As I write this, thunder is booming outside the media room (not just here I'm sure) accompanied by lightning strikes and some heavy rain. No word yet if practice will be moved indoors. If the 1:30 p.m. practice stays outside, it is open to the public. If they end up inside, no dice. As of now, I'm told practice will be outside. I'll update if that changes. My guess is it probably will but we'll see. Lots of lightning in the area.
As for your questions at the bottom of yesterday's practice post, I'll get to those in this afternoon's practice report. Try to keep it as fresh as possible here.
On to something else real quick: a very good story by the Associated Press' Jets beat reporter, Dennis Waszak Jr., on cornerback Ahmad Carroll, a former Packers first-round pick signed by the Jets last week. Carroll is pretty open about his arrest in 2007 that led to him getting cut by the Jags.
All right, Eric Mangini in the press room coming up at 12:45 p.m.
UPDATE: JetsFest and Jets Shop are officially closed for the day, David Tratner, of the PR department, just came in and told us. He said practice had not officially been moved indoors as yet but that it likely would be. I tried to pin him down for a concrete answer and he said to use common sense. He doesn't yet know - I'm new - that that's not a strength of mine. What's the old saying: "common sense is the language of genius." As you know, I ain't no genius.
Tratner then suggested I stand outside and reach skyward with a metal pole as way of getting the most up-to-date forecast. It's a laugh a minute around here (to be clear in this age of PC nonsense, yes, I thought it was funny). Anyway, the suggestion seems to be to stay home.
Comments (5)
This entire QB competition is turning into an annual debacle. I could not disagree more with the way they are handling this. I understand that they have a philosophy of competition for all positions, but not for QB. Which ever one they decide starts will be doing so with less reps with the starters, he will always have an insecurity and wonder which throw gets him benched. Not the way to do it. Your QB needs to have confidence and a conviction that the team is HIS. Otherwise you get tentative play, which leads to picks. You will never see the best he has to offer and your young QB with an arm will never develop into a leader.
JETVET, the QA play from the last two regular seasons doesn't support your hypotheses.
JETVET, the QB play from the last two regular seasons doesn't support your hypotheses.
How so? They have been jerking around with CP and KC and still have nothing but doubts to show for it.
Was CP's play better last year, when he was annointed starter, or the prior year, when he had to compete for it?