Why is Yates still here ??

[SpikedLemonade]

Being a loser and a guy that can't play well doesn't make TJ a good mentor. Charles Manson could of been a good mentor but he was a truly terrible person, so you know how that turned out.

[ICRockets]

Charles Manson could of been a good mentor but he was a truly terrible person, so you know how that turned out.

And Amelia Earhart could have been a wonderful gardener if it weren't for that nasty pollen allergy. What the **** is this supposed to mean?

[Ginger Vitis]

Being a loser

First I will say that TJ Yates does not have a huge sample size as a starter in the NFL but having said that... TJ Yates has won more games than lost as a starter so your statement that he is a loser is statistically wrong

[BertSquirtgum]

Oh go **** yourself. Kaep has done absolutely jack **** wrong.

Well, he has sucked at playing football. That's something wrong.

[ICRockets]

Well, he has sucked at playing football. That's something wrong.

You have an incredibly ****ed up moral code if you believe that qualifies.

[Joe Fo Sho]

Totally different type of experience.

Yates understands the Offense and all of its moving parts, and the mechanics of the plays, in real time. With the coaches, it's just theoretical. They understand the plays as they are drawn up, and they know how they are supposed to work, but they don't experience the reaction time or lack thereof on a given play, or the specific throwing mechanics needed in a given situation.

I don't know what your hard-on is for Yates, but he's being paid peanuts and the pickings are slim out there for experienced QBs. He's a temp. Relax for God's sake.

If Yates has an understanding of our offense, he sure didn't show it last week.

I don't have a hard on for Yates, the people who get upset about suggesting we release a guy who is currently 3rd on our depth seem to. I don't care about Yates. Keep him...cut him...it doesn't matter is what I'm trying to say. He's not the key to the development of our young quarterbacks.

[Joe Fo Sho]

I'm well aware of what you said. For some reason, you seem to think I said that TJ Yates is our ONLY resource for mentoring a young QB.

Because that's how you answered my question when I asked about needing TJ Yates to develop our young quarterbacks.

[Bill Cody]

If Yates has an understanding of our offense, he sure didn't show it last week.

I don't have a hard on for Yates, the people who get upset about suggesting we release a guy who is currently 3rd on our depth seem to. I don't care about Yates. Keep him...cut him...it doesn't matter is what I'm trying to say. He's not the key to the development of our young quarterbacks.

I pretty much agree with all of this.

The whole "mentoring" thing by other QB's is a fiction. In NE backups learn from Tom Brady by watching him play, watching him prepare, and because he's really good at his job, not because Brady is giving them tips on the side. Brady is the kind of hyper competitive guy that hopes Jimmy G never gets anywhere close to his level and he's sure not whispering sweet nothings to him on the sidelines. I'm not sure Yates is even giving Peterman much of a bar to try to rise above, Yates is a borderline NFL player.

The fact is Yates has his hands full trying to make and stay on the roster, the only thing he wants to tell Peterman is how many sugars to add to his coffee, not how to help him lose his own paycheck. I think the decision will be more about Peterman's development than anything Yates does. If the staff thinks Peterman is ready to play real games if needed at a satisfactory level they'll cut Yates. If they don't they'll keep Yates. Yates is a known commodity. And if you did cut him you could bring him back in an emergency off the street because he'll be unemployed and he'll be about as mediocre as he always was.

[WagonCircler]

I don't care about Yates. Keep him...cut him...it doesn't matter is what I'm trying to say..

Your little hissy fit would indicate otherwise.

[ICRockets]

Because that's how you answered my question when I asked about needing TJ Yates to develop our young quarterbacks.

No it isn't. Learn how to read and try again.

[ICRockets]

Just because there are other people in the organization whose job it is to help Peterman doesn't mean you deliberately tune out additional voices of experience if they're available.

Where does any of this suggest that I believe ONLY TJ Yates can develop Peterman?

Do you understand why I think you're a moronic waste of bandwidth now?

[Joe Fo Sho]

Where does any of this suggest that I believe ONLY TJ Yates can develop Peterman?

Well you certainly got your fedora in a bunch when I said this:

Are they (our coaches) that bad that we can't develop a young quarterback without TJ friggin' Yates on this team???

That's alright, I'm sure you have like a dozen other fedoras that you haven't ruined yet.

[Joe Fo Sho]

Your little hissy fit would indicate otherwise.

Sarcasm/over exaggeration is lost on people who take their internet lives too seriously.

[SpikedLemonade]

Sarcasm/over exaggeration is lost on people who take their internet lives too seriously.

OR they are...

[ICRockets]

Well you certainly got your fedora in a bunch when I said this:



That's alright, I'm sure you have like a dozen other fedoras that you haven't ruined yet.

So is this your attempt to avoid admitting you were blatantly, stupendously wrong? Not gonna work. Man up, show some integrity, and acknowledge your error.

[WagonCircler]

You have an incredibly ****ed up moral code if you believe that qualifies.

WHAT???????

In a conversation about why somebody can't get a job on a football team, you don't think that counts?????

My GOD you're an idiot.

[Joe Fo Sho]

So is this your attempt to avoid admitting you were blatantly, stupendously wrong? Not gonna work. Man up, show some integrity, and acknowledge your error.

I didn't say anything like that. Learn how to read and try again. Do you understand why I think you're a moronic waste of bandwidth now?

[JoeMama]

I've noticed anytime a thread gets co-opted to discuss Colin Kaepernick, it really brings out the best in people!

[WagonCircler]

I've noticed anytime a thread gets co-opted to discuss Colin Kaepernick, it really brings out the best in people!

And that's a huge part of why he is unemployed. You sign him, you alienate the majority (and it absolutely is a majority) of you fans, and for what? A crappy QB? Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

[kingJofNYC]

You know what's going to alienate the majority of fans, the ****ing product on the field. Nothing is going to send them away faster than the first month of the season.