bigmouldsfan
09-19-2007, 08:53 AM
we all remember last year, how bad jp looked to start and then how he really came on in the houston game and thereafter. i, like most, thought/hoped that he'd taken his lumps and was starting the progression towards being an above average qb and one that could make the bills a dangerous team.
his horrible start to this season not only destroyed that momentum, it has called into question his ability to even be in the league. he has looked lost and indecisive. however, unlike most, i believe that jp and to a lesser extent the whole offense including fairchild was guilty of ready their own press clippings at the end of last year. from what i heard in training camp and preseason they held inflated opinions of themselves and just did not enter the season ready to compete or fundamentally sound enough to succeed. I am hopeful that given it's humiliating start, the offense and especially jp, will get serious about hard work preparation and diligence. that's why for me jp's comments after the game and even on monday were as dissapointing as his performance. this does not seem like a guy who's been humbled, it sounded like a guy who thinks he's gotten a raw deal. if that is his attitude he will never succeed, at least not here.
i know a lot of you, especially PM, feel that you have already seen enough from jp to know that he will never be sucessful and that he just lacks essential presence and feel for the game to be successful. it's hard to disagree based on anything in the past two games. regardless it is not the right time to feel the time is right to turn it over to edwards. with the difficulty of the schedule, there's just no point. there would be too much risk of just ruining him permanently. i think the only thing to do is accept this is a bad team (for those who have not already) and hope that it improves throughout the year. even though the offense has been a disappointment, the defense is still too weak for the bills to have gone anywhere.
his horrible start to this season not only destroyed that momentum, it has called into question his ability to even be in the league. he has looked lost and indecisive. however, unlike most, i believe that jp and to a lesser extent the whole offense including fairchild was guilty of ready their own press clippings at the end of last year. from what i heard in training camp and preseason they held inflated opinions of themselves and just did not enter the season ready to compete or fundamentally sound enough to succeed. I am hopeful that given it's humiliating start, the offense and especially jp, will get serious about hard work preparation and diligence. that's why for me jp's comments after the game and even on monday were as dissapointing as his performance. this does not seem like a guy who's been humbled, it sounded like a guy who thinks he's gotten a raw deal. if that is his attitude he will never succeed, at least not here.
i know a lot of you, especially PM, feel that you have already seen enough from jp to know that he will never be sucessful and that he just lacks essential presence and feel for the game to be successful. it's hard to disagree based on anything in the past two games. regardless it is not the right time to feel the time is right to turn it over to edwards. with the difficulty of the schedule, there's just no point. there would be too much risk of just ruining him permanently. i think the only thing to do is accept this is a bad team (for those who have not already) and hope that it improves throughout the year. even though the offense has been a disappointment, the defense is still too weak for the bills to have gone anywhere.