26CornerBlitz Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Fitz is a good guy but not a starting QB. Time to accept a backup role in a place where his kids can have a stable home in a place that's familiar to them. Fitz for backup QB in 2016! With the Bills? Not gonna happen.
C.Biscuit97 Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Fitz is a good guy but not a starting QB. Time to accept a backup role in a place where his kids can have a stable home in a place that's familiar to them. Fitz for backup QB in 2016! Haha. 5 td passes from the league lead and he's not starting caliber? Ha. With the Bills? Not gonna happen. Because he might beat out Taylor for the job.
26CornerBlitz Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Haha. 5 td passes from the league lead and he's not starting caliber? Ha. Because he might beat out Taylor for the job. Not a chance! Because his contract demands are too high for a backup QB given the Bills' cap situation.
4BillsintheBurgh Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Fitz is a starting caliber qb who cannot be relied upon to win a game in crunch time. There is value to that, but not top end value because you need to pay other players to win the game for you. At this point in his career I can't believe he and the Jets are not able to find common ground for a contract.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 I don't think he will go to the Browns. McCown is their caretaker and under contract. The Rams have a ton of cap space and really need a starting QB. The beard goes Hollywood! When is Foles $6M roster bonus due for the Rams?
iinii Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 I think he see QBs getting $15-$20M a year and he wants in I think he is delusional.
KD in CA Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 That's fair. Fitz accounted for 33 tds and Taylor had 24. One guy most people love. The other guy people are crapping on. Bitter exes. Or just people who remember how Fitz played in Buffalo.
H2o Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 You can hear the the groans of Jimmy Spags as he comes to the realization that Geno is his starting QB again. Lol
boyst Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 All this whining and I am still among a group of a dozen that wanted Fitz here the last 3 yrs still. He could have done excellent as a backup in our games.
The Big Cat Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 All this whining and I am still among a group of a dozen that wanted Fitz here the last 3 yrs still. He could have done excellent as a backup in our games. Definitely would have been in the playoffs in 2014 and probably would have had a winning record in 2013 if we had Fitz and not Tuel/Lewis.
CommonCents Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Definitely would have been in the playoffs in 2014 and probably would have had a winning record in 2013 if we had Fitz and not Tuel/Lewis. He is not a backup QB though when you look at the Rams, Texans, Jets and Browns situations. Fitz is a serviceable veteran who benefited from a good marriage with Gailey. If he didn't hurt his thumb vs. Oakland he may have brought the Jets to the playoffs. Will he choke in a big game? Yes, he will totally lose all discipline and cost you when if matters most...but hey at least he can get you near where your trying to go. A handful of starting QB's can't say that.
FireChan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Definitely would have been in the playoffs in 2014 and probably would have had a winning record in 2013 if we had Fitz and not Tuel/Lewis. But then someone might have challenged EJ and we couldn't have that.
The Big Cat Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 He is not a backup QB though when you look at the Rams, Texans, Jets and Browns situations. Fitz is a serviceable veteran who benefited from a good marriage with Gailey. If he didn't hurt his thumb vs. Oakland he may have brought the Jets to the playoffs. Will he choke in a big game? Yes, he will totally lose all discipline and cost you when if matters most...but hey at least he can get you near where your trying to go. A handful of starting QB's can't say that. You don't need to sell Fitzy to ole Big Cat here. But then someone might have challenged EJ and we couldn't have that. Yeah, the last 12 games of 2014 prove your point.
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 That's impossible, there's a 20 + page thread titled we have the worst salary cap in the league. Likely the Jet's may have figured out Fitz can win some games, probably more than Geno could, but he's not a franchise QB so better to move on, go with a year of Geno stinking up the place get a high draft pick next year and maybe get a good QB. Though not very good odds and no idea if there will be a true franchise QB available when they pick, and even if there is, better than a 50/50 shot the guy flames out. I'd be happy with him here as a backup to TT. You can win games with him, just not in long stretches as once opposing teams see recent film of him, they can stop him. B) The Jets are in a bad salary cap position at the moment, arguably worse than ours.
FireChan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) You don't need to sell Fitzy to ole Big Cat here. Yeah, the last 12 games of 2014 prove your point. That was the HC's decision, not the GM's. Edited March 7, 2016 by FireChan
Paup 1995MVP Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Fitz is a starting caliber qb who cannot be relied upon to win a game in crunch time. There is value to that, but not top end value because you need to pay other players to win the game for you. At this point in his career I can't believe he and the Jets are not able to find common ground for a contract. Perfectly said. Fitz is a professional QB who can make things happen a lot of the time. BUT when it comes down to crunch time he just can't get it done more often than not. Perfect examples were the loss to the Giants in Met Life Stadium when we started out 5-1 in 2011. He underthrew Stevie J twice (once in the end zone) when he was open for just brutal interceptions. That game sent the team spiraling downhill. A loss in KC where we had numerous chances to win and he threw a flutter ball straight up in the air around midfield that was picked, and the Chiefs than kicked the winning FG in OT. And of course the 4th qtr meltdown against us in the last game. Bad way to end the year. He will get a job. But is he going to lead your team deep in the playoffs? No way.
The Big Cat Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 That was the HC's decision, not the GM's. Yes. And?
Maury Ballstein Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 Who would pay a qb to throw fitzpicksixes ? He bent the Bills over on a contract now wants to do it to all.
FireChan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Yes. And? The GM was the one clearing out EEeeeeeeeeeJ's competition. The same GM who wouldn't sign KO until his HC screamed at him. The same GM who didn't bench EJ for KO for 14 weeks. So I don't know how your "point" contradicts mine. Edited March 7, 2016 by FireChan
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