If you could rewind time…Would you have picked Mac Jones? (Article)

[rayzor]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Passing on Slater still hurts. That was my dude.

I know, but man Horn is gonna be a stud. And corner was almost as big a need. Either way we probably would have had regrets (not that horn is doing us any good, atm).

[panthers55]

No I wouldn't have picked Mac over Horn but I would have picked him over the other rookies if I were picking a QB and I told everyone that at the time. People laughing then aren't laughing so hard now. I told yall he was the most pro ready and would be fine in a good system. 

Edited November 4, 2021 by panthers55

[TheRumGone]

6 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Because outliers are the norm?

Brady also had a much better arm in his prime then Mac. Mac has old Brady arm. 

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, rayzor said:

I know, but man Horn is gonna be a stud. And corner was almost as big a need. Either way we probably would have had regrets (not that horn is doing us any good, atm).

Yeah, I like Horn but having a franchise LT would be really amazing. Agree that CB was a big need but if anything, we proved this season that getting elite CB prospects and elite players was much easier than expected. Obviously we didn't know that at the time but it does genuinely hurt the argument for CB over LT. It's a weird downside of that great success the FO had.

Had Slater not looked so great, I wouldn't have buyer's remorse. But, who knows, maybe in 3 seasons Horn is an elite CB and Slater is Matt Kalil.

 

[GoobyPls]

Mac is better than Darnold but he’s a product of a good scheme that fits him perfectly.

 

I want a QB who can make salad out of chicken sh*t, Mac ain’t that guy.

[JawnyBlaze]

Hell no. 

[kungfoodude]

35 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Mac is better than Darnold but he’s a product of a good scheme that fits him perfectly.

 

I want a QB who can make salad out of chicken sh*t, Mac ain’t that guy.

Yeah but it would also be nice not to constantly give your QB poo to make salad out of.

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, BurnNChinn said:

Zach who?

Wilson. Another Jets QB. What’s the worst that can happen??

[panthers55]

4 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Wilson. Another Jets QB. What’s the worst that can happen??

Whats the worse that could happen to Wilson? He gets replaced by an unknown  backup who throws for 400 yards with the same crap Wilson has struggled with.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

Whats the worse that could happen to Wilson? He gets replaced by an unknown  backup who throws for 400 yards with the same crap Wilson has struggled with.

Well, I mean we already know our backup sooo.....

[panthers55]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

Well, I mean we already know our backup sooo.....

So what if a year in the system and tailoring a game plan to maximize his strengths might make him better than he has shown up to now? As a backup you get little practice with the ones and the game plan was formulated based on Darnolds strengths not PJ. This week he will get all the reps and the gameplan will be focused on him. Now if he still sucks then you might have a point.

[mc52beast]

How can you make an informed decision about someone who has only played eight games? He’s done ok, not great and not horrible. This team isn’t ready to bring in a rookie and help him succeed, which is why we have had to watch Teddy and Sam in Rhule’s first two years…

Fix the o-line in 22 then get your qb in 23

[AviationMX]

to be honest, I didn't read the entire thread, its like the huddle has PTSD and we are just running over the same old ground here. The staff picked defense to fix first and thought the could scheme an offense that wouldn't expose the O line or Sam.

As I wrote before, Horn will be something else but we brought in more secondary help and so maybe they should have drafted a QB. But Horn will be here for a couple of seasons and our defense was terrible last year. You got to like the of Gilmore move to add some veteran moxie. 

so here's my take on the game, if our defense gets three turnovers from the rookie QB. its a win for the coaching staff. Defense will lose games like last year and that is hard to watch too. If we fly around and take BB out of his game, it could be something to see. As opposed we had a rookie QB and they stuffed him.

it sucks the we dont have a decent offense but the rookies we did get are playing hard and we just have to wait for the rest of pieces to be put in place. Imagine an all offense draft next year and have a balanced team that keeps MF pounding for a couple of years.

 

[ForJimmy]

19 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

So what if a year in the system and tailoring a game plan to maximize his strengths might make him better than he has shown up to now? As a backup you get little practice with the ones and the game plan was formulated based on Darnolds strengths not PJ. This week he will get all the reps and the gameplan will be focused on him. Now if he still sucks then you might have a point.

Spoiler Alert!

 

…he will still suck.