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Lol... too funny. I think Gailey is right on the money here. Fitz HAS earned the praise, and it will (hopefully) continue to give him the confidence he needs to perform every week. Also, the Bills need to start thinking of other options besides Luck anyway. The D needs to be addressed quite a bit this off season. No better place to start than at #4 overall and a stud DE/DT.

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Lets keep in mind the chances of The Bills getting the #1 Pick in the 2011 Draft are already pretty slim...

 

But...

 

IF The Bills got the #1 Overall Pick and IF Andrew Luck comes out The Bills will Pick Luck and that's all there is to that...The way Fitz is playing leaves the rest of the QB's up for debate...But there is no way in hades The Bills pass on Luck...Zero chance... B-)

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Fitzpatrick being the starting QB for 2011 doesn't preclude the Bills drafting a QB. It happens pretty often that a rookie QB rides the pine for a season or two. See Aaron Rodgers and Phillip Rivers.

"Your 2011 Starting QB per Gailey"

 

Which would make it not be Mallett, Luck, Locker, or whoever if Fitz is the starter. :thumbsup:

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"As of today..." and like others said, even if we do draft Luck or Mallet or someone else, Fitz would very likely start the season at QB. It's hard to imagine him not starting. Besides, it was an answer to a question posed by reporters, what else could you possible want him to say? "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it?" "Most likely any rookie we draft?" "What has Fitz shown to think he deserves to start next year?" Even if Gailey said something along the lines of "The best player will start next season" reporters and probably you would read something into it and post that Gailey has no confidence in Fitz being a starter when that is clearly not true.

 

Gailey loves Fitz, and says it all the time. In different ways. In ways that don't show up on the stat sheet. Like completely changing blocking assignments at the LOS on running plays (which he did against Detroit which resulted in one of Freddie Jackson's long runs).

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Fitzpatrick being the starting QB for 2011 doesn't preclude the Bills drafting a QB. It happens pretty often that a rookie QB rides the pine for a season or two. See Aaron Rodgers and Phillip Rivers.

Sage, as usual, is correct.

 

I was on the Fitzwagon from the first weekend of training camp, but there are two things to remember...

 

There are 6 games (tough div games also) left and anything can happen. Two crappy games by Fitz and I see a lot of Chris Henry's falling off the Fitzwagon.

 

Gailey proudly claimed Trent the starter prior to last season's opening, despite seeing all that everyone else saw, and more.

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Fitzpatrick being the starting QB for 2011 doesn't preclude the Bills drafting a QB. It happens pretty often that a rookie QB rides the pine for a season or two. See Aaron Rodgers and Phillip Rivers.

 

Agreed with Sage.

 

Actually, to take it a step farther, Id say that with Fitz playing so well and looking like he could be our start next year, is MORE reason to draft a QB this year.

 

Let the kid sit for 2011 and learn the offense. Young QBs generally do much better in their careers when given a chance to come up to speed with the game and offense, without being thrown into the fire.

 

"Fitz will start in 2011" =/= "We wont have a rookie QB behind him"

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Gailey didn't say Fitz was the QB for 2011. He said "at this time" he assumes he would be and it's stupid to discuss 2011 when he has the Steelers to deal with on Sunday. This is just the press looking to stir crap. Besides, what else is Gailey supposed to say? Fitz has been great but we're benching him in 2011 for a rookie?

 

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"As of today..." and like others said, even if we do draft Luck or Mallet or someone else, Fitz would very likely start the season at QB. It's hard to imagine him not starting. Besides, it was an answer to a question posed by reporters, what else could you possible want him to say? "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it?" "Most likely any rookie we draft?" "What has Fitz shown to think he deserves to start next year?" Even if Gailey said something along the lines of "The best player will start next season" reporters and probably you would read something into it and post that Gailey has no confidence in Fitz being a starter when that is clearly not true.

 

Gailey loves Fitz, and says it all the time. In different ways. In ways that don't show up on the stat sheet. Like completely changing blocking assignments at the LOS on running plays (which he did against Detroit which resulted in one of Freddie Jackson's long runs).

 

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http://bleacherreport.com/tb/b7cnT

 

Sorry to all hoping for Mallett, Luck, Locker, or whoever. Fitz is Gailey's guy.

If it is in stone like most everything else he has said (Lynch isn't on the trade block, etc.), than it will change. If not, be ready for another year next year of below average rebuilding. But like I said, it is more for Fitz confidence, Gailey has gone back on almost everything that he has said so far since taking over.

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Hey, we spent the 9th overall pick to be a 3rd string RB. Why wouldn't we use an earlier pick on a 2nd string QB?

Seriously, even as good as Fitz played LAST yr, it's unlikely that you'd get ANY rookie QB to play that well overall.

Why waste a high draft pick on someone that can't help now? Cuz we DO need help now!

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Confirming Fitzbeard as the probable starter next season does not preclude the Bills from taking a QB high in the draft. If anything it opens the door for the Bills to make a clear headed choice about the pick. If Fitzbeard was not playing well the Bills would almost have to pick a QB. I like the idea that the Bills have the option to look across all areas of need in addition to the concept of best player available when making their selections. Personally I hope they emphasize a pass rusher and then some help at LB. Right now I see these two positions as weighing more heavily on the franchise.

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Coach Gailey has his quarterback. It was pretty cool the way he chose Fitz's birthday to let Ralph and some of the public begin wrapping their brains around that fact.

 

First, Ralph runs the show at OBD, and Chan Gailey along with Buddy Nix will do as the owner says. End of story.

 

There's a marketing angle every fan needs understand and the franchise needs a drawing card in 2011. The only way I see Fitzpatrick remaining the starter is if he wins over more fans and the team believes they can market him to sell season tickets. Outside of that, ST sales fell 11k in 2010 and no matter how many TD passes Fitz throws, they'll have a tough time selling more than 40k after a season with 4 or fewer wins.

 

Fitz is a great guy, but he's not the star or high rookie pick who can they can bank on. To that end, I see RW ordering Nix to take a QB whether he or Gailey want to.

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