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For a perfect example of the SIGNIFICANCE of having your quarterback be your LEADER and why the term "rebuilding" is a sellout for flat out having a crap team, you need to look no farther then in our very own division and the New York Jets.
The Jets were 4-12 last year, a worse record than the Bills.. The Jets have a first-year head coach, who also happens to be a rookie at the position. The Jets lost three of their best players from last season, two Pro Bowlers on defense in John Abraham and Ty Law, and a future Hall of Fame running back in Curtis Martin. One could easily argue that the only star remaining from last year, especially on defense, is Vilma.
The Jets are also starting not one but TWO ROOKIES on the offensive line. And they have a quarterback who physically can't even compare to JP Losman. His arm isnt nearly as strong. His mobility isn't in the same league.
Yet a funny thing, the Jets are suddenly at worst-respectable. They're 4-3 and very much in the thick of the playoff hunt. They are beating ALL the teams they are "supposed to beat" (and when your 4-12 you dont get many of those games). The Jets lost a game they SHOULD have won against Indy and then got blown out by the Jags, 41-0 but rather than go in the tank like we have, responded with back to back to victories.
The biggest reason? Because they have someone at quarterback who's a leader and who the team beleives in. Pennington's stats arent' great, but he's opportunistic and he doesnt turn the ball over at the WORST times. Everybody on that roster believes in him and he's a leader.. He doesn't sit and sulk after a bad pass or drive. He doesnt use movies as examples of how he can hold on to the ball better, he doesnt recite YOda quotes. If you consider Evans and Coles a wash, he has LESS to work with in terms of receivers and backs than Losman does.. and again, the Jets OL MAY be great in years to come, but he has TWO ROOKIES starting already.
The difference between Pennington and Losman are LIGHT years.. Pennington knows how to run an offense and has a clue of what being the leader of a team is all about. Losman is simply clueless, and frankly, he has a loser "woe is me" mentality on Sundays, despite what he says to the press during the week.
Thats why the Jets have already equaled last year's win total through only seven games.. And that's why the Bills will be LUCKY to equal last year's win total through 16 games. Rebuilding is a bull**** word to make excuses.
It's all about the Quarterback.
The Jets were 4-12 last year, a worse record than the Bills.. The Jets have a first-year head coach, who also happens to be a rookie at the position. The Jets lost three of their best players from last season, two Pro Bowlers on defense in John Abraham and Ty Law, and a future Hall of Fame running back in Curtis Martin. One could easily argue that the only star remaining from last year, especially on defense, is Vilma.
The Jets are also starting not one but TWO ROOKIES on the offensive line. And they have a quarterback who physically can't even compare to JP Losman. His arm isnt nearly as strong. His mobility isn't in the same league.
Yet a funny thing, the Jets are suddenly at worst-respectable. They're 4-3 and very much in the thick of the playoff hunt. They are beating ALL the teams they are "supposed to beat" (and when your 4-12 you dont get many of those games). The Jets lost a game they SHOULD have won against Indy and then got blown out by the Jags, 41-0 but rather than go in the tank like we have, responded with back to back to victories.
The biggest reason? Because they have someone at quarterback who's a leader and who the team beleives in. Pennington's stats arent' great, but he's opportunistic and he doesnt turn the ball over at the WORST times. Everybody on that roster believes in him and he's a leader.. He doesn't sit and sulk after a bad pass or drive. He doesnt use movies as examples of how he can hold on to the ball better, he doesnt recite YOda quotes. If you consider Evans and Coles a wash, he has LESS to work with in terms of receivers and backs than Losman does.. and again, the Jets OL MAY be great in years to come, but he has TWO ROOKIES starting already.
The difference between Pennington and Losman are LIGHT years.. Pennington knows how to run an offense and has a clue of what being the leader of a team is all about. Losman is simply clueless, and frankly, he has a loser "woe is me" mentality on Sundays, despite what he says to the press during the week.
Thats why the Jets have already equaled last year's win total through only seven games.. And that's why the Bills will be LUCKY to equal last year's win total through 16 games. Rebuilding is a bull**** word to make excuses.
It's all about the Quarterback.
That proves NOTHING about Losman 
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