[GusFrerotte]

THe main points of discussion for the last few seasons about JC have revolved around:

1. The different offensive schemes he has had to learn has hindered his development.

Sorry, but this doesn't wash with me. Learning a system is basically learning a damn playbook and any little nuances that go with it. Sure Saunders had his supposed 700 page montrosity, but you still are supposed to learn it. Zorn's WCO playbook is rather simple compared to that.

2. Inadequate offensive line.

This season you can use this as a legit excuse to why JC isn't producing, but not any season prior to this. The injuries have been horrendous to put it mildly, the guys were old to begin with. You can blame the FO for this sorry state of affairs, but still how many years since the Hogs retired have the Skins been injury free with regards to the O line? Not many to be honest. The NFC East type of ball has kept that going(multiple injuries). From Norv on the team has had to work with a patchup O line during some points of practically every season in the post Gibbs I era.

3. "Happy Feet"

More to it meaning holding on to the ball too long before making a decision what to do with it. Can't expect the line to hold forever if all you are doing is dancing around looking for a WR to throw to. Sorry, but to me this tells me the guy can't scan the entire field yet or make quick decisions. For a guy that has been a starter 3 years this doesn't bode well. Forget the systems, this guy still doesn't have the intangible mechanics down to take us to the promised land.


THese three points could be debated til one got blue in the face, but to me the guy is just what everyone outside of Skins fandom thinks, and that he is an average QB at best. Nothing special. Gibbs considered him a possible steal when we drafted him based on him being on a 12-0 team, which had 2 Heismann candidate RBs leading the way. Another thing. Frerotte was an average QB, and come contract time Casserly had him walk, for good measure. He was average and actually asked for a raise. Say what you will about my man Gus, but he never led a team with a 4-12 record, even during the dire days of the mid 90's, but he had given us all he got and it wasn't enough. Poor Ramsey had a horrible system and a horrendous O line also, but Gibbs didn't take that in consideration when he let PR go. My point is shall we wait til this team gets all the pieces in place only to find out that JC has indeed already peaked? Face it, we are looking at a 3-5 year plan minimum in getting a solid team in place, unless the cap gets killed off permanently. Now that I have said all that, I do not want JC to be let go, but we do need to draft a QB regardless of what one thinks about him. Our depth at QB sucks rocks. Forget Pineapple Jesus or getting Chase Daniel back. I drank the Kool Aid with these guys, but it has worn off. The rest of the NFL did not deem these guys worthy of being drafted, why did we? Chase is short is a big man's game. He seemed to have the poise and nice delivery, but he would get crushed and possibly picked off a lot. Brennan is a 3rd stringer at best, only usable if your other two Qbs died in a plane crash. JC is a decent QB, better than my man Gus, but not by that much. It is time we try a new guy out and see what he can do.