I find myself horribly conflicted as the Jets approach their last preseason game. I can't figure out which is the more appropriate fate:
- Have McElroy successfully lead a TD drive, indicating that the best QB on the roster may not see any playing time at all during the regular season.
- Have the Jets fail to score a TD at all, and suffer the ignominious fate of being the worst preseason offense of all time.
Both of these seem worthy, but which is more so? I can't decide—and clearly both can't happen in our universe at the same time. (Or can they? Is the Jets' suck really that powerful?)
Option 1 is the best. No one remembers pre-season records, so the worst-preseason ever might get lost in the annals of history.
Option 1 shows how clueless the organization and fans are.
Just as they didn't know what they had in Danny Woodhead, and just as they'll come to realize that Shotty couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken ****, and just as they'll eventually realize that Rex was NOT the best thing to ever happen to their franchise, if McElroy outshines Sanchize, they'll be forced to admit that they have no clue about the NFL and what it takes to be a winning NFL team....
....and where a player was drafted is not important once they are in the NFL, it's how they perform. Getting former high draft picks like Aaron Maybin and Jason Smith, who were dumped by their former teams, are not likely to be diamonds that only need Rex's superior coaching skills to bring out, and just because you drafted a guy #5 overall, doesn't necessarily mean that he is better than the 7th rounder.
Rats fans like to try and discredit BB's accomplishments by saying that he lucked into a 6th round HOF QB, if the Rats had drafted Brady, they would not be the ones to be reaping the benefit, as they would never have kept a mere 6th round pick as a 4th string QB with such a low pedigree.
A smarter team would have just signed Brady of of their practice squad, and they'd have yet one more reason to bemoan thier misfortunes.
