and BTW..if it was a 7th..it is really borderline an 8th with all the comp picks not handed out yet...
Ryan Fitzpatrick Traded to Jets
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Are you sure? I thought we had Chicago's 7th in addition to ours. We pick 6th, they pick 7th. Those are high 7th's, not low. I know posters are equally divided over this pick being dangled, but let's be clear on the actual position of the pick.
He'd be a great mentor. He is incredibly smart, played for Harvard, and he knows Gailey's system.
What I would do, assuming Mariota is gone, is pick a QB later (Petty, Grayson, Mannion), and have Fitzpatrick hold down the fort while grooming both Geno and the drafted QB. If Mariota's there, you still can use Fitzpatrick to groom him.
He's a great fit for a team trying to find a young franchise QB.
I just feel Fitz is a JAG (just another guy) QB.
I do like the fact his best performance was under Gailey but I still think we should wait for his release.
But lets keep in mind there is a reason he has been on 5 teams and now looks like he will be released by his current team.
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Have you seen those QB's this year? It's a bad QB class. And we have given away our 5th and 6th already possibly to be followed by another 7th.
I have seen them, yes. But what are the Jets supposed to do? Sometimes, good QBs emerge from bad QB classes.
To me, it makes all the sense in the world to bring in Fitzpatrick to keep the seat warm and groom Geno and a drafted QB, seeing which younger QB develops the best, and then handing over the reins. If neither is worthy, then you pick a QB next year.
He is a JAG..but a serviceable one....with the evolving defense..at this point..I just want a guy thats not going to sabatoge us w turnovers
+1
We need another QB and his completion percentage is higher than any QB we've had for a while. He's smart and capable and he will have a ton of weapons. I agree its not a name that inspires awe or even excitement but its a smart move, and a cheap one.
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ucrenegade
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he may not be the future but he is the perfect stop-gap. yeah it's to bad geno can't have games close to that every week.
when you compare him to fitz take the whole body work into account not just a game because fitz had a game where he threw for 400 yds and had like 6 td's.
57.5 5571 25 3.1 34 4.2 74 6.9 5.6 12.0 185.7 71.5
60.2 19273 123 4.2 101 3.5 98 6.6 5.9 11.0 198.7 79.5
what numbers would you rather have bolded are comp %, td's, and rtg.
I read somewhere the pick might not be until next year...
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ucrenegade
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even better
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That's where I'm going. Pick one next year if there are viable ones out there. It seems that the college game is ill-preparing many QB's for the NFL with these spread offenses.
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Probably a conditional pick. That's better.
Picking one this year, if there is a guy available they think can develop, does not preclude them from taking another next year if no true franchise QB emerges.
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flgreen
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Very off topic, but is my computer miss-configured? The forum seems to be on a diet. Only half as wide as it used to be. No like
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Ryan Fitzpatrick Traded to Jets
Ryan Fitzpatrick has been traded to the jets for a late round conditional pick according to shefter
Ryan Fitzpatrick has been traded to the jets for a late round conditional pick according to shefter
Top right, there should be a button that collapses the sidebar.
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ucrenegade
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great great deal
That's because the site has added a running Jets twitter feed to the right of the forum window.
Speaking of that, in that twitter feed, Adam Schefter is confirming that the Fitzpatrick deal is done, for a late pick.