Besides playing revolving qb all of last season, it seems to me jp's lost some of the confidence and leadership qualities he had coming out of tulane. If you recall, coming out of college, he had a lot of confidence, which was described at times as arrogant and brash. He had this attitude that he was the best qb around and even at the combine, he was pissed off because he was overlooked by people as not being good enough to hang with the "big" three. He thought he was better than big ben,manning and rivers. He had this attitude that rubbed people in the wrong way. When he came to the bills, it was said he may have rubbed the veterans and some other peeps in the wrong way with his "arrogance". It seems he was asked to change, tone it down, become more humble and not open his mouth. Remember when I said the coaching staff was trying to make him become the type of qb he would have a hard try becoming? Well it started in his first year. He was asked to change his personality. Don't be cocky or open your mouth at all because you're only a rookie. In the long run, this seems to have been a mistake. Everyone keeps pointing out he lowers his head in defeat and doesn't act like a leader at all on the field and the sidelines. Well I'll tell you what- Coming out of tulane he was the total opposite. He had a "swagger". He opened his mouth. He was a feiry competitor and a tough leader. He had a terrible O-line he had to deal with. No different from here. And apparently in the no huddle spread offense used at tulane, the qb had to be very smart and figure out all the pre-snap adjustments(blitz, etc) to be successful. It wasn't an easy offense to play. Patrick Ramsey had trouble with throwing ints in that offense. I believe it was jp who held the school record for lowest int total by a qb. The fact is jp was an intelligent qb at tulane. I don't want to hear how division 2 competition is not the same to division 1 or none of that squat because chad pennington, randy moss and other players translated well in the nfl from division 2. I think it's all mental aspects that determines whether a player from division 2, division 1 or any other college can translate their success into the pros.
Right now jp is struggling with mostly becoming a pocket qb, something he was not familair with much at tulane. Alex Smith of the 49ers was in a similar offense at utah. He was also a shotgun qb, but has done well adapting under center this year. You saw him struggle last season as a rookie throwing 1 td and 15 ints. Right now as it stands, jp is at a loss with no answers. I think he needs to bring back the old jp out of the closet. Become the leader he was at tulane. Talk smack. If it means he'll play better, he should do whatever it takes. ****, bring jimbo in to show him how to get in players faces. Afterall, number 12 had the same attitude coming out of UM.
I would love to see jp succeed and be here next year as the starter, but the fans can only take so much inconsistency. While there is a big learning curve for him becoming a good pocket qb, he needs to cut down on his own mistakes. It's obviously a tough transition for him. Since it seems the coaching staff is going to make him become a pocket qb(instead of using him the proper way), the best thing he can do take these next two weeks to regain that confidence he left at the door his rookie year. He needs to bring back college jp and just let it all fly out. Maybe, just maybe, he can at least be a decent qb in this offense and a guy who plays and acts like a leader who has attitude. Worst case scenario, as a few people mentioned here, this team is going to have to pull a san diego and draft a backup plan in case jp can't pull it together by season's end.
Right now jp is struggling with mostly becoming a pocket qb, something he was not familair with much at tulane. Alex Smith of the 49ers was in a similar offense at utah. He was also a shotgun qb, but has done well adapting under center this year. You saw him struggle last season as a rookie throwing 1 td and 15 ints. Right now as it stands, jp is at a loss with no answers. I think he needs to bring back the old jp out of the closet. Become the leader he was at tulane. Talk smack. If it means he'll play better, he should do whatever it takes. ****, bring jimbo in to show him how to get in players faces. Afterall, number 12 had the same attitude coming out of UM.
I would love to see jp succeed and be here next year as the starter, but the fans can only take so much inconsistency. While there is a big learning curve for him becoming a good pocket qb, he needs to cut down on his own mistakes. It's obviously a tough transition for him. Since it seems the coaching staff is going to make him become a pocket qb(instead of using him the proper way), the best thing he can do take these next two weeks to regain that confidence he left at the door his rookie year. He needs to bring back college jp and just let it all fly out. Maybe, just maybe, he can at least be a decent qb in this offense and a guy who plays and acts like a leader who has attitude. Worst case scenario, as a few people mentioned here, this team is going to have to pull a san diego and draft a backup plan in case jp can't pull it together by season's end.
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