that's about it. We really don't have a playmaker or ballhawk in the secondary. I thought maybe Williams was, but I guess last season was a flash in the pan. Our CS is questionable at best. So, I can't imagine how anyone in their right mind could even remotely think that this team could seriously compete for anything next season. The only realistic, rational, sensible thing to do is to blow it up and build from the ground up.
I would be shocked if the Vikes make Bridgewater available, but if they do, we should definitely grab him even if they have to overpay.
You're preaching to the choir regarding Bowles and his stupidity in refusing to start Petty and sticking with Fitz. I think it's probably more fear of being perceived as giving up on the season, losing the veterans on the team, and thus losing his job, rather than sheer stupidity or stubbornness. At least I hope that's the case if Bowles will be back. Petty needs to start the rest of the way. Even if Petty were to get injured, I think it would be better to play Hack or bring in a vet off his couch than play Fitz ever again. As far as a veteran presence, I agree unless there's a QB they really like in the draft. I don't think Mac will go with 4 QBs again. He's not gonna cut either Petty or Hack. I think someone like Shaun Hill would be a better option than Romo. He's more durable, less injury prone and not someone who the Jets would have to start. He could mentor the young QBs and be a steadying influence on the position.
What success with Sam Bradford?? Bridgewater likely won't even play next season and if he does why would the Vikes trade a young QB coming off a devastating injury?
Romo would be beyond idiotic, so it's a distinct possibility. Waiting for the Manish analysis on why signing him makes sense in 3...2...1...
If you're right, then we all probably need to start looking for a new team for which to root. If Woody refuses to tear things down and orders Mac to make a run at Romo, Mac better tell him to STFU and back the eff off, that he was hired to run the team and make the decisions in the best interests of the team. If that doesn't happen, as much as I love the Jets and have passionately followed and rooted for them for 2/3 of my life (I'm 62), I'm done with this team.
