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favficarchives · 7 years ago

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Already Gone (2/2)

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader Summary: The reader decides it’s time for her to move on, and Reid realizes it might be too late to stop her. Genre: The happy ending is here folks! Warnings: Brief talk of kidnapping Word count: 3,293

[Masterlist] [Part 1]

A/N: Set between seasons 9 and 10, after Blake leaves but before Kate shows up

“It would only be temporary – until we find someone suited for the team,” Hotch explained, working hard to sell you on the proposal. “Field work is off the table, so you’d hardly see the team anyway –“

“Hotch!” you interrupted, chuckling at your former boss and his unnecessary sales pitch. “I’ve already told you I would do it. I’m going stir crazy with this sabbatical and you need an extra set of hands. Seems pretty mutually beneficial to me. Besides, I owe you a serious debt for the transfer. And I always pay back my debts.”

It had been a little under two years since you transferred out of the BAU. A specialized team on the west coast took an interest in you, and when you told Hotch you needed to leave, he recommended a transfer to a new team instead of leaving the bureau entirely.

The new team was a wonderful change of pace. You continued the work you dedicated your life to, but got to remake yourself, embrace sides of yourself you kept hidden from almost everyone. And the more honest you were with your new team, the more they seemed to like you. Who would’ve thought that whole “be yourself” thing would be actually paid off?

You were happier than you’d been in a long time, and you had Hotch to thank for that. The fact that his call for help aligned with a forced 6-week break for your team after a series of rough cases seemed like a match made in bureaucratic heaven.

“I can be at Quantico first thing Monday morning, unless you need me sooner?” you offered, already pulling out your laptop to search for extended-stay hotels in the area.

“Monday morning will be perfect,” Hotch’s relieved voice confirmed. “Thank you again, for doing this. I don’t want to put you in a situation that’s bad for your mental health…”

“I’m doing better than ever, Hotch,” you answered honestly. “I wouldn’t have agreed to this if I wasn’t safe.”

“Good,” he said, sounding a little less than convinced. “Great. Temporary credentials will be at the front desk at the guest entrance.”

You smiled. “See ya Monday, Hotch.”

-0-

“Do you miss them at all?” Jeremey asked, a night of drinking and bonding shifting from lighthearted to heavy with the addition of “just one more” drink.

“The BAU?” you confirmed, taking a sip of your drink. “Yeah, I guess.”

Keith barked out a laugh next to you. “God, I would’ve hoped a profiler would be a better liar!”

You rolled your eyes, taking another drink, but remaining silent.

“Anyone in particular?” Jeremey pushed.

“The transfer was pretty out of the blue,” Alicia noted. “Chief said you weren’t even talking until she got a call from Quantico.”

“Bad break-up?” Keith offered. You scoffed and rolled your eyes again, taking an even bigger drink than before.

Jeremey gave you a pensive look. “No break-up.”

Your jaw clenched. Alicia gasped and Keith groaned.

“Unrequited love!” Alicia crooned. “Oh no, sweetie!”

“It’s water under the bridge,” you said sternly.

“It’s been two week,” Jeremey argued.

You shot him a dirty look. “Water moves fast.”

A tense silence fell over the table, your new teammates worried over pushing you too far as you stewed in the heartbreak you ran 3,000 miles to get away from.

“Not that fast, apparently,” Keith muttered.

-0-

“What the hell is she doing here?” Morgan asked to no one in particular. JJ and Garcia turned to follow his line of sight, eyes falling on Y/N, sitting at her old desk and taking on a stack of files like she never left.

JJ shrugged. “Hotch is working like three different jobs right now. Maybe she’s here to help out?”

Morgan listened to the explanation but wasn’t a fan of it. He didn’t like not being in the know, especially not when it came to his work or friends. Part of him was always going to be bitter about you leaving them without so much as a ‘see ya later,’ but a bigger part of him was worried about Reid.

Everyone knew the kid was in love with you pretty much since the moment you two met. They were all waiting for someone to make a move, though they all seemed to seriously under estimate your guys’ shared ability to ignore the obvious in preference for not disrupting the status quo. It would’ve been impressive it wasn’t so damn frustrating.

The game of ‘sit and wait for one of the idiots to crack’ became an in-joke on the 6th floor, to the point that people started a betting pool. Some hopeful fools bet you guys would be dating in a year, while more cynical colleagues gave it to retirement. Morgan was in the middle, as was JJ (though she’d never admit to placing the bet). Eventually, they learned to laugh at the tedious situation, finding the shared clueless almost endearing.

The lighthearted joke was on shaky ground when people starting filing into work one day and saw your empty desk. It was crushed when Reid didn’t come back from his lunch break that day.

At that point, Morgan hurt for both of you.

He noticed your deterioration a few weeks prior, but had no clue how to help. Savanah told him to just offer help, but he knew you’d never take him up on anything. Instead, he just sat back, kept an eye on you, and hoped you’d find your way out of this hole, just as he’d seen you do before.

He figured the empty desk was you’re attempt to get better. Though it hurt, he couldn’t fault you for it. His sympathies, however, were lost the next time he saw Reid.

The kid took the rest of the week off, which Hotch easily gave. Morgan visited him that night and found the heartbroken genius sobbing on his couch, cradling a stuffed animal you’d given him as a Get Well Soon gift after the Anthrax scare. Reid would never admit it, but Morgan knew he brought that thing with him on away cases.

Reid admitted to having found an NA meeting after visiting your apartment and said he spent the rest of the afternoon commiserating with a few people from the meeting. He didn’t trust himself to be alone, but couldn’t bring himself to face your empty desk.

As much as Morgan didn’t want to hate you, he couldn’t help it in that moment.

Two years later and Reid still wasn’t over you. In fact, he’d pretty much given up on the thought. The team hoped that maybe he could move on with Maeve, since the two of them seemed so close and Garcia and JJ swore that was one of the reasons you left, but nothing ever came of it. They were close friends, and Maeve helped take care of him after Texas, but they never became anything more than friends. Morgan asked Reid about it a few weeks ago, and the kid said it just didn’t “feel right.”

“I mean, there’s supposed to be something there, right?” he asked, eyes focused on the carpeted floor of the jet. “Like a… a spark or something?”

Morgan sighed and shook his head.

“I don’t know kid,” he said. “It’s different for everybody.”

Reid shook his head, clearly agitated with the lack of answers.

“But there’s supposed to be something,” he repeated, trying to work through the problem himself. “And if it feels the way I think it feels, then me and Maeve… we aren’t it.”

Morgan steadied his breath, careful to keep his expression neutral as the conversation took the turn he feared it would.

“How do you think it’s supposed to feel, Reid?”

Reid sunk into his seat, gaze distant and voice soft as he lost himself in his memories.

“Like everything’s okay,” he whispered. “Even when they aren’t, they will be, because she’s there. Like my life is just… better with her in it. Like I can’t remember life without her, because she fit so well. Like… like I can’t… can’t fathom life without her, even though I know… I know she’s gone.”

He was on the verge of tears when he finished, and Morgan’s simmering disdain for you grew just a little bit more potent.

“Be nice to her,” Garcia growled under her breath.

He could never hide anything from Penelope.

“At least don’t be rude,” JJ offered.

“Oh what, like she was to us?” he snapped, immediately regretting it when both women scolded him.

“Fine, fine,” he said, holding his hands up in surrender, “I’ll stay in line.”

“What line?” Reid asked innocently as he walked up behind his now shell-shocked friends.

“Uh…”

-0-

You stared up at the ceiling, tracing the freckled pattern of the tiles you’d become so familiar with the past 24 hours.

Hospitals were good places, you reminded yourself. They were important places. They were places that people needed – especially people in your condition. If you were a victim (“you are a victim,” Alicia’s voice reminded you), you’d expect yourself to stay at the hospital and do exactly what the doctors tell you.

Somethings were easier said than done.

You figured you wouldn’t be so bored if you could do literally anything, but the damage done to your midsection meant you couldn’t get out of bed. Normally, you’d take that as a chance to catch up on some reading, but both of your wrists were in splints and useless until further notice.

You remembered the feeling of thick metal cuffs digging into your skin. You remembered helplessly dangling there, trying to keep calm and find a way out of there. You still weren’t sure if you were targeted because of your job or if it was a random act of very, very bad luck, but at a certain point it didn’t matter. What mattered was surviving.

What you remembered the most – beyond the pain and fear and anger – was the breathlessness. The longer you hung there, hands chained to the pipes above you, the harder it was to breathe. You got into the habit of pulling yourself up for a few seconds, just to catch your breath, but you couldn’t maintain that kind of exertion for long. You knew if you didn’t figure something out soon, you’d die of asphyxiation before the actual murder.

For some reason, that fear stuck with you. To this moment, you couldn’t shake it. There were times when you still couldn’t catch your breath.

In those moments, you wished for Spencer. You didn’t even have time to hate yourself for it; you just wanted your best friend there to make you feel better. You wanted him by your side where you knew he would be, should be. You wanted him explaining exactly what that asphyxiation thing was all about, since the doctors and nurses offered little insight beyond “the damage isn’t permanent.”

You’d been wondering all year if you made the right decision. You’d been haunted by Spencer’s confession and the nagging little ‘what if’ that pestered you into believing that maybe he wasn’t totally, exactly lying. Usually, you’d combat these thoughts with the cold hard fact that you can’t turn back time, but right now you didn’t want any facts that weren’t coming from your best friend. The man you left back in Quantico. The man you still love.

-0-

Spencer finally put down his pen sat back from his desk, stretching his arms over his head to work out some of the kinks forming in his shoulders and back. He’d been the one to takedown the most recent unsub, so he had about 3 extra tons of paperwork to fill out. He didn’t realize how late it was until suddenly you and he were the only two left in the office.

You’d been back for about two weeks, and Hotch confirmed it was only temporary, but Spencer couldn’t help the way his heart jumped seeing you at your desk again. He tried to remain objective. He tried to tell himself that you weren’t staying. He tried to tell himself that you hadn’t even spoken to him unnecessarily since you’d been back. He tried to tell himself that you didn’t even look at him when you did speak.

None of it mattered, though. None of it mattered because when he looked up from his desk at 10 p.m., you were there, working as diligently as ever, as though nothing changed.

But things did change, he reminded himself.

He smiled sadly before returning to his paperwork. He didn’t want to finish it too quickly – didn’t want a reason to leave. He didn’t know if you’d be here tomorrow, and he wanted to relish every moment he could, even if those moments were spent in silence.

“So did you actually get shot in the neck?”

He looked up in surprise, gaze locked on you, drawn in by the curious, concerned look in your eyes.

God, it’d been so long since he’d looked into your eyes.

He tried to answer, but found his throat was too dry to speak. Instead, he just nodded.

Your lips pursed in response.

“I’m no life coach or anything,” you said, “but I think maybe that’s a bad idea.”

Spencer couldn’t stop that laugh that broke from his lips. He shook his head and leaned back in his chair.

“I figured I’d try something new,” he reasoned, smiling widely at you from across the darkened office.

Your eyebrows shot up in amusement.

“And?”

“It was a bad idea.”

You fell back in your chair, arms wrapped around your waist as your entire body shook with laughter. It had been so fucking long since Spencer last heard you laugh – even longer than since he’d last seen you. He never knew he could miss a sound so much, even one so enchanting. He didn’t know how long he sat like that, watching your smile, listening to your laugh, reveling in your mere presence. He found he didn’t really care. All he cared about was seeing you happy again.

-0-

“So you’re really going back to Quantico, huh?” Jeremey asked as he sat on your bed and didn’t help you pack – like a dick.

“Just while we’re on sabbatical,” you told him from inside your closet. “They need serious help around the office and I need a serious break from this break.”

Jeremey chuckled. “Yeah, you never were one for time off.”

“Gives me too much time to think,” you muttered, throwing a few blouses and dresses over your arm and walking towards your suitcase on the bed.

“So have you kept in contact with anyone from Quantico?” he asked as you folded up the clothes. “Like, do you have any idea what you’re walking into?”

You shrugged.

“I know the basics,” you said. “Who left, who stayed, most recent trips to the hospital, that kind of stuff.”

Jeremey laughed and nodded, before sobering back up and getting to the point you figured he’d been trying to get to all afternoon.

“Do you know how long you’ll stay there?”

There it is.

“Until they find a full-time replacement, Jerry,” you sighed. “Just like I said last time. And the time before that.”

“Yeah, but what if they’re not looking for a replacement,” he pushed. “What if they’re looking for a return?”

“The parable of the prodigal daughter?” you half-joked, walking back to the closest and fetching a few more items. When you came back out, the usually playful Jeremey had a very serious look on his face.

“Look, Y/N, you know we love you-“

Oh, that’s never good.

“But you know you’re better suited for the BAU,” he said firmly. “You’re built for that kind of work. You can handle the stress and the travel and the constantly shifting gears.

He continued, “And while that makes you a great asset to this team, it’s clearly not as rewarding for you. Besides, we literally all know you still miss them. If you want to go back to the BAU, you should.”

You smiled softly, always a little honored to see the serious side Jeremey.

“Did Chief put you up to this?” you joked. “Am I getting fired?”

Jeremey rolled his eyes. “If Chief knew I was saying all this stuff to you, I’d be the one getting fired.”

-0-

“I heard you were kidnapped last year,” Spencer said as you two waited for the elevator. “Are you alright?”

You nodded your head ardently, your exhaustion once again overpowering your plan to not chat with anyone – especially Spencer.

“Yeah,” you said. “They didn’t have me for long. Honestly, it’s the most interesting thing that’s happened out there.”

Spencer gave you an odd look as the elevator doors opened.

“I think that’s how it’s supposed to be,” he said as he got on and pressed the button for the garage. “The BAU is the odd one out in that regard.”

You chuckled. “Yeah. Some people have said I’m better suited for the BAU. Apparently I bore too easily on my other team.”

Spencer laughed softly, and you reveled in how comfortable it felt. Anytime you had been alone with someone else, there was always an awkward tension. JJ didn’t know what to do with you, Derek hated you, and Penny didn’t want to scare you away. The only person you felt like yourself with was Spencer.

You tried to ignore the way your heart fluttered at the thought.

Even if you did come back, nothing would happen between you two. He had Maeve, and you had… well, nothing really, expect too much pride to admit to Alicia's “unrequited love” theory.

Suddenly, the elevator jostled, pulling you from your thoughts.

You looked to Spencer and saw him standing next to the control panel, handing moving away from the Emergency Stop button.

“I need to talk to you,” he said quietly, eyes looking off to the side. “And it’s going to be weird, but I need to do it.”

You nodded silently, bracing yourself for whatever came your way.

“You hurt us,” he started. “You hurt all of us when you left like that. And I know you were doing what you had to do, and you have no idea how amazing it is to see you happy again, but you did hurt us.”

You nodded along, biting your lip to keep it from quivering. Spencer grew more confident as he spoke, walking closer to you and catching your eyes with his.

“I was messed up for a long time, and I don’t think Morgan will ever really forgive you for that.”

You nodded, and he stepped closer.

“Blake couldn’t handle the tension in the team with you gone,” Spencer said quietly. “And I know Hotch had been looking into early retirement. You kept this team together, Y/N. You kept me together. And you just… left.”

You nodded again, tears welling in your eyes.

“I know,” you whispered, breaking his gaze as you moved to wipe your tears away. “I know I hurt you-“

“That doesn’t matter though,” he continued, softening his voice and stepping closer to you. “None of it matters, because no matter what I do, I still love you.”

Your breath caught in your throat, and you blinked away fresh tears as the demon of doubt returned to his summer house in your brain. You hated yourself a little bit for the rush of excitement you felt at the confession, but couldn’t fully condemn that romantic part of you. All you could finds a try to keep her in check.

“I thought-“ you started, sputtering out as you choked back a sob and took a shaky breath, “I thought…you and Maeve…”

Spencer shook his head, stepping even closer.

“Maeve and I are nothing,” he practically whispered, his voice and enticing. “We’ve never been more than friends – never been close.

“It’s always been you, Y/N,” he whispered, somehow even closer than before. “Only ever you.”

You wanted to believe him. You almost did believe him. You were so close to finally believing him, if only that damn demon would shut the fuck up.

“Only me?” you asked, cursing the pleading tone in your voice. “Y-you… you l-love…”

“Only you,” he whispered, face slowly getting closer and closer to yours. You had to act fast – figure this out before he got too close and you threw all reason down the elevator shaft. “I am completely, helplessly in love with only you.”

That’ll work.

You closed the waning distance between you, grabbing handfuls of his shirt and pulling him closer. He reciprocated immediately, cupping our face gently and taking control of the kiss.

You let the kiss – 6 years in the making – wash over you, running your hands down his chest and wrapping your arms around his waist. He stepped even closer to you, forcing you back against the wall of the elevator.

His body pressed up flush against yours and his hands slid back into your hair, gently tilting your head back and deepening the kiss.

You moaned into his mouth as your body shook with anticipation and thrill. If he was as shocked by this reaction as you were, he didn’t show it.

Encourage, you let your body take over, tongue fighting his in a playful battle while your hands slid around the waist of his pants and pulled him even closer. You started fumbling with his belt when his large hands enveloped yours. He pulled away from the kiss.

“Not here,” he said, breathlessly reaching for the Emergency Stop button and pushing it in. “Not at work. Where are you staying?”

“Depends,” you said.

“Depends?” he asked, pulling back to shoot you a confused look. “On what?”

You smirked at him.

“On whose place is closer.”

Spencer confused look drained away as he began to laugh, pulling you back in for a playful kiss. You two pulled away from each other again as you reached the main floor.

“Garcia said you might be coming back,” Spencer asked, desperate hope clear in his eyes as they stayed locked on yours. “Is it true? Are you coming back to us?”

“Technically,” you said softly, “I don’t have much of a choice.”

You suppressed a chuckle at the confused looked the genius gave you.

“Chief finished the transfer papers on her end this afternoon,” you said. “Faxed them over to Caitlin earlier this evening. If she still works late, I’d say they’ve been processed.”

Spencer’s smile was so bright you swore you’d go blind if you kept staring at it.

You refused to look away.

“So what you’re saying is…” he urged.

You smiled brightly at him.

“I’m already back.”

A/N: And we have a happy ending! Hope you enjoyed!

Taglist: champagnesugamama bibliophile1773 kimvtaeokay rawritsmolly supernaturalhunter333 spencerreidreads ultrarebelheart mrssierrarogers theawkwardbutterfly roupasuja wheresthewater crazylizardlove (I tried to get everyone, but with the way notes have been acting up I can’t be sure. Sorry if I missed anyone)

#spencer reid x reader #dr. spencer reid #criminal minds #fanfic #also this has only been through one round of light editing #so sorry for any glaring mistakes #i wanted to get it out asap #i know how sucky angsty cliffhangers are

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seaglassdinosaur · 6 years ago

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Jeremy: Green Mountain Dew activates you red shuts you off!

The Squip: why do you think we had it discontinued? To get rid of me now you’d need a time machine to the 1990s.

Jeremey: or a friend who’s so old school he buys 90s soft drinks from the back room of Spencer’s Gifts.

The Squip:

#be more chill #bmc #my post #theater meme

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cartoonfangirl1218 · 7 years ago

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Jeremey Jordan soundtrack

Nowhere near all of his performances, but just some of my faves. Which is a lot. He is just an amazing singer

She used to be mine https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=chkOkcEFGM0 Don't rain on my parade https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EQmrsm50xQc CELLBLOCK tango https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9f_L-s8GQ Let it go https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=80njuNDlTR0 Disney medley https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXAkjKdKZ4 The Greatest Showman https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PluaPvhkIMU Let me be your star (with Jonathan Geoff) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gSu-wUlRmu4

It's all coming back to me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TppJMa8apkc Take me or leave me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxyRx_Vp23U Next ten minutes/Ten minutes ago (with Laura Osnes) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g03joGMamlg Beauty and the beast https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qyc7Q7DhHk Put a little love in your heart https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdq42pasVyo Somewhere over the rainbow https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_FiUHhF0o Broadway here I come https://m.youtube.com/watch?

Losing my mind https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZVxPTvGp4 Maybe I'm amazed (with wife, Ashley Spencer) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0aizb_FYY

Last Five Years

Shiksa goddess https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&v=rYX4iGOjR50 Moving too fast https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgE&v=vQJDnsJePQ0&mode=NORMAL Schmuel song https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgG&v=dFozqloKAeI&mode=NORMAL Next ten minutes https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgI&v=51-zbXm8jLA&mode=NORMAL A miracle would happen https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_ If I didn't believe in you https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgL&v=0vekO-xrKB4&mode=NORMAL Nobody needs to know https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgN&v=_JIeSCrW_s4&mode=NORMAL

Goodbye until tomorrow/I could never rescue you https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLz9hawFzXV-_Skw1NItlcpuMaV5BjS2cK&params=OAFIAVgO&v=yN_osqBLAKI&mode=NORMAL

Newsies

Santa Fe prologue https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgC&v=QckLqh9efsQ&mode=NORMAL Carrying the banner https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgD&v=oECt8v1ehHw&mode=NORMAL I never planned on you https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgG&v=u6cQkZLtUJQ&mode=NORMAL The world will know https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgH&v=eCwazG_NdbI&mode=NORMAL

Santa Fe https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgJ&v=QsfrVvDuoos&mode=NORMAL Seize the day https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgI&v=sMi8pjRg6YY&mode=NORMAL S

Watch what happens reprise https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgL&v=eF67abVp4Fs&mode=NORMAL Something to believe in https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgO&v=8FhVL0Jylm4&mode=NORMAL Once and for all https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBNfMfi9WxnGK1MxovWAYoogtAnXF7xb3&params=OAFIAVgP&v=YW3ay0MIvFk&mode=NORMAL

Bonnie and Clyde

Picture show https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgC&v=wM4zk6pz3n0&mode=NORMAL The world will remember me https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgD&v=RFvDXWjnnB4&mode=NORMAL When I drive https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgG&v=35fFygxEbu0&mode=NORMAL

You can do better than him https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgI&v=D7uZarhOZ_8&mode=NORMAL Raise a little hell https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgK&v=iOrEXEtG9_U&mode=NORMAL The world will remember us https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgL&v=xpX3NoKxqr0&mode=NORMAL Too late to turn back now https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgN&v=artCK5a8tVE&mode=NORMAL

What was good enough for you https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgP&v=Kha4N1Fjb6w&mode=NORMAL Bonnie https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgQ&v=4vVOLA5CXXo&mode=NORMAL This never happened before https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgV&v=rro8BxtKVUk&mode=NORMAL Raise a little hell reprise https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE3AFC151E0D21245&params=OAFIAVgR&v=J4eym7X6U2U&mode=NORMAL

#jermey jordan #jermey sings #newsies #bonnie and clyde #last five years

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dearstepbroschill · 7 years ago

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Jeremey! To get rid of a squip drink some Mountain Dew red, I think Micheal has some.

M: Actually I currently do not. Spencer's doesn't have any right now so we have to wait. I'm keeping him safe though.

#Dearstepbroschill #ask #be more chill #jeremy heere #Michael mell

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sportsbored · 6 years ago

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The chances of Lamar Jackson going to the New York Jets are SIGNIFICANTLY less that zero due to just about every move we’ve made in the offseason

MORE THAN. Twas a typo. I meant MORE than zero.

Soo, I’m already anticipating the downvotes. Why? I won’t shut about Lamar Jackson. I understand. I’m actually annoyed at the amount of hours I’ve invested researching. I used to have a life sobs. But, in my time investigating, I found a lot of things and..

I think we might draft Lamar Jackson.

But I probably can’t convince you that because media and mocks and blah blah. So, I’ll just say:

The chances of Lamar Jackson going to the New York Jets are SIGNIFICANTLY more than zero due to just about every move we’ve made in the offseason

But I’m not basing this off gut or any of that bullshit. I’ve found some interesting quotes from Bowles and info about our personnel that suggest, schematically and philosophically, Lamar is too much of a fit for the direction the team is going in to not be considered. (Please read before you downvote)

Before the draft hype started happening, Josh McCown went on a radio show and was asked what QBs he thought about becoming a QB coach or scout. What he thought of the QBs coming into the draft. Without being asked to comment specifically about Lamar, he went on a spiel about how effective Lamar could be in the passing game with his ability to run and read the field.. Now, I will say, this was before McCown came back to us. He might not even have us in mind. I mean, we all know McCown is vying for a QB coach, or coaching position in general, after he retires. Maybe input on who he likes best? But this was also at a time when the Polian quote was hot. Could mean something...?

Buuut, It also could mean a whole lotta nothing. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

This all starts from a video of Bowles during the combine, explaining why John Morton left. Basically, he said that Morton wasn't the best person for going in the new direction of the team. He said they are trying mesh their run and pass game several times. Hmmm... If you wanted to mesh those two things, there IS one perfect guy... But again, ahead of ourselves. Bowles repeated this several times (seriously it’s funny the way he emphasizes it lol) and, with the moves the FO made, it makes sense.

Jeremy Bates, our new OC, is a West Coast system guy. Besides being a better OC for our newly meshed run pass game, Bates is a stickler for footwork. Here's a cool article about it. Wonder why McCopter's throwing was better this year than you remember in his TB and Browns days? Footwork. Now, everyone - sans Rosen - in this draft class has footwork issues. I won’t act like fixing one of the few valid holes in Lamar’s game (which is the [easy thing to fix)[(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3qDroheNw8)] in a QB btw) makes the Morton connection a special fit for Jackson. But a good system might.

Bates runs a West Coast Offense. The West Coast Offense is perfect for Lamar, as it's centered on short and intermediate passes, timing and anticipation. Coming from an Erhardt-Perkins system (think Patriots, hence the interest), reading defenses was a requirement, and Partrino would actually stop practices when Lamar was tempted to run as an underclassmen. Despite draft media saying ridiculous things like he doesn't read coverages or throw with anticipation, he thrives on taking advantage of windows in zone reads. Here's a sheet from a longer contexualized report by Ben Solak explain things with numbers and such for all the QBs. But it doesn’t just take a system that matches, but a commitment to that play style... Well according to Bowles...

56:07 ish Depending on the team and depending the scheme [mobility in a quarterback] can be very valuable. Half the league has drop back quarterbacks and half the league have mobile quarterbacks and do more zone read stuff so depending [on scheme] you may look at it as a benefit, you may not, but it has its place in this league...

What is a zone read offense? According to this, a "zone" blocking up front, with the quarterback giving or keeping based upon the "read" he makes. Keep that in mind.

My perception doesn’t change the quarterbacks we have ...we tailor the game to their strength and not their weakness so it really doesn’t matter to me.

Hmmmmmmmm.... funny saying this, while also saying this.

1:49 Bates is 3 steps ahead of the ball game... Jeremey gives us the chance to think ahead and do certain things that I don’t think we had in the past, so, combined with Dennison, and the rest of the Offensive Coaches, I think it was the right thing to do.

When we dumped Morton, we not only promoted Jeremy Bates, we hired a new Offensive Line Coach, Rick Dennison. Dennison is a master of, what else, but the Zone Blocking Scheme, a scheme that encourages Lineman to run down the field to block. This scheme is especially good with runners that can make quick cuts like Crowell, or Powell...or Lamar. Oops I dropped some film of Lamar tearing up Syracuse with some ZBS concepts. Ok, we might be running zone blocking, and Bowles might have said mobility is valuable for teams who do things like zone reads but... I don’t think Dennison means much, right? Did I mention that Dennison was once Tyrod Taylor’s QB coach and also the coach for Jay Cutler and Matt Schaub when had their best completion percentage numbers? No? Well, this does.

Speaking about accuracy, Lamar’s terrible right? How can he be a choice as a number 3 QB if he’s a terrible thrower? First, Josh Allen's % is worse. Besides that, well, he’s not really inaccurate. Lamar had the most incompletions due to drops of the QBs available, this was even in his heisman season. Even with an inconsistent base, Lamar’s accuracy concerns makes adjusted completion percentage was 3rd best of the 5, *right behind Rosen. He even had a better adj comp % than Rosen before his god awful bowl game. Unless you think Darnold is inaccurate, you can't say the same for Lamar.

But he has terrible mechanical issues! Terrible, no, inconsistent, yes. This article explains the details of what Lamar’s problems are regarding mechanics (which is technically a hip and elbow problem but whatever). Regardless, despite Considering his ball placement is already in the top tier of draft eligible QBs (according to the godly Ben Solak) Seems like Lamar’s already coming along, although not perfect yet. And we have Jeremy Bates to help him fix whatever other gap exists. It's really his one glaring flaw and we have the coaching staff and scheme to fix it...

But I haven’t heard any rumors about LJ to the Jets! The Jets are hush mouth about what prospects they want, but were SUPER hush mouth about Hack during his draft process. We didn’t didn't even release the fact they had a workout with him (and I checked google). That’s why the Baker & Jets marriage didn’t make much sense to myself. Mayfield is much more vocal than we usually are about these things. Either way, there hasn't been a word yet about the Jets working with Lamar, even though there were rumors earlier (super paper thin, will say) in the draft process . It also appears most other teams around our draft pick have at least met with him at the combine. You’re telling me we haven’t met with him at all and he's a perfect fit for our offense? Speaking of Hack, people say Mac loved him because he was a tall strong armed white guy, but his mental processing abilities were impressive. Guess, what? Lamar's are pretty damn impressive too. And his arm, pretty strong too.

But is he worth the top 3 pick? Yes. He’s gotten injured the fewest of the top 5. His “frail” frame isn’t a valid complaint. RG3 has 10 pounds on him. Muscle mass doesn’t make you less prone to injury (per Mississippi State athletic dept), flexibility however does. And according to his old coach, he was gumby. Also, his pocket presence is one of the most mature in the class hands down. The narrative against him was only because draft guys don’t know where he’d fit. In fact, his stock keeps ‘rising’ (they didn’t know where he’s going because he has no agent tiesand they don’t know where to place him schematically) and Schefter says he sees him going in the first, and it’s not close. Now he’s getting reports about mid picks. He’s shown more dynamic play and mature pocket ability than any of the guys in the draft. If he’s a better 2010 Mike Vick, and Vick was #1, why not Lamar?

Could this be confirmation bias? Certainly. I’ve been on this man’s tip since the end of the college season. I could be painting a magical fairy tale all in my head. Buuuutt, adding all the Bowles quotes together, since our offense is clearly going in a more of a meshed running and passing game, and Bowles thinks an offense designed for a mobile QB would be the team..

Well, we’re a pretty damn good fit.

As a disclaimer, I must say that Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen and even Allen also somewhat fit the in the way we have built the team. That’s why I don’t think Mac or Bowles is lying when the said they have 4 or 5 guys they could take. They are also very capable of thriving on rollouts and have a bit of athletic ability to execute a similar type offense (Rosen will have to play a more pocket west coast game). However, if you want a west coast offense that thrives on utilizing ZBS to get lineman down the field to block and creates a great running game, Lamar fits the scheme the best and will be the most dangerous in our offense. From picking up Crowell (a back that could make quick cuts to maximize the ZBS) to Spencer Long (a O lineman that could do both ZBS and Power Blocking), we’ve made a commitment to our scheme.

One thing's for sure, Bowels says

45:47 ish Bates has a good plan in place to do what we want. Has the staff to do it. Have confidence to execute it.

So whoever we pick, we’ll be in a good spot but don’t flame if it’s Lamar Jackson because that would absolutely be great for us.

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