Alphadawg7 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Except the OP was referring to the nominations for NFL Fedex Air Player of the week which is a category open only to QBs. Ok: 1. Collins: 276 yds, 3 TD's, 2 INT's and a big WIN to stay in 1st place of their division while filling in for Young 2. Ryan: 300 yds, 3 TD's, 1 INT in a big win to also take sole possession of 1st in their division 3. Eli: 306 yds, 4 TD's, 3 INT's to go into a hated division rival to get a huge win take sole possesion of 1st in their division and essentially eliminate Dallas this season 4. Flacco: 250 yds, 3 TD's, 0 INT's in a much needed win to stay a half game back of Pitt Do you see a common theme here? These guys had very good games and WON them and all the games were key wins for those franchises for their divisional standings. Fitz was on an 0-5 team that beat itself to go to 0-6 and Fitz didnt help the cause giving up 2 INT's to start the 2nd half. I guarantee if we win the game then FItz is nominated and may even win given the big upset. But he lost and as much as he was part of the reason we almost won, he was also key in why we lost with costly turnovers that led to us losing the lead for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van_phelaN1 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Come on, this fitz stuff is getting ridiculous. Yes he had a good game but you do realize that Fitz threw 2 ints to start the second half that heavily contributed to the loss as Balt scores on both to take the lead and never trail the rest of the game right? And there is that pesky thing about him losing this week... The over reactions on this board are fascinating to watch All he said was that his performance was deserving of a nomination for the week's top performer. It's not like he said Fitz should be voted to the pro bowl. How is that an over reaction? His INT may have contributed to the loss, but IMO it was Spiller's fumble before the half that switched the momentum in the first place. At the end it was OT, he had the Bills in position to win the game and was moving the ball. He didn't get the ball stripped out. He didn't throw his helmet on the field. You can blame him for throwing some bad pics that didn't help but saying i HEAVILY contributed is nonsense. No more heavily than the other turnovers. One in particular that ACTUALLY contributed DIRECTLY to the loss. Pics get thrown dude that's life but are you going to tell me that 4 TDs and 370 yards isn't a good game? It sure is hell is around here considering nobody had done it in 59 games. The !@#$s who think their opinions are the only correct ones on this board are fascinating to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 All he said was that his performance was deserving of a nomination for the week's top performer. It's not like he said Fitz should be voted to the pro bowl. How is that an over reaction? His INT may have contributed to the loss, but IMO it was Spiller's fumble before the half that switched the momentum in the first place. At the end it was OT, he had the Bills in position to win the game and was moving the ball. He didn't get the ball stripped out. He didn't throw his helmet on the field. You can blame him for throwing some bad pics that didn't help but saying i HEAVILY contributed is nonsense. No more heavily than the other turnovers. One in particular that ACTUALLY contributed DIRECTLY to the loss. Pics get thrown dude that's life but are you going to tell me that 4 TDs and 370 yards isn't a good game? It sure is hell is around here considering nobody had done it in 59 games.The !@#$s who think their opinions are the only correct ones on this board are fascinating to watch There in lies the point...just because its a moral victory for Bills fans for a QB to who an impressive day statistically, you all start crying about the lack of acknowledgement needed from the media. News flash, no one outside Buffalo cares about the moral victories of how a losing QB on an 0-6 game almost won except for the KC Chiefs coaching staff game planning for us this week. Dude, I applaud Fitz's effort, but the knee jerk reaction on this board is hilarious with the talk of Pro Bowl, people being pissed he wasnt nominated in a LOSS for this player of the week, talks of passing on Luck or another top QB, him being our future, etc. To boot, its been done to ad nauseum already in the 3 days after this SINGLE game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizell Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Fitz was on an 0-5 team that beat itself to go to 0-6 and Fitz didnt help the cause giving up 2 INT's to start the 2nd half. except.. he had us driving in overtime to possibly win the game. he didn't turn the ball over in overtime and make us lose.his numbers stack up just as well, if not better, than any of these other guys listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 They nominate winners of NFL football games. Not almost winners. Fed Ex is in the business of delivering. They can't very well recognize guys that try hard but fail to win. Thats like saying the package almost got there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 except.. he had us driving in overtime to possibly win the game. he didn't turn the ball over in overtime and make us lose.his numbers stack up just as well, if not better, than any of these other guys listed. Except those other guys are on division leading teams and WON their games to lead their divisions...Fitz is on an 0-5 team who ALMSOT led an upset before falling to 0-6 and, whether you want to admit it or not, contributed to such loss with TWO very costly INTS to start the second half against a vastly more talented team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizell Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 except that Matt Moore and Carolina are nowhere near leading their division. And you're hellbent on this 'two very costly interceptions' thing. Did he throw his interceptions in overtime? No. Actually, he had to make two scoring drives in the final 5 minutes of regulation to GET the game to overtime. looking at all the previous winners of the fedex air/ground awards, though, makes this argument semantics. they only elect players from teams that win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 except that Matt Moore and Carolina are nowhere near leading their division. And you're hellbent on this 'two very costly interceptions' thing. Did he throw his interceptions in overtime? No. Actually, he had to make two scoring drives in the final 5 minutes of regulation to GET the game to overtime. looking at all the previous winners of the fedex air/ground awards, though, makes this argument semantics. they only elect players from teams that win. Exactly...if Fitz had threw 6 TD's and 0 INTS in a loss (instead of 4 TD's and 2 INTs) and the reason we lost was because of other areas of our team only, he may have been an exception and gotten on the list. But he didnt, and his 2 INT's are why we had to play catch up in the first place, and the final out come was a loss. You dont get to be a player of the week because he almost made up for HIS mistakes...thats right, his mistakes are literally the single reason Balt was able to take the lead in the 2nd half as they scored on both of his turnovers and why we were even in OT in the first place. Look, his effort was valiant, and I applaud him for it and thoroughly enjoyed the game, but we still lost as we could not over come the deficit we faced after his 2 INT's allwed Balt to take the lead and never trail again. He ALMOST did, and thats impressive in how he responded and something I hope he builds on, but he still did not. The other QB's nominated made some mistakes, but OVERCAME those mistakes to win their games. IF he wins the game, he undoubtedly is on the list and almost certainly wins it...but he didnt...nothing to cry about here, its as it should be. Time to get ready for KC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Sure, all the guys you listed had big games. What you fail to realize is that everyone's talking about the FedEx Air and Ground Player of the Week. You didn't list any QBs there to compete with Fitz for the air portion of the Air and Ground PotW. Try reading the rest of the thread...already been addressed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFishfinder Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 It sucks that Fitz didnt get nominated for the NFL Fed Ex Air player of the week. You would think 370 yards passing and 4 TDs that he would at least get nominated. Especially playing a top defense like the Ravens. The NFL conspiracy against the Bills rages on... Why should it be any different, now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 One thing I'd like to mention to all you Fitz lovers who are going gaga over one really good game, Fitz played at Cincy and has seen that Raven defense a bunch of times.... Not for nothing, but lets see what he does against the Chiefs this week. If it is another 300+ yard game a with 3 TD's, then yea he might just be evolving in Gaileys offense If he can keep this up he will certainly get recognized by the media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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