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We've heard all the hype, we've heard all negativity.
We've seen the Vegas odds. +17 Yeeesh!
We all know the rankings, we know we're basement meanwhile the Patriots are somewhere in the proverbial penthouse that is the top of the rankings.
My question is...if JP performs horribly -again- against the Pats defense...do we let it slide? Do we surrender to the fact that, well, what did you expect, the Pats are good and we'll just wait til JP plays against a lesser contender? I say no.
Last time I checked...the whole point of football was to get to the Superbowl. And that means that you should be able to butt heads and play with the big dogs. Now I hardly think that Denver is a "big dog" but the Steelers and Patriots arguably are. In conclusion...if our current QB can't get the job done against the best...actually forget winning the game, just giving the team a chance to win, meaning making plays, not making stupid decisions and at least giving it a fighting shot...then how could you agrue that JP can be our QB of the future.
Thus far he hasn't been able to get it done against many opponents. Sure he did it against the Texans, but last time I checked, there are much better teams out there on the way to getting into the playoffs and it's going to take a lot more than beating Houston, Miami, and the Jets to cut it in this league. At 0-3...statistically...hell, even at 0-2...we don't have a shot to do anything above 5-11. We're not making the playoffs.
When is enough enough? A crushing loss at the Pats? When? Are we going to wait for JP to lose to a bad team for us to know that he's not the answer? I could care less if he can get the job done against a bad team, I want a QB that can get it done against the good teams. It's comfort in wins against lesser teams that allow the Bills organization to sell tickets, to sell merchandise, to keep making money. We're so starved as fans that we'll take barely winning against the likes of Houston, Miami, the Jets.
I believe if JP can't get the job done against the Pats...if he doesn't even show any glimmer of competance, make any sort of plays, and sort of attempt to carry this team and provide a spark on the offense, then I say enough is indeed enough. We've seen enough of the Bills losing against the Pats. I don't care that the Chargers got spanked by the Pats, I really don't. If you ask me, the Chargers QB is no better than JP. They have no "top 5" WR like we do...and Lynch is no LT but damn.
If JP can put up points, sustain drives, and just make the right decisions and come out of even a loss showing that he wasn't one of the problems, then he has another shot. But if he shows the same incompetance, inability to do anything to get the offense in gear, then I'd say, season is over, and let's at least have some reason to keep watchin the Bills by seeing how Trent Edwards fares. At this point, it's too late to keep making excuses for JP. This is decision time to see whether we have the QB of the future on our team, and the faster we decide that JP isn't it, the sooner we can move on, the faster we can really pinpoint the needs on this team for next season.
I don't know about anyone else, but everyone says how well we played at the end of the season. How much of that was special teams? How much of that was JP himself? How many of those wins were against relevant teams? I don't know about anyone else but the defense gave us tons of breaks in those games we even stayed in..and you see what happens when our defense gives us nothing, and you even see what happens when the defense does give us something, or our special teams. Might as well not even go for an INT unless you know you can make it to the endzone because that's the only way youre getting points. The offense sure can't.
I think we're seeing what happens when our offense doesn't have big defensive/special teams plays to hide behind. When it's up to soley our offense, it's over.
We've seen the Vegas odds. +17 Yeeesh!
We all know the rankings, we know we're basement meanwhile the Patriots are somewhere in the proverbial penthouse that is the top of the rankings.
My question is...if JP performs horribly -again- against the Pats defense...do we let it slide? Do we surrender to the fact that, well, what did you expect, the Pats are good and we'll just wait til JP plays against a lesser contender? I say no.
Last time I checked...the whole point of football was to get to the Superbowl. And that means that you should be able to butt heads and play with the big dogs. Now I hardly think that Denver is a "big dog" but the Steelers and Patriots arguably are. In conclusion...if our current QB can't get the job done against the best...actually forget winning the game, just giving the team a chance to win, meaning making plays, not making stupid decisions and at least giving it a fighting shot...then how could you agrue that JP can be our QB of the future.
Thus far he hasn't been able to get it done against many opponents. Sure he did it against the Texans, but last time I checked, there are much better teams out there on the way to getting into the playoffs and it's going to take a lot more than beating Houston, Miami, and the Jets to cut it in this league. At 0-3...statistically...hell, even at 0-2...we don't have a shot to do anything above 5-11. We're not making the playoffs.
When is enough enough? A crushing loss at the Pats? When? Are we going to wait for JP to lose to a bad team for us to know that he's not the answer? I could care less if he can get the job done against a bad team, I want a QB that can get it done against the good teams. It's comfort in wins against lesser teams that allow the Bills organization to sell tickets, to sell merchandise, to keep making money. We're so starved as fans that we'll take barely winning against the likes of Houston, Miami, the Jets.
I believe if JP can't get the job done against the Pats...if he doesn't even show any glimmer of competance, make any sort of plays, and sort of attempt to carry this team and provide a spark on the offense, then I say enough is indeed enough. We've seen enough of the Bills losing against the Pats. I don't care that the Chargers got spanked by the Pats, I really don't. If you ask me, the Chargers QB is no better than JP. They have no "top 5" WR like we do...and Lynch is no LT but damn.
If JP can put up points, sustain drives, and just make the right decisions and come out of even a loss showing that he wasn't one of the problems, then he has another shot. But if he shows the same incompetance, inability to do anything to get the offense in gear, then I'd say, season is over, and let's at least have some reason to keep watchin the Bills by seeing how Trent Edwards fares. At this point, it's too late to keep making excuses for JP. This is decision time to see whether we have the QB of the future on our team, and the faster we decide that JP isn't it, the sooner we can move on, the faster we can really pinpoint the needs on this team for next season.
I don't know about anyone else, but everyone says how well we played at the end of the season. How much of that was special teams? How much of that was JP himself? How many of those wins were against relevant teams? I don't know about anyone else but the defense gave us tons of breaks in those games we even stayed in..and you see what happens when our defense gives us nothing, and you even see what happens when the defense does give us something, or our special teams. Might as well not even go for an INT unless you know you can make it to the endzone because that's the only way youre getting points. The offense sure can't.
I think we're seeing what happens when our offense doesn't have big defensive/special teams plays to hide behind. When it's up to soley our offense, it's over.
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