Forward_Lateral
11-22-2010, 01:17 PM
Forked from: Listening to WGR550 and Fan reaction (http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showpost.php?postid=3364339)
I'm all for giving credit where its due and Fitz is having a phenomenal year. But hearing people call into the Thurman Thomas Show trying to compare Fitz to QBs like Jim Kelly, and John Elway is bordering on ridiculous. I really like Fitz and what he is doing for this team, but we need to keep this in perspective and remember that this is still a 2-8 team at this point of the year. It was a fantastic game yesterday, no doubt about it, and being that there hasn't been much to cheer about with this team, I understand the excitement.
But, when we start comparing Fitz to hall of fame QBs because he beat a bad Cincy team, we need to start examining where our heads are at. This team still has a way to go before they turn that corner to being competitive and this game hopefully is a sign that they are heading in the right direction. I'm just trying to say be a bit cautious about what your seeing here. JMO.
I'd rather compare Fitz to the current NFL QBs:
Id say he's CURRENTLY better than:
Cambell, Cassel, Henne, Young/Collins, McCoy, Garrard, Hill/Stafford, Cutler, Smith (both), McNabb, all of Carolina and Arizona's rejects, Hasselbeck
I'd say he's not better than:
Brady, Sanchez, Rivers, Manning, Flacco, Palmer, Big Ben, Schaub, Ryan, Rodgers, Vick, Romo, Eli Manning, Brees
I'm missing a few QBs, but I think you get my point. He's not a top tier QB, but he's also better than about half of the league.
I'm all for giving credit where its due and Fitz is having a phenomenal year. But hearing people call into the Thurman Thomas Show trying to compare Fitz to QBs like Jim Kelly, and John Elway is bordering on ridiculous. I really like Fitz and what he is doing for this team, but we need to keep this in perspective and remember that this is still a 2-8 team at this point of the year. It was a fantastic game yesterday, no doubt about it, and being that there hasn't been much to cheer about with this team, I understand the excitement.
But, when we start comparing Fitz to hall of fame QBs because he beat a bad Cincy team, we need to start examining where our heads are at. This team still has a way to go before they turn that corner to being competitive and this game hopefully is a sign that they are heading in the right direction. I'm just trying to say be a bit cautious about what your seeing here. JMO.
I'd rather compare Fitz to the current NFL QBs:
Id say he's CURRENTLY better than:
Cambell, Cassel, Henne, Young/Collins, McCoy, Garrard, Hill/Stafford, Cutler, Smith (both), McNabb, all of Carolina and Arizona's rejects, Hasselbeck
I'd say he's not better than:
Brady, Sanchez, Rivers, Manning, Flacco, Palmer, Big Ben, Schaub, Ryan, Rodgers, Vick, Romo, Eli Manning, Brees
I'm missing a few QBs, but I think you get my point. He's not a top tier QB, but he's also better than about half of the league.