Do you really think this franchise can win a Superbowl this year or their future is with Ryan Fitzpatrick? If your answer is anything but "YES", then Ryan Mallet or possibly Tom Savage should be playing right now.
Ok so since we are not SB Contenders, lets ditch the season and start a career back up or a rookie? How many teams make QB changes at 3-2? I don't know, just curious...
Rick smith is trying to keep his job along with BOB. They're not gonna play mallet unless they have to
Once again, do you expect/want Fitzpatrick to be the QB here next year? If the answer is yes, then you have a crappy football team/no idea what the hell you're talking about. If the answer is no, why the hell are we bothering with him right now other than Bill O'Brien trying to look out for #1? Coach's job is to win now, GM's job is to win tomorrow. Fitz and Mallet were clearly BOB requests. RS has little to no skin in the game for either decision. Especially with how little the GM gave up to get them.
Do you really think this franchise can make the playoffs with Mallett or Savage? Fitz gives up the best chance to get to the playoffs. You gotta get there to have a chance. BoB will draft his guy in the next draft. That's my feeling.
I think it's clear that Fitzpatrick's play isn't conducive to consistent winning. I believe it was a good idea to bring him in and see what he could do. We've now seen what he can do, and more importantly, we've seen what he can't do. If his play isn't elevated in the Colts game this Thursday, you have to sit him. See what Mallett can do, and what he can't do. And if need be, do the same with Savage. Go into next year's draft with no questions about your need for a QB and where to take him. BO'Bs success as coach of this team is almost entirely dependent on how he goes about fixing the QB problem. Tinker and make your mistakes now so that you can learn and get things right later. It would be great to see Fitzpatrick's play stabilize and for him to lead this team to a memorable season. But it makes no sense to spend half the season waiting for that to happen.
Where is it written that we have to find our franchise QB this year and he must already be on our roster? IMO, we are setting the table for our franchise QB (which we will hopefully draft next year) and just going with our best option until then. I don't think there' anything wrong with this strategy, as long as we actually draft a QB next year.... Only reason Mallet was brought in is because he's a better backup than Keenum or Savage. I don't think it's any more complicated than that.
If you're not sold on Fitzpatrick (or completely UNsold on Mallet/Savage), then why bother with him? Never said that. I said I'd rather find out (or at least give either of them a chance to grow) than watch Fitzy piss away another year of my football watching life.
Don't you think they are doing that in practice? Mallett has never looked "worth a damn" before, and if he's not looking worth a damn in practice, why would you have to put him in a game to find out he's not worth a damn? The team has a legit shot at making the playoffs this year, they aren't going to toss that away just to give Mallett some game time reps.
I agree, BoB hasn't accomplished much but he has this turd team polished fairly well so far. He probably isn't the savior but I know one thing for certain... Ryan Mallett sure as hell isn't. Y'all Keenum lovers, Rosenfels lovers, etc... so annoying. With that said, I'd give Mallett 1-3 series a game now, regardless of how Fitz is doing.
This is all a moot point. Brady will be our starter next season grooming a young qb taken in the 2nd round.
The defense was stacked before BOB got here. In the two areas BOB is supposed to excel at, playcalling/offense and discipline/penalties, we've been bad and mediocre. I give BOB a C at best so far. Not surprising to see all the people who crowed so hard that Mallet would never be a Texan opposed to the idea of sending Fitzy to the glue factory. Fitzpatrick is a bottom 10 QB, and we're going nowhere with him. I'd rather not waste a year falling victim to the same false hope the Bills fans fell for year after year.
What makes you think that Mallett is a better QB than Fitz? Is it just baseless speculation like others that are rooting so hard for that move to be made or do you have insider information that says that Mallett is more than we've ever seen from him?
His argument is you cant win with Fitzpatrick so try something else. Personally, I'm not sure I've seen Fitzpatrick in an offense that could run the ball at an elite level. So I'm not sure. It'd be nice to have Mallett in there for a few snaps so we could stretch the field. I just don't see the harm in giving Mallett some snaps, not because I think Mallett is the answer, but because Fitzpatrick's ceiling is so low.
Well if all of us were the coaches, I'm sure we'd like to see some of him in games because we don't see him in practice, but the real coaches do see him in practice. They'd know if he looks magically better than he's ever looked before or not. Also, more to the point, we have won with Fitz, so the argument that we can't win with him falls flat. I see no reason to tank the season while we still have a fairly good shot at making the playoffs and tanking is exactly what we'd be doing if we went to Mallett just like it was tanking when we went to Keenum last year.
Do you think this franchise can win a Superbowl this year or in their future with Ryan Mallett or Tom Savage? If your answer is "NO" (and mine is), then who gives a flying ****? Does anybody really believe that Mallett or Savage is really the future? I get the curiosity about the unknown. That's partially what drove the Keenum love (and homerism). But let's be realistic, the odds of either of them being a franchise QB, let alone being simply average is extremely slim. The future franchise QB of this team is not on the roster.
I think Savage could be, but he's nowhere near ready yet so there's no point throwing him out there to fail.
Since there are really only two QBs next draft that are seen as franchise-potential, it will be interesting to see if either OAK or JAC decide to say "dang it, I will draft Marriota anyway" (not likely, but hey, OAK might), or whether they decide to trade for a king's ransom. And whether the Texans will have the cajones to make that trade.
The Texans are bottom 5 in defense and middle of pack on offense. The only thing this team is really doing better than last year is getting turnovers and playing better special teams. I don't know if the turnovers are a sustainable form of success.
