Derek Anderson: Pursue or No?
by John B on Mar 10, 2010 8:00 AM EST
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The search for a veteran quarterback may lead the Jets to consider recently released former Brown Derek Anderson, a high school and college rival of Kellen Clemens. It would give the Jets a chance to bring in a 26 year old former Pro Bowler. That begs the question of why a 26 year old Pro Bowl quarterback is available, though. The short story is Anderson was a one year wonder.
2007 was a magical year for Anderson. He threw for 3,787 yards and 29 touchdowns. He helped Braylon Edwards to the receiver's best year as a pro. Cleveland registered a surprising 10 wins.
That was the only time in his career Anderson was ever productive. He's spent the rest of the time hovering between bad and just ghastly. Even in that career year, there were signs his play was a fluke. His 56.6 completion percentage and 19 interceptions showed a lack of accuracy and sound decision making suggesting it was something of a fluke. The past two years have made that case. He hasn't even completed half of his passes in that time. In 7 starts in 2009, he threw for 3 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while completing 44.5%.
He may be young. He may have a solid relationship with Braylon Edwards. He may have had that one good year. The offense he had that year was similar to the one Brian Schottenheimer runs. The fact of the matter is he is a bad quarterback. Based on what he showed last year, Kellen Clemens actually might be better than him. Until he proves otherwise, his success that one year looks like a fluke.
I vote don't pursue.
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I don't see him signing with us even if we wanted him
I don’t think he thinks he’s done as a starter yet, so I doubt he’d be okay with knowing there’s no chance he’d become our starter over Sanchez. He’d be a really nice insurance policy for us—and I think he’s a lot better than the last two years showed, considering in ‘08 he had an awful line with Joe Thomas’s sophomore slump and last year that freaking awful WR corps(e)—but I don’t see it happening.
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I don’t think he is ready to settle for a back-up job just yet, it’s going to be one of those “I needed to get out of Cleveland” jobs. Likely go somewhere where he will have the chance to compete, I don’t think that is here.
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by David_Wyatt on Mar 10, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
I like it. The guy has some game experience so he won’t be over-whelmed if Sanchez goes down, he has a report with our #1 WR, he’s familiar with the offense, and isnt a threat to our budding QB. If Sanchez went down for a long period of time, would be comfortable with him trying to lead this team to the playoffs? No. But if you can find a guy you are comfortable with, chances are he isn’t a back-up. Besides, he’s likely to make the most of it if he is given a chance, he’ll be hungry to prove himself.
And then if god forbid Sanchez goes down and he does pretty good in his stead...
That means next year we can get DRAFT PICKS!!! :D
He had his probowl year in 07. 29td’s, 19int’s, 82.5 QB rating. But then he fell off the table this year starting 8 games with 2td’s, 10 picks and every other stat was bad as well. I know it’s the Browns but he didn’t exactly show he could step in and keep himself from crapping in his helmet when his team needed him.
I’m really mixed on Anderson, on one hand he had a good season in 2007, and he showed he could go out there and put points on the board. However on the other hand 2008 and 2009 have been disasters, and he has been one of the main catalysts. The bottom line for me is, he is not much better than Clemens, and although he might be right, after what he just said about the Cleveland fans, doesn’t seem like half the guy that Clemens is. If we were moving Clemens, and I can’t see that happening with a 3rd round tender on his head, then we might consider this guy. As things stand however I’m going to take a pass on him.
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I give him a pass on what he said about the Browns
You just don’t cheer an injury. That’s fucked up as all hell.
Must of completely missed that, they cheered an injury??
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Yeah,
they cheered when he got hurt.
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I like Anderson,
if he was willing to come here. As far as back ups go, you aren’t going to get a star, but he has had some productive seasons, I don’t think he was a catalyst for the bad play, I think the team was just so horrible that it would have been very hard for anybody to do well there. I was amazed at what he did with the bad 2007 team, but mostly, he has a history with Edwards, he QB’d Edwards career year, so I would feel comfortable knowing that if he has to play a little bit, he has good chemistry with one of our go-to guys.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
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Another Charlie Batch
Charlie Batch played some good seasons in Detroit, and the team fell apart and let him go. Since then he’s been a really dependable Backup for Pittsburgh to the point that they don’t worry much about Big Ben getting hurt short term. Batch can definitely full in well, and I want a player like that. A vet that isn’t going to come onto the field scared. If they were going to get a mentor, I could have gone for Pennington. But right now I just want to see them get a talented backup QB.
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
I’d pass on Anderson. If the Jets wanted a veteran to mentor Sanchez, go out and get Jeff Garcia. Problem then is ‘Who do release? or do you carry 4 QBs? I don’t see 4 QBs, meaning probably letting Ainge go and keeping O’Connell. Garcia should still have something left if Sanchez went down. I don’t see keeping both Clemens and Garcia. You let Clemens go — if tendered — and pick up a 3rd rounder, which they don’t have now.
Plus if we picked up Garcia then every hispanic in the country would be a fan of the Jets, theoretically! :D
Apparently
Jeff Garcia is willing to take on a back-up role as well, would love to see him come in and mentor Sanchez, I think that is the way to go, get a true vet who has something of value to pass on to Sanchez.
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That’s where I’m not sure why Anderson would be a good option, I would rather have a real mentor, and Anderson is not much of an upgrade on what we have…if an upgrade at all. I hope we look into Garcia
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I like both. Im not into the mentor thing too much though. I think that Sanchez is very mobile and should use his mobility more. I think that watching Garcia operate might make him more comfortable doing just that. But i don’t think the mentoring thing is much of a factor, especially when Sanchez is taking all the reps anyway.
I just want a back-up that won’t be overwhelmed by the moment if called upon. Someone that will actually relish the opportunity and that will be able to bail us out of a game or two. Someone that can command the huddle and lead. I think both guys are as good as you can get as far as back-up QBs go. If they’re any better, then theyre starters.
Garcia is a trouble maker. He still wants to start.
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
report came out today that he said he is ready to take a back-up spot, he wanted a chance to compete last year in Oakland, and when you have a rubbish QB starting then he should expect a chance to compete.
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Lets just say theoretically that Garcia outplays Sanchez in the preseason for whatever reason. Does Garcia keep quiet and accept the backup role or does he start talking again that the best chance for the Jets to win is if he’s starting?
Or if he has a better preseason then Sanchez and we lose one or two games to start the reason. Garcia still wants to start, He’s a competitor and its not a shot against him but he wants to be on the field.
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
If we bring in Anderson and he outplays Sanchez, every guy in the NFL is a competitor, if we start worrying about everything like that we end up with a Clemens or a Brooks Bollinger, who should just be happy to be in the league.
Running the risk? perhaps, but I would rather have a competent back-up to step in just in case, not having one ends up in a Brooks Bollinger or calling Vinny off his coach aged 45….. I’ll take the competent back-up, I have faith in Sanchez that he would out play anyone we brought in.
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Agree with DW. Its a non-issue unless Sanchez gets injured for a long period of time. Or it can be an issue if Sanchez is playing poorly, but theyre not going to pull him unless he tanks it all the way, I mean several games of just horrid output. And if he does that bad for that long everyone will want him run out of town regardless of who’s backing him up.
But going on Garcia’s past, he has caused a huff when he believed he should be starting. Maybe I don’t remember too well, but I don’t think Anderson caused much trouble when Quinn was starting.
Also, Garcia is a year removed from the league, for what its worth.
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
Forget Anderson....
He shouldn’t even be in the equation. Frankly neither should Clemens, but most of us here realize that much. Garcia would be an OK pick, or we should keep checking the wires to see who becomes available. But a solid veteran who can mentor is a real plus rather than roster Clemens.
Clemens > Anderson
Someone’s going to have to give a real reason for this. As far as the stats go, first off Anderson was a Pro Bowl QB. Even if he’s a few years removed from his best season, at least Anderson has proven he can get it done. Nothing about Clemens says that he should be a backup in the NFL, let alone backing up a team looking to get to the Super Bowl.
Even including last seasons 42.1 QB Rating, Anderson still has a career rating of 69.7 while Clemens has never had a career QB rating above 70 and for his career the average is 59.7 with a career high of 60.9.
If you think that Clemens is an adequate backup because this is a run first offense, then Anderson should be an adequate backup too. Not only does Anderson have the ability to handoff to whoever the running back is going to be, but Anderson’s career long passes (3 70+ yards, 2 for 50+ yards) compared to Clemens career total of 4 Passes over 40+ yards shows that at the very least Anderson can threaten downfield if teams start crowding the box.
In the end, I don’t expect the Jets will make a move for a vetrean backup, and given our History with QB injuries (Testervarde, Pennington, Feely, and even Sanchez) worries me that next season might be a bust if Sanchez gets hurt.
Please NBC, Fire Milbury, Hire Roenick Full time!!!
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