Tebow was supposed to provide a wildcat option for them this season. So his title as backup QB is a bit misleading.
In my humble opinion his potential was wasted this season, much like GMAC's has been.
Looking forward to Sunday's game!
Its great to see GMAC start, but it probably be his only two games he does start in his career. The Jets have and always will make dumb decisions based on marketing. For instance they got Tebow just because of the "amazing" story that was last year, but if you want to be brutatly honest it wasnt so amazing.
The Jets made that choice for ticket sales. I guarentee they trade Sanchez to get Vick and Tebow to the Jags for an earlier draft pick. Gmac probably should request a trade to some team in dire need for a qb such as the Chiefs if he wants something close to a permenant job as a starter, or the Jets could decide to make a dumb decision with getting Vick and test out Gmac
Good points made in both of these posts...very poor decision making by the Jets. I've read in several places that Ryan never really wanted Tebow, that that was the owners decision, and possibly why Ryan was stubborn in not playing him more. True or not, I don't know.
The Jets have never utilized Tebow in the only way that he can help a team, and that is running the ball. He's never going to fit the mold of a typical pro qb and the Jets had to have known that that going in. Denver should have known but did eventually figure it out. Tebow is not like other running qbs like Vick and RGIII as he's much more limited in the passing game. He's a great athlete, but it will require a team building their offense around him for him be successful, imho. I'm not sure most will take that risk.
As for GMac, I think he'll do better than he's been given credit for. He's not the type of qb that's going to wow anyone with his prowess, but he's an efficient and smart qb, has a good enough arm to make most of the throws, but most of all he won't put his team in bad situations like Sanchez has. I'm a bit of Patriots fan and think that GMac could definitely play and do well in the style of offense they run which tends to focus on the short passing game and running the ball.
The Jets defense has played pretty well and given their team chances to win some games, and Sanchez & the offense would make a bone-headed play to reverse it. GMac along with Tebow should have been given the chance to turn things around a bit earlier and their season might look different right now.
Hopefully GMac can make the most of his chance & show the doubters what he's got...