I placed alot on Geno, and yesterday's match vs the Chargers placed everything i need to know in perspective.
55, Sack and many others were 100% correct, it's not just the QB. The way this team was constructed for this season by John Idzik was doomed from the start. I have always preached patience with Idzik, and i still do but it is reaching it's toll rapidly.
The team has no disclipline on or off the field. The amount of penalties is a common thread heading into every game. Off the field you have a QB that misses a meeting. I could understand a WR/OLB or a back up player, but NEVER your starter. Rex has become too loyal to his players. Rex has never come into his own and never accepted the role of HEAD COACH. He was always a DC. The more i see it on Sundays, the more i understand why Ozzie Newsome hired a Special Teams coach instead of a coach that was already on staff since their superbowl in 2000.
I like Rex, don't get me wrong, but i feel the players feel so comfortable with him that they can do anything they want and get away with it. Hence the play on the field.
It's time for me and the rest of the fan base to face realism. To Sack's point on a previous thread, we have to look long term. No matter who the QB is this year (yes even Matt Simms folks), we will not be competetive whatsoever. Look at the teams we will face the rest of the way and it will demonstrate administative changes are coming. From the scouting department (Terry Bradway) to every single coach on Rex's staff including Rex himself. Idzik, even though it's year two, will be owner Woody Johnson decision to proceed or start over from scratch. IMHO, he stays. He must because he needs to hire his own guy with the same views, not a hold over.
Lets look at the remaining Schedule:
6 Oct 12 1:00PMEDT * Broncos
7 Oct 16 8:25PMEDT * , AT Patriots
8 Oct 26 1:00PMEDT * Bills
9 Nov 2 1:00PMEST * AT Chiefs
10 Nov 9 1:00PMEST * Steelers
11 BYE
12 Nov 23 1:00PMEST * AT Bills
13 Dec 1 8:30PMEST + Dolphins
14 Dec 7 1:00PMEST * AT Vikings
15 Dec 14 4:05PMEST * AT Titans
16 Dec 21 1:00PMEST * Patriots
17 Dec 28 1:00PMEST * AT Dolphins
I have them winning at home vs the Bills & @ Titans. That's it. I know it is such a negative outlook, but to everyones point of view, this is what we are. A 3-13 team. If this is the case, we will have a top three draft pick in the 2015 draft. If Mariota is off then we MUST GO PLAYMAKER with Amari Cooper. Then 2nd round we Need to go QB.
Unless the Jags have the 1st pick, then we MUST MORTGAGE picks to move up and take Marcus Mariota.
This team needs an identity because we just don't have one at this moment and haven't had it since 2010.
The rebuilding process, i hate to say it and fans will absolutley hate me saying this, truly starts in 2015. New head senior director in the scouting department in Bradway. New head coach and staff. A couple of possibilities are :
Jim Harbaugh-San Fran
Brian Kelly-Notre Dame
David Shaw-Stanford
Darrell Bevell-OC Seattle
Dan Quinn-DC Seattle.
As a die hard Jets fan, it's hard to say but changes are coming very very soon. Hopefully, we finally hit on a jackpot selection as other putrid franchises have had to turn their organizations from brown baggers to contenders.