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Anybody surprised at how bad Jake is...


AceMan

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...then you shouldn't be. Forget the past, we all knew Jake was either an overglorified back-up or solid starter depending on the fan judging him.

This offseason, we decided to sign a 34-year old QB to a 5-year extension after coming off the worst game of his career. To save cap is why it is a good move :rolleyes: Then, we don't bring in anybody to challenge him. Fast forward to training camp, we get reports on how bad Jake is. Scrimmage game? Jake is playing bad and was booed. Preseason? Jake played bad overall.

So why the heck did people believe Jake could actually lead our team after playing so horrible? Not only that, why the heck is John Fox/Davidson passing SSSSSOOOOOOO much? I swear, I have said that for 4 different games this year. My friend and I laughed about this last nite...how the hell do you throw a smoke route inaccurately?!?

Jake gives us the "best chance" to win so here's to the rest of the season guys. :cheers2: We're playing spoilers now.

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this has never been discussed at any length before, so it's a good thing you made a thread about it

The discussion couldn't have been good if people were still believing Jake was a good QB after the Eagles game opener. Writing was on the wall for a long time.

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