Yeah, corners were a coin flip mid first to late second. Mcourty will probably be a nickel back and an elite special teamer. Like they said on the draft shows, you have to load up on good secondary players with B.Marshall, Holmes now in the division. Thanks for the heads up on the UF players as I only watched 2 of their games this past year. I hope they pan out cause our 05-08 drafts SUCKED, and that's why we are, where we are (competitive transition)
Dude, what were the Jets doing letting go of Faneca and Washington? Faneca must have been one of the guy flappin his gums over losing T Jones.
That kinda came as a shock to most. Sucks Washington got hurt, cause he would have landed at least a 2nd rounder.
Tannebaum has made some BOLD moves, Jets are going ALL IN, but some of the things done make me step back and scratch my head.I question if they'll be to slam the ball down peoples throats like last yr. Without Fanecas run blocking (he was meh at pass coverage)and the departure of jones (valid move). Some big egos in one locker room, good thing their moving into a new stadium with a larger clubhouse
2005 draft sucked? Dude you got logan mankins, nick kazcur, james sanders, ellis hobbs and matt cassell. i know this because i looked it up when i was having a debate about recent draft history.
i think 2006 was when you saw the falloff.
The only impact guys you have drafted then (hard to make a judgement on 09 right now) are Mayo, merriweather, gotkowski. Edelman might be ok, but given a 4 year or so span....that's not a lot of good decisions. Mayo and merriweather are really good, but thats only a couple of guys.
I agree thats why you guys are where you are now. you hit homeruns in the draft during the super bowl years and we were able to replace vets about to get paid with young talent. now, their vets are going/be trading but with no one to replace them.
As far as faneca, i agree they should have kept him for another year. For the sole reason that the already have to pay him 5 million dollars no matter what (minus whatever he signs for..so if he signs for 2.5 mil, jets only owe 2.5. which in that case results in 5 mil+ savings). BUT...faneca wasn't "meh" at pass protection, he was flat out bad. He gave up 7 sacks last year, maybe 6, on a team that didn't pass the ball that much overall. most amongst NFL guards. He got to the pro bowl based on reputation alone.I thought his run blocking was good, but looking at some highlights i notice it was mostly when he pulled towards his side of the line. Fact is, he was the weakest link on the line while getting paid the most. All in all, I think you're going to see that he is replaceable.
Washington was completely expendable at this point, he was a great jet but he fucked up by not signing a contract extension last year when the jets offered him one. his agent is a the biggest douchebag in the world...Alvin Keeler or whatever, was trying to get Jones-drew money. Probably fucked up his life majorly.
The jets are going to be disgusting this year, i'm not worried even in the slightest. I don't see how a team is going to throw on them at all, and with 2 solid NT's and a great linebacking core, they won't be able to run either. You're going to see revis, cromartie and wilson out on islands while rex throws the kitchen sink at QBs.
What "egos?"? None of these guys have egos. The vets all want to win a ring and the young guys are all humble. And rex doesn't tolerate that shit for a minute. neither will the locker room. They're going all in for 1 reason. They were 30 minutes away from reaching the super bowl with they team they had, even with a rookie QB. They have a fuckload of guys to sign next year with big paydays and dont know how many they will be able to keep even if they still spend money.
David Harris, Nick Mangold, D'brickashaw, revis...and then the new guys like cromartie, edwards and holmes. It's simply impossible to keep all of them. I guarantee you they'll do everything they can to sign the first 4 though. if they lose even one of those first 4 guys this team will not be the same.
I really wish it was september already.