reo Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 If I was Whisenhunt theres no way in hell Im risking my career on Jake to develop and stay healthy. Yes Jake sometimes show flashes of good/decent play but has yet to show he has any pocket awarness and accuracy. The guy is simply not reliable at this point in his career and is likely to continue to get hurt, the guy simply cant protect himself. When Jake's contract is up next year, he's not risking his career on him. That doesn't mean he didn't like Jake more than Stafford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 @reo. Most coaches want to bring in their own guy at QB, win or lose. It's been that way for years. That's nothing new. And that has nothing to do with past failures. Do you think Wisenhunt has somehow lost confidence in his abilities because of Arizona? Believe me, there is not one coach in America that would tie the fate of their career to Locker. I understand the desire from Tennessee fans for Locker to succeed...and we generally want to see Locker do well, but outside of fandom, the reality is Locker is more on a par with Blaine Gabbert than a franchise QB. Blast me if you want, but that is simply because it's closer to reality then some of us want to believe. The best way to make money in the stock market is sometimes you have sell at lost. Never fall in love with a stock. That's much like Locker. Some have fallen in love. It's time to cut our losses and move on. There is no need to sacrifice another year, another year of other players career for the development or hopeful development of Jake Locker. It's not prudent. I think the organization knows this...but we will see moving forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reo Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 @reo. Most coaches want to bring in their own guy at QB, win or lose. It's been that way for years. That's nothing new. And that has nothing to do with past failures. Do you think Wisenhunt has somehow lost confidence in his abilities because of Arizona? Believe me, there is not one coach in America that would tie the fate of their career to Locker. I understand the desire from Tennessee fans for Locker to succeed...and we generally want to see Locker do well, but outside of fandom, the reality is Locker is more on a par with Blaine Gabbert than a franchise QB. Blast me if you want, but that is simply because it's closer to reality then some of us want to believe. It's not about that. It's not about tying his fate to Locker b/c Locker has 1 year left on his deal. It's that when he selects a place to go, he'd probably pick the place w/ the QB and situation he likes the most, not one where he's going to have to start from scratch b/c he knows how hard it is to do that. I'll leave the Gabbert v Locker discussion to another time. It's a separate discussion. The best way to make money in the stock market is sometimes you have sell at lost. Never fall in love with a stock. That's much like Locker. Some have fallen in love. It's time to cut our losses and move on. There is no need to sacrifice another year, another year of other players career for the development or hopeful development of Jake Locker. It's not prudent. I think the organization knows this...but we will see moving forward. It's not really about falling in love w/ Locker. If they want to move on, then do it. If they still think he can become the guy then give him the year. Personally I think they'll give him the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Locker may be on the roster, but I don't think he will be the year long starter. And you are right. I also believe he picked the place with best QB situation. In Detroit, Stafford is the man (because of contract) and in Tennessee he has the flexibility to chose his own guy. To some, that may be more appealing than being stuck with a career underachiever with a big salary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4t Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Isn't Locker's salary guaranteed under the rookie contract deal? If so, there is no need to release him unless there are 3 QB's better than him or we need a roster spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramis Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Isn't Locker's salary guaranteed under the rookie contract deal? If so, there is no need to release him unless there are 3 QB's better than him or we need a roster spot. Yes its guaranteed through the 2014 season. The decision they have to make is the fifth year option which pays him top QB money by May 3. Keep in mind the draft is five days later. They're better off not picking the option up and letting him play for his next contract this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Having Locker one more year is in no way a negative which everyone needs to understand. Webster and Wiz are not going to proceed like Locker is the long term answer but at the same time Locker will be in the mix either way. While not likely to some, Locker could do well. If he doesn't it isn't the end of the world. It isn't like Webster locking him up to a 6 yr deal before he season starts. If we do get lucky enough to bag a 1st round QB, who isn't the next Gabbert, or we work a reasonable trade for a guy like Cousins we move on from there. Exactly. Nothing has to be done with Locker at all right now. It's actually a perfect situation for the team, it's basically a one year tryout. If he plays good & stays healthy, lock him up. If not, let him walk. People are making too big a deal about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateTitansfan Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I think Fitz with better coaching could get over the psychological hurdle that occasionally haunts him late in games and could work really well with Wiz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Luck, Kaep, Dalton, Foles, Wilson, Cam, Has Locker played one full game that makes you think he is equal to these young QBs? Which game? Which QB? If he has not shown at least that, why waste more of our resources on him? Casey, McCourty, Verner these young players are wasted if your QB sucks. New QBs will be coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 So, every game(2013) he played healthy Locker has shown himself to be the man. Game one he was 11/20 125 yards. 6.3 yds per pass. Zero TDs. Somehow a game like this makes you want to wait for this guy to take the Titans to the playoffs? XXXX Fail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yes Locker has had a few games among his total of 18 start on a par with those guys. His first four games last season where he threw for 6 TDs and zero picks come to mind. Wilson in the first 4 games had the same number of TDs with two ints. Lockers next game coming back from the hip injury was a 326 yard 92 rating game against the 49ers. Up to that point he was having a damn good year if not for the injury. Granted he sucked the next two games (the last game he had 4 passes before getting injured). Nobody is stumping for Locker to get a long term deal here. He might not even be healthy when the season starts. But don't sell the guy short on what he has done and the improvement we started o see. He finished the season with a 87 QB rating completing 60% of his passes. For a young QB with barely more than a season of starts that isn't all that bad. Man, I thought about this some more and I can not believe you picked Wilson for your comparison. Russell Wilson. This guy is leading his team to wins week after week, enough to have homefield advantage through out the playoffs. He's making plays with his legs and moving the chains when needed to win games. We are not talking about picking up garbage yards when your team is out of the game. I am saying, one bonifide marquee game, where Jake was the difference the whole game. A special game we Titans fans can look to and say if he played a game like that we could beat anybody. This isn't a joke. If we want to win big, we need a QB that's the real deal. Just because we like him and he's a nice guy doesn't mean squat when they lost the final score. Do we want to go to battle against the Colts and after the game be happy because we like our QB, even though he is no where near the talent the Colts have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragidealist Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2014/1/16/5312740/is-jake-locker-the-answer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragidealist Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=tennessee-titans&id=4373&src=desktop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.musiccitymiracles.com/2014/1/16/5312740/is-jake-locker-the-answerPrag, kudos to you for such a well written article!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Take the following for what it's worth. Sent in an e-mail to "Moving The Chains". This is the 2-6 CST show on Sirius NFL Radio. In the response, co-host Jim Miller said that the word on the street is that Whisenhunt chose Locker over Stafford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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