I know you're a strangely bitter Geno fan venting on Fitzpatrick - but honestly I mostly agree that Fitz will be hard pressed to follow up on his career year where he did get a lot of breaks.
If he wants Bradford money, I'd rather bring in a guy like Chase Daniels and have him, Geno and Petty battle it out in OTAs and camp. I know the team is built to "win now" but Fitz doesn't guarantee even a playoff appearance, obviously.
Again..
The Thing is... Yeah I'm a Bitter Jets fan - But, Geno is like the 101st thing I may have an ounce of bitterness about. I'm bitter that Parcells didn't go all out for Peyton. I'm bitter they didn't draft Marino....
But, I'm seeing and hearing from too many Jet fans who grew their beards out and bought Fitzmagic shirts who are walking around in a daze today believing that not signing Fitz means the year is going to blow (literally seeing "Playoff Run" Vs 5-11 on Twitter).... I have news for them, lol. It's going to be monumentally tough either way - spare me the Magic.
Any feelings I have about Fitz have absolutely nothing to do with Geno. I do think ppl are insane if they can't watch every pass of both QB's and understand the difference between Systems, talent, opponents and pure luck... But, whatever... I see many unbiased Non fan sites and analysts like PFF who see it for what it is. All I want is a young Promising QB to groom, and heck PAY.... OR pay a Journeyman what a journeyman should get.
You see, the advantage and sweet spot of having a journeyman QB is all the money you save to Build a solid foundation of a Team - Paying a Journeyman 16-17 million just to still go 7-9 to 9-7 or worse is crazy,.
But, lets do it.... I felt the same way in Sanchez' last year - Give HIM the ball (Not Geno) and let the cards play out. Let ppl be convinced.
Do it - Pay the man, his team mates love him, he makes great faces and is exciting!!!
My only wish at this point is to pay him BUT be able to walk away after everyone else is convinced.