Todd Bowles: Geno Smith can be a 'good starter'

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All is quiet on the Ryan Fitzpatrick front. What's new?



The Jets' on-again-off-again quarterback from 2015 is still a free agent, having not yet re-signed with the team on which he had his most productive season ever. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported last week that talks had ground to a halt, and they weren't going to pick up any time soon.

The silence from both sides on the matter as training camp approaches is making Jets fans anxious about the team's future. Who blinks first? Is Geno actually the answer? Is the pursuit of happiness a fruitless endeavor?


Jets coach Todd Bowles isn't concerned in the slightest. The soft-spoken second-year skipper is looking forward to another season at the helm in East Rutherford, with or without the bearded Harvard man under center.

"I think Geno can be a good starter, but he's got to prove it in training camp like everybody else," Bowles told the New York Daily News. "It's not just about the quarterback position. You got to have a team around that position to play ball, but he's been in the system a year. He has a better grasp of it going into training camp and we'll see what he does."

Smith is entering his fourth year in the league -- his third without a broken jaw -- but has yet to silence his many detractors. The former West Virginia quarterback is turnover-prone, has accuracy and leadership issues and makes questionable decisions that make MetLife maniacs cringe. Still, Smith has "had the tools" since he was drafted in 2012 and always gets talked up prior to training camp; before he got popped in the face by IK Enemkpali last season, Smith was the favorite to win the starting role over Fitzpatrick.






There is increased urgency at Jetscamp to make the right move at the quarterback position. The team was three fourth-quarter Fitz picks from barnstorming the postseason in 2015, the closest the Jets have come to January football in five years. New York will return one of the most feared defensive lines in the league, complete with a newly-inkedMuhammad Wilkerson, and the top receiving duo in Brandon Marshall andEric Decker. Gang Green also replaced Chris Ivory with Matt Forte, an older, but more versatile back that will help either quarterback in the short game.

In other words...

"It's a win-now every year," Bowles added. "You don't have a rebuilding year. You just reload. It's a win-now every year whether they're old or young. You don't get many chances to go back (to the playoffs). Barry Sanders played a long time before he ever had a chance to get to the playoffs. So you try to win every year. Just reload and get the pieces and try to get better than the year before."

The pressure's on in New York, even if Bowles isn't feeling it ("I don't feel any pressure. I do what I always do. I coach football"). Whether Fitzpatrick signs back in the training camp or the Jets feel comfortable enough in their collective soul to take another ride on the Genocoaster, it'll be interesting to see who throws the first punch. Can't wait.
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I'm mostly for players getting payed but, there is part of me that thinks this is smart by the jets. I know all to well what teams look like without a solid qb. Bit, depending on what Fitz is trully asking for there is no point in paying medicore qb's big time checks so you can try in scratch in crawl your way into the wildcard. Becasue that's Fitz cieling based on what we have seen throughout his career. Geno before he his jaw was broken was chosen as the starter and some good games down the stretch when he last played. Now he has Marshall, and Decker with a solid defense behind him. Who know how geno might play this year.

Only thing to change this if the jets are just disrepecting him with an offer, or two feel they will have a championship type defense this year.
If they feel the defense is really going to be that good you pay that man and make a run at the division, which with brady out for four games is your brst opportunity in like ten years
 
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ghostoftheiceman said:
:blessed: Jets fukked
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I don't know what this is supposed to mean? Are you saying the Jets are better off with Fitz? Nah. You're not saying that. You're smarter than that. You want daps and reps, right? Negative. :umad:

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I'm mostly for players getting payed but, there is part of me that thinks this is smart by the jets. I know all to well what teams look like without a solid qb. Bit, depending on what Fitz is trully asking for there is no point in paying medicore qb's big time checks so you can try in scratch in crawl your way into the wildcard. Becasue that's Fitz cieling based on what we have seen throughout his career. Geno before he his jaw was broken was chosen as the starter and some good games down the stretch when he last played. Now he has Marshall, and Decker with a solid defense behind him. Who know how geno might play this year.

Only thing to change this if the jets are just disrepecting him with an offer, or two feel they will have a championship type defense this year.
If they feel the defense is really going to be that good you pay that man and make a run at the division, which with brady out for four games is your brst opportunity in like ten years
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I'm all about players trying to get their bread, but you're worth what the market says you're worth. Besides, Fitz showed what he was at the end of that year in the Buffalo game. Not one. Not two. Three back to back picks. He will never ever be more than a journeyman - backup type. The only reason he put up any types of stats was because of Gailey's system and Marshall/Decker. Geno played with no one and got to 8-8. Lets see what he does with real NFL caliber players. His upside >>> Fitz's
 
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