Jimmy's "problem" is he's like the 18th-22nd best QB in the league. Makes some good throws, can feed talented players, run the offense well. Late career Alex Smith is a great comparison. But he's proven he's not a guy who can put the team on his shoulders and carry the team. He's not going to win you games like a Russ/Kyler/Mahomes/Allen/Lamar. The super bowl was the perfect example on how big of a difference an elite QB makes in the playoffs and tough games.
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Jimmy's "problem" is he's like the 18th-22nd best QB in the league. Makes some good throws, can feed talented players, run the offense well. Late career Alex Smith is a great comparison. But he's proven he's not a guy who can put the team on his shoulders and carry the team. He's not going to win you games like a Russ/Kyler/Mahomes/Allen/Lamar. The super bowl was the perfect example on how big of a difference an elite QB makes in the playoffs and tough games.
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the thing is that if you signed Buck, you’d lose AA and not have the Kinlaw pick (Niners really missed him taking on double teams in the middle yesterday) and potentially end up having to reach for a DT at the end of the first rather than trading up for Aiyuk, wouldn’t have the cap room to re-sign Ward last offseason AND you wouldn’t have the cap space to extend Warner and/or Williams this season.
it’s not a Buckner or AA scenario.
I'd probably put him in the 10-15 range, bottom part of the top half. But he's consistently there, which should also count for something. As a Brady fan so often he was just outside of people's top 5 on any given year it was stupid because he was that good for 17 out of 20 years (first two and then one due to injury) but always being written off as not a top 5 going into the season.
I don't think Jimmy is remotely in Brady's league, I just think he's in the boring category of guys that you really don't appreciate until you have a genuinely bad quarterback again. But I think if he can stay healthy he can enjoy another 8+ years in the league without being a flash in the pan like so many guys who put together 1-2 huge years and then get paid and crash.
Jags would probably do well to get out of Meyer so easily but I'd give that about a .004% chance of happening.
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Bobby Petrino once ghosted the Vick Falcons mid-season so it’s not impossible and Urban Meyer does have a history of pretending to get sick to get out of jobs he doesn’t want to do anymore and has apparently already lost the Jags locker room so who knows?
Oh yeah I remember Petrino's exit well. I wouldn't put it against either side in a vacuum I just don't think it's actually going to happen, today.
Not sure why USC fired their coach today as I bet they could have put out feelers to get Meyer in at a time that would look better for both - safe to say Jags aren't going anywhere, but even a 4-12 year and leaving is going to look better than bolting after 0-1 or 0-2 start?
You don't remember Justin Smith getting out of his stance and holding his man's jersey with his left hand and Aldon's man with his right hand, which allowed Aldon to get that step around the corner? Aldon doesn't get 19.5 that year with an average player next to him.
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