So I met Vilma this morning...

[InChadWeTrust]

I am a 20 year old University of Miami student. My roommate's brother is on the football team and works out with Vilma. He arranged for us to meet after he worked out this morning.

He is just a really nice guy. I wish I could tell you guys that we talked specifics, but to be honest he really was tired from his workout and I was tired from not sleeping at all the night before.

Some stuff he did say though was that Chad was actually really funny off the camera with teammates. He said he really likes Mangini and isn't as big a hardass as everyone portrays. It seems like Mangini is the type of coach that as long as you are giving it your all each and every practice he will back off the players.

In terms of the defense, he thinks that the Jets D will be a lot better than last year. He was saying how they really came on in the 2nd half of last year and they will only get better. He did admit that he would like to get that big ass d-tackle taking up blockers and that he will be freed up more when we get the right player. It definetely seemed like the team has a much better idea of how the 3-4 works now.

He also said that the New England loss still stings a little bit. That's about it for football. We also talked a bit about my semester and major and his, as well as what he'd like to do after football. He signed my football and jersey and I got a picture with him. He has a dark red Cadillac Escalade (sp?) and he drove off waving to me in that thing.

Just thought I'd share that with you guys. If for no other reason just to tell a story in the always slow offseason. I didn't want to ask him it, but for those of you that say he doesn't belong on the team I say you are wrong. I really think that once the team continues to gel and Mangini gets his players on the team that Vilma will be more than fine.

[nyjunc]

Nice story, thanks for sharing. I love that we have guys like Vilma and Chad as our leaders. Good people as well s good football players.

[NYMagpies]

its great when you meet players off the field and they are nice guys....good stuff.

[jetsfan119]

Great story. I have to agree with nyjunc...Having Vilma, Chad...Even Rhodes and no maybe Thomas as leaders of this team, its a great feeling. I was just talking to my girlfriend last night who is a giants fan and we were talking about this and she said...the biggest thing the jets have that the giants dont have is leadership. and the jets have great leaders.

[highflyer]

Show us the picture!

[Wolfe Tone]

awesome story, Jon Ryan the punter for GB is the only NFL player I have ver met and thats because i played lacrosee with him for 4 years, Vilma is my favourite player and I could not handle seeing him leave

[InChadWeTrust]

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I know I look just so silly and part of the reason is because I haven't slept in over 30 hours and the other reason is because nobody was around to take the picture for us so I had to hold my hand out.

[fireguy404]

Great story. It's always cool when you meet someone famous and find out that they really are nice people.

[CapoStatus27]

awesome dude

[Drew]

That's awesome, man. Thanks for sharing.

[faree]

Thats a nice set of trapezius hes got there.

Nice story.

[DROB63Cmart28]

Good story . All these Vilma haters gotta back off. He's a great leader for our defense along side Rhodes. He's a great player who works hard and gives it 100 percent every practice and game. With that said we are not trading him so all you haters can get these thoughts out of your head.

[ghostridergo]

I love vilma hes the man. I just heard some disturbing or good rumors depending how you look at it. I heard the Jets are trying to Vilma and some other picks to the Lions for their number 2 pick so that we can draft Calvin Johnson at number 2. Also i heard the jets are making a push for cato june from the colts. has anybody else heard of anything like this. I live in san diego so its hard to get any info about the jets other then the internet.

[Canadian]

Awesome!!!!

[hazmat]

I love vilma hes the man. I just heard some disturbing or good rumors depending how you look at it. I heard the Jets are trying to Vilma and some other picks to the Lions for their number 2 pick so that we can draft Calvin Johnson at number 2. Also i heard the jets are making a push for cato june from the colts. has anybody else heard of anything like this. I live in san diego so its hard to get any info about the jets other then the internet.

No way they are trading up to the 2 spot, they have so many holes on both lines that trading up to take a wr would be a huge mistake. Not gonna happen.

Cato June doesn't fit into this team at all. He's way to small to play 3-4 LB and who knows if he can make the transition to safety and we already have good safties.

[jasonjets]

No way they are trading up to the 2 spot, they have so many holes on both lines that trading up to take a wr would be a huge mistake. Not gonna happen.

Cato June doesn't fit into this team at all. He's way to small to play 3-4 LB and who knows if he can make the transition to safety and we already have good safties.
Oh wow, I never even thought of him as a safety, but come to thing of it, it is a pretty good idea. He is WAY too small for a 3-4 LB, barely big enough for a 4-3 LB, but has all the qualities of a safety. He is a HARD hitter, very good in coverage for a LB (a bit more training in that area, and he could be pretty good as a safety also), very fast, and the perfect size. At 6-0, 225, he definitely has the size and quickness to be a safety, even if he loses 10 pounds. Wow! Not a bad idea now thta I look at it.

[JetFanInPA]

Oh wow, I never even thought of him as a safety, but come to thing of it, it is a pretty good idea. He is WAY too small for a 3-4 LB, barely big enough for a 4-3 LB, but has all the qualities of a safety. He is a HARD hitter, very good in coverage for a LB (a bit more training in that area, and he could be pretty good as a safety also), very fast, and the perfect size. At 6-0, 225, he definitely has the size and quickness to be a safety, even if he loses 10 pounds. Wow! Not a bad idea now thta I look at it.

Too small for a 4-3??........ He's 6-2 230...


And he could be a fine 3-4 ILB as long as Robertson adds about 10-15 pounds and more strength. Look how great Donnie Edwards was in the 3-4, and he was even smaller than Vilma.

[The Dark Knight]

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I know I look just so silly and part of the reason is because I haven't slept in over 30 hours and the other reason is because nobody was around to take the picture for us so I had to hold my hand out.

Awesome man. :up:

[wexy]

Nice story and a good memory to have.

[hickeyQB15]

Nice story... that's really awesome

[Jonathan_Vilma]

I know I might get gay comments on this, but how did he look? Did he look like he got any bigger?

Cool story either way.

[xmscott]

Im jealous.

[dclark26]

Good stuff. I would have freezed up and said something dumb.

[VickBlows]

Yeah – it’s pretty cool when you meet these guys and they are graceful like that. Chad has a house in Sarasota and I’ve actually run into him a few times down there.

Last time, a few weeks ago - he was waiting for a table at a restaurant and me and my brother were in the bar – we had Jets hats on and he just started BSing with us like a regular fan you run into.

It’s refreshing – living in Tampa over ten years and having owned a limo business a few years ago – I’ve met a lot of sports celebrities. Unfortunately – many of them are total pricks…

[Goodrich]

very cool story, not many superstars are so nice

[TheBlairThomasFumble]

Very cool story and pic.

TBTF

[The Dude]

I actually had a chance to meet Vilma at our FedEx company event. He is definitely as nice as genuine as this post dictates. Funny story: My co-worker brought a female client of his. Vilma started flirting with her at the podium (signing podium) and asked for her number. She had a bf, but of course still gave it to him. My co-worker took his client home after the event and Vilma had already texted her. He asked if he could stop by her apartment, she denied him- he said that he was off to Green Bay (packers game)

[Poeman]

vilma is the man

[johny lucas]

sweet pic and nice story he has to be one of the jets greats

[MikeChickenMcNugent]

Awesome pic!! I met him as well, twice actually :)