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It is halftime guys. What are your guys opinion so far of Fitzpatricks performance in relation to starting after the bye? 

 

Cons: He's inconsistent and during those times inaccurate. He also misses wide open receivers by not seeing them. Fitz completion percentage can somewhat mask the inconsistency if you're looking solely at stats (58%). When Fitz has to go down field he still looks very suspect.

Pros: When Fitz is on he can move an offense. I've seen Fitz 2 weeks in a row set up the Jets for a TD score to end the half which is big either to further solidify a lead or to close the gap. 

 

I think Fitz has to really pick it up in the 2nd half and win the game in order to solidify the starting position. However, if he still looks inconsistent (against a bad Dolphins team) yet the Jets still pull out a win I believe that the conversation could still be had on whether to pull him or not. Fitz needs to be more consistent with this throws in the intermediate to deep levels if we expect to beat good football teams. 

He's a pretty bad QB, and pointing at the names of other bad QBs doesn't mean he isn't bad himself. He locks in on his primary target like other bad Jets QBs but he has one of the NFL's better receiving corps to let him get away with it more. And a lot of the hesitancy and locking in on his primary read is probably because he knows it. He can't make a quick decision to go elsewhere downfield because he needs a long windup. So he doesn't bother looking.

The only thing Fitzpatrick hasn't done badly yet is turn it over in the form of a pick or fumble. But even turnovers - bad as they are - don't result in an automatic point differential in favor of the opponent (we might not have scored on a drive anyway, and the other team may not score after getting a turnvoer). Regardless, he's cost us easy points and it doesn't matter if it's failing to make an easy throw or tossing a pick-6.

The rest of this team is firing on all cylinders. If the rest of the team is meh anyway with lots of culprits, like the past few seasons, then who cares? But this is different. This team is a winner with a decent QB. Last week Miami started out with a 27 point deficit before they scored. Should have been similar this week for them. Instead, our QB kept them in the game, and after Miami the snot beat out of them, 2 PI calls and 1 completed pass later they're within 6.

Just because it wasn't showing up on the stat sheet doesn't mean Fitzpatrick wasn't having a terrible game. Because he was having a terrible game and people are overlooking it as though this was efficient but unspectacular game-managing. What's the difference if it's a QB throwing a pick that cost us an insurmountable, permanent lead or a QB failing to throw easy TDs that would have been easy points?

Points are points, and he's responsible for a sh*tload of them being off the Jets' scoreboard.

 

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...and misses Devin Smith running wide open again...but some scrubs blame everything on teh rookie that all he does is run open as his QB misses him.  Must feel like he took a step back from the Ohio State QBs...who look terrible this year but all 3 threw to Smith better than Fitz has this year...

Yeah. There have been issues throwing to him. Smith missed a ton of time. They're behind the 8 ball. That said, not every pass is going to be a completion. That just doesn't happen. 

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He's a pretty bad QB, and pointing at the names of other bad QBs doesn't mean he isn't bad himself. He locks in on his primary target like other bad Jets QBs but he has one of the NFL's better receiving corps to let him get away with it more. And a lot of the hesitancy and locking in on his primary read is probably because he knows it. He can't make a quick decision to go elsewhere downfield because he needs a long windup. So he doesn't bother looking.

The only thing Fitzpatrick hasn't done badly yet is turn it over in the form of a pick or fumble. But even turnovers - bad as they are - don't result in an automatic point differential in favor of the opponent (we might not have scored on a drive anyway, and the other team may not score after getting a turnvoer). Regardless, he's cost us easy points and it doesn't matter if it's failing to make an easy throw or tossing a pick-6.

The rest of this team is firing on all cylinders. If the rest of the team is meh anyway with lots of culprits, like the past few seasons, then who cares? But this is different. This team is a winner with a decent QB. Last week Miami started out with a 27 point deficit before they scored. Should have been similar this week for them. Instead, our QB kept them in the game, and after Miami the snot beat out of them, 2 PI calls and 1 completed pass later they're within 6.

Just because it wasn't showing up on the stat sheet doesn't mean Fitzpatrick wasn't having a terrible game. Because he was having a terrible game and people are overlooking it as though this was efficient but unspectacular game-managing. What's the difference if it's a QB throwing a pick that cost us an insurmountable, permanent lead or a QB failing to throw easy TDs that would have been easy points?

Points are points, and he's responsible for a sh*tload of them being off the Jets' scoreboard.

 

Absolutely agree. 

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