New York Jets fans are starting to get crazy. They’re starting to actually believe the posturing coming from the team regarding Geno Smith.

Not only has it started to get crazy out there, it’s becoming beyond anything comprehensible.

Many New York Jets fans actually believe Geno Smith provides their team with a better chance to win. Many believe he’s a better option over Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Yes, that’s right. Many fans have quoted the words “Geno is better” and/or “Fitz is a bum.”

Could it simply be attributed to the idea they believe Fitz is money hungry? Sure. Many fans who cheered the man on to 31 touchdown passes a season ago have turned sour simply because he remains unsigned.

They feel burned because the 33-year old is asking for starting quarterback money. Meanwhile, Mike Maccagnan and Woody Johnson (the multi millionaire) walk away scot-free in the minds of these very same fans.

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These fans claim generalities such as “in Mac we trust” and feel as though any QB can get the job done with Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker and Chan Gailey.

What I ask, on this day, is for yourself to actually challenge yourself. Think more intelligently and put the clues together in an attempt to reach the real truth. Ponder what has transpired not only last season and this past offseason, but what went down during Geno’s first two seasons starting in the NFL.

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Once done, it’s easy to see the truth.

The Jets simply don’t have much faith in Geno.

You could try to argue differently, but your attempts will be futile. Sure, perhaps the Jets would go to battle with Smith as the starter in 2016. It doesn’t mean they’d feel good about it.

Here are the undeniable reasons Mike Maccagnan and the New York Jets have little faith in Geno Smith as the starting quarterback:

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Geno Has Never Done It Before

This reason is so simple and obvious that it’s escaping many fans.

Ryan Fitzpatrick has, indeed, been a solid starting quarterback in the league. Geno Smith has not.

Take a look at Fitz’s career numbers when entering a campaign as the starting QB:

Those are solid starting quarterback stats. So solid, in fact, a salary of $12 million a year is worthy. Look around the landscape of the NFL and what the comparable starting QB is raking in. Fitz’s $12 million pales in comparison.

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Geno, on the other hand, has never done it.

Which rational thinking decision maker in the NFL is going to choose the unproven guy over the established one? This is especially hard to do considering the established guy did it the year prior for the very organization at which he’s at odds with.

The only avenue the unproven QB gets the nod over the established one is when the unproven guy is a high draft pick who represents success or failure closely tied to the regime at hand.

John Idzik drafted Geno, not Maccagnan. This doesn’t mean Maccagnan can’t like him. It means Geno’s successes or failures do not directly impact Maccagnan’s draftability grade.

It’s extremely hard for a young fringe QB to be chosen as “the guy” when the regime at hand didn’t hand pick him.

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This Is A Veteran Team

Just take a look at the current state of the New York Jets depth chart. Their better players are all of the veteran variety.

Aside from Calvin Pryor and the beasts upfront, everybody else is 29 years or older.

Jets Older Top Players:

In what world would this second year regime would think going into 2016 would be better served with an unproven QB such as Geno Smith?

Of course they want Ryan Fitzpatrick back. They would love to build off of the stupendous offensive season in 2015 instead of starting from scratch with Smith.

It’s not as easy as “plug and play.” Building momentum from year one to year two means a lot. Mikey Mac and Todd Bowles know this.

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Never Named The Starter

Immediately, after the 2015 season ended, Mike Maccagnan was asked about free agent quarterback to be Ryan Fitzpatrick.

He was asked about the 33-year old’s future with the New York Jets.

Maccagnan proceeded to tell the media that Fitzpatrick is the Jets starter heading into the offseason of 2016.

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Moreover, as Daryl Slater of NJ.com eludes to, Mikey Mac decided not to extend Fitzpatrick during the season or prior to the season once he took the reigns on the starting job. It was a gamble by both sides. A gamble in which the Harvard grad won.

Not once have the Jets named Geno Smith the starting quarterback. This is the case despite the abundance of posturing on both sides up to this point.

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Communication Still Exists

When Brandon Marshall told the world that he was “starting to worry” because Fitz hadn’t been returning his text messages, all who consider themselves rational Jets fans didn’t worry.

And for good reason, because these two love each other.

If it was clear that Fitz would not be returning to Florham Park, NJ, this photo would have never happened.

Marshall and Fitz could have easily stayed friends and not publicized their seeing each other. But they did, and for reasons that send strong messages to the Jets.

What player would actually be seen in such a public eye in and around the city if he doesn’t think he’s coming back to the team that represents such a city?

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Fitz Would Already Be Gone

Let’s keep it simple: If the New York Jets had great faith in Geno Smith as the starting quarterback for 2016, Ryan Fitzpatrick would have already been gone.

Fitz would have already been communicated to about this notion and he would have signed elsewhere.

Would he have received the money he desires? Absolutely not. But he would have signed elsewhere to make sure he had a job for the upcoming season.

Don’t be so simple minded as to think just because he’s not signed means the Jets don’t care if he’s on the roster.

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Of course they do.

If they didn’t care, they would have moved on and said “get lost” by now. They would have said, “We have Geno Smith and we trust him with the starting QB position for 2016.”

Guess what? They haven’t said that yet and the dance between Mike Maccagnan and Jimmy Sexton continues. Do you know why this is the case? It’s because both parties absolutely adore each other.

Fitz needs the Jets (as he finally found a home) and the Jets need Fitz (as he can hold the bag until one of the youngsters mature). They love each other. They’re only going through a messy fight like all loved-based relationships go through at times.

Through it all, though, in the back of their minds, they know the truth. They know they’re destined for each other.

Just look at the real evidence. It’s obvious.

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