[LongTimeJetsFan]

I don't remember ever reading about this. Interesting ...

How close we came to avoiding a circus in Florham Park.

When the New York Jets face Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub on Monday night, they'll come face to face with what could have been.

Ex-Jets coach Eric Mangini told Rich Cimini of ESPN New York the team went hard after Schaub in 2006, when he was a young backup quarterback with the Atlanta Falcons.

"We tried like hell to get him," Mangini said this week.

Mangini and general manager Mike Tannenbaum were offering defensive end John Abraham to Atlanta straight-up for Schaub, whose two starts behind Michael Vick had New York enticed. The talks for Schaub fell apart, but the Jets swapped Abraham for the 29th pick in the 2006 draft. Mangini and Co. used that to select center Nick Mangold, but only after trying to trade the pick to the San Diego Chargers for running back Michael Turner.

Doing the math, we can safely assume a rapidly developing Schaub would have outlasted the oft-injured Chad Pennington and prevented the acquisitions of Brett Favre, Mark Sanchez and -- almost certainly -- Tim Tebow.

Something for Jets fans to chew on Monday night.

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[b.reyes16]

Always hearing about what could have been.... Could have been Dan Marino too....

[Footballgod214]

This thread won't be half as cool after SanBow destroys Schaub Monday night....

[Drew]

Shit like this.. especially now, while we struggle.. is completely unnecessary.

[The Dark Knight]

The Jets could have traded up for JaMarcus Russell too, so yeah........

[Combustible Rextible]

Interesting. I'm glad we got Mangold for the, ahem, ground and pound game...

[b0ng]

You sure the Jets wouldn't have dumped Schaub with his injuries by now?

[patfanken]

It is always looks great in hindsight, but one has to consider that Shaub had 3 very mixed years in his start with Houston, when he had just as many haters as admirers. Would the Jets and their fans have been as patient waiting for him to develop into what he is now, as they've been waiting for the Sanchez ship to come in?

[Jon_Snow]

Abraham for Mangold was a good deal. You can't blame the Falcons for not wanting to trade a good back up QB for a pass rusher with attitude issues.

[Jeti]

Schaub at QB

We could have still had Mangold by trading up from our early 2nd rounder

2009 means we stay put and grab Percy Harvin and keep our 2nd for another piece

Damn you Atlanta

[JetsUK]

Originally Posted by Jon_Snow

Abraham for Mangold was a good deal. You can't blame the Falcons for not wanting to trade a good back up QB for a pass rusher with attitude issues.

And yet they traded their 1st round pick for that same player and a 1st rd pick >>> most back up QBs.

[Axel3419]

Hindsight is always better than foresight.

That said, this makes me sad.

[IWillPeeGreen]

I don't understand how Mangini doesn't have a front office position somewhere. It baffles me Chargers wouldn't trade Turner for a 1st but let him walk in free agency.

[Jon_Snow]

Originally Posted by JetsUK

And yet they traded their 1st round pick for that same player and a 1st rd pick >>> most back up QBs.

A known quantity is greater than and unknown. He played in 4 games and must have looked good, especially if we wanted to make him our starter. Draft picks even in the first round are a gamble.

[3lixer.]

I remember this. Timing of bringing it back up is depressing.

[mj2sexay]

Originally Posted by IWillPeeGreen

I don't understand how Mangini doesn't have a front office position somewhere. It baffles me Chargers wouldn't trade Turner for a 1st but let him walk in free agency.

This. A.J. Smith rears his ugly head yet again.

And honestly compared to what the return was on Schaub, they should've just gone ahead, kept their first rounder and taken the initial proposed deal.

Not for nothing, but Schaub has 8 million weapons including the arguably the best back in the game. Put Sanchez on the Texans offense and I'm willing to bet he's just as successful.

[mr nyjet]

Originally Posted by LongTimeJetsFan

I don't remember ever reading about this. Interesting ...


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after trading up in the draft, we also could have picked freeman instead of sanchez. who is running the front office/scouting/draft?

ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution rests.

[PinPointPenning10]

Whatever, Schaub or Turner would've been nice but I'd rather have Mangold than both of them.

Also, I'm so sick of the media calling the Jets a "circus." It's only a circus because they made it into one.

[VanderbiltJets]

So what if we did get Schaub? He would've been run out of NY before now.

[Dierking]

Sanchez has beaten him twice already. not taking the bait.