Now... if only there was a way to get Harris resigned. Revis doesn't want 12 mil a year? Fine, we have other players we can pay with Mevi$' money. I like this. Now Tanny can tell Revis' agents... hey, we can't even go 12 mil now. You guys turned down our best offer, so we are putting the money on players who show up and put the team first. Our new offer is 10 mil. Call us back in a year when Revis fires you.
I think the Jets have played the media pretty smooth with this. It was leaked that Mangold would have to wait for his new deal. Around that same time the deals being offered to Revis were leaked. Two weeks later fans start siding with the Jets and now we sign a true team player. The Jets come out looking golden in this, while Revis just looks worse in every way.
Good for Nick. He shows up like a man to honor the one year he has left on his contract and good things happen for him. I hope the Jets sign D. Harris before Revis. The longer Revis holds out the less I miss him the Jets can and will get by with out him if they have to. Thank you Nick for being a man and keeping your word (the contract that you signed as a rookie) I effing love you man.
I agree, and how clever is Tanny to work the whole situation this way? He has us all pissed at Revis, loving Mangold, and the FO looks like they are more than willing to pay but Mevi$ and his agents are greedy irrational bastards. It's funny... my first impression of Tanny was he was a naive little accountant, and he still projects that image. There is a shark under those waters, but it has no fin... you don't see it coming. The man is as calculating and subversive as they come. I'm not saying he's dishonest, I'm saying Woody Johnson knew Tanny could play hardball, and that is what the Revis situation is. You use very single tool in the box. Every negotiating ploy you can. Tanny is the master. I'm on board, even if he has managed to manipulate my opinions. I respect his political savy to no end. I don't know if this was all part of his original long term plan, likely one that has taken shape as events developed, but... I don't now if I'd buy Florida real estate from him either.
To be fair, Tanny didn't really make them look like greedy, irrational bastards. Rejecting a $120 million offer did that part beautifully :up: I agree with everything. There were a lot of people concerned whether Tanny could handle the GM job from anything but a cap management perspective, and he's done beautifully. Of course, I don't think he's quite enough of a shrewd shark to do this, but it would be hilarious if HE were actually the one behind the Cowlishaw rumors. Get everyone focused on Revis and then throw Mangold out. The comparisons would be inevitable at that point on a national level, not just for the growing impatient fans.
My guess would be that they have given up on Revis and are moving down the list to the next priority (Mangold). Harris is likely to be the next contract unless they get real smart and lock up Santonio Holmes now before he gets a chance to show how good he will be this season.
Good to know many people now agree with my sig In a rotoworld update it said the Jets and Harris' reps have talked a dozen of times but Harris doesn't like the structure of the deal. But he understands it's because of the uncapped year. Unlike Ferguson, Mangold and Revis he has a very small contract and it's hard to not break the 30% rule.
I think your animosity of Woody sometimes gets in the way of reality... They gave Pennington a big extension before he got hurt, they offered Leon a good contract for what his role was going to be, they resigned B Thomas, Brick just a few weeks ago, Cotch got an extension, Ellis? , there are others that I don't feel like going through but we have been proactive in resigning other players and the ones we haven't outside of Farrior haven't exactly gone on to light the world on fire.
You know I thought about that as well considering Revis is still under contract they could probably resign Harris and maybe either Holmes or Edwards and Cro. I just thought Ryan liked Cro too much to have him here for just one year. My guess is they are going to move forward and stop wasting time with Revis and resign the other parts of this team. I think the pressure for Revis to sign will become too great and he'll have no choice. If they resign Harris before the season starts Revis's agents are going to take a serious PR hit especially when it's known what they've rejected. If the Jets get Harris, Mangold and Brick all resigned this off season then other players around the league are going to notice that his agents aren't getting what's best for their client.
Well done Tanny and Nick!! Nick your a class act just wish there was more players like you out there. (revis)
... amen brother! ... ... we are very lucky to have mikey t at the top of our football pyramid!!! ... l_j_r
see I honestly think its a bad idea to sign either receiver now. I think their value is much higher now than it will be at the end of the season based on a numbers perspective. Since all 3 wrs have to compete with each other for time, and targets, all of their numbers will undoubtably be down, espicially holmes who might not catch 45 balls this year with us. Personally I think him only catching 45 passes (with another suspension meaning a season off) would be easier to negotiate than it would be to negotiate with him coming off the season he had with the same suspension looming. remember Braylon only caught 35 passes for us in 09 regular season and was targeted the most of any receiver on the jets by far. So I have no doubt all their numbers will be down even more this year with the need to distribute the ball, especially with Keller due for a breakout season in the redzone.
This is excellent news. With a consistent offensive line in place, the Jets offense should grow for years to come. Is this completely official now or are they still working out the bonus?
I agree... the Jets should see how everyone fits in to the grand scheme of things before making decisions on who stays or who goes. At least with the "core 4" we know exactly what we have... we don't necessarily know how our WR situation is going to look at the end of the year.
I've only really been following the Jets finances since around Tannembaum's time but what was it that's given Woody such a bad reputation around here? Ever since we've had Mike T it seems like he's been very generous in getting FAs and signing big guys. Maybe except the Kendall deal.
“You can only battle it out for so long.” – Nick Mangold http://www.nfl.com/videos/new-york-jets/09000d5d819f7588/Mangold-on-contract-progress
This is the first season since I was 2 that I'm not going to any games whatsoever. I dropped my season tickets 3 years ago because I simply can't afford them anymore. Woody's reputation has everything to do with the perception of how he treats the fans / the new stadium. From a football perspective, he's been great for the Jets. From a fans perspective, he's Satan incarnate.
Harris: He can't get a new long term deal right now due to the 30% rule, BUT tanny could tear up his last year (this year) and replace it with a new one year contract with 30% more. That would give harris a raise this season from $900K to $1.2M. And make it all garuanteed. Not a long term deal, but a nice raise for the 2010 season. I don't think harris would mind plus the jets would look golden for doing this for a player.
