Remember that there are teams that are still over the cap, and will need to cut players to get under. Its gonna happen ... being 10 mil under is a nice spot to be right now.
Most of those players left on their own accord or had to go because of the cap situation. Smith and Edwards were never getting the money they wanted. Woody and Jenkins retired because of injuries. Cotchery asked to leave. Ihedigbo and Ellis have a chance to be back. It wasn't a willful thing where the FO meant to stick it to anyone. The Jets actually had a decent offseason compared to what could have happened. It was entirely possible the Jets could have lost Holmes and Cromartie in addition to the players listed above.
Yes because WR usually age really well in their mid-30s especially when they spend that time in jail instead of playing football. Expecting Burress to be anywhere near as good as he was is extremely optimistic. And pinning much hope on a 5'9" 5th round pick to have a large impact as rookie is even more so.
If you expected to enter into this new season keeping all the starters we had last year then you don't know football. Especially with all the new cap rules. Our team looks very good as of right now, and frankly unless your seeing something were all not seeing, you do not know how anyone is going to perform this year. For all you know, Burress has a break out year and performs better than Braylon did last year.
Thank God we have Westy because we lost our two best special team players. Sucks that we have so little time to prepare. I expect a ton of Sanchez to Keller early on.
fenwyr asked for Keller for his Adopt-a-jet this year. So i expect Keller to be traded or to slip in the shower, ending his career.
Well, yes, it's certainly optimistic but not necessarily unrealistic. I tend to be an optimistic person, by nature. I guess I was providing a balance to the very pessimistic post. (and that was only a small part of my post - I still maintain our defense will be better than it was last year - i'm really excited about the young D-linemen we drafted and for the return of Ropati)
I agree with this 100% about Keller.. I was just telling my friend how Keller will be huge the first couple of weeks for fantasy football haha. With all this movement the past couple of days, we have lost sight of the big picture.. How many teams have: 1. Their entire coaching staff the same as last year, with a system in place all the players know on both sides of the ball... AND) 2. A qb in place that the players respect, who is improving, knows the offense inside and out, and is able to lead the team... AND) 3. Haven't lost many major contributors from last season and were able to reasonably replace the players they did lose.
If he's in the slot, he's the 4th or 5th option in our lineup. He doesn't have to have a 'large' impact. He just has to be as good as just about every starting rookie slot receiver in the last 2 years...which is a sizable group. Sure, he could struggle, but given how he's started, it wouldn't surprise me to see him play at least passably well against the Texans.
Such language... you might offend people I'm sure there is some forum rule you just broke, so is this leading by example? Also, since you’re the avatar police, maybe you shouldn't be using the word Aids as a derogatory slam on yours... just saying Mine may be creepy to you, but nothing wrong with using it, so I think I'll keep it for a while......
per Manish - Jets offically announce it has signed S Brodney Pool, T Pete Clifford, CB Jeremy McGee, G Tom Ottaiano and T Jeff Wills edit: i think Manish had it wrong - according to Vrentas (and Don's post below) the last three were waived not signed
Packers, Steelers, Patriots....sadly pretty much none of the other contenders have actually lost anyone major or taken any major backward steps this off season
I mean what can Ihedigbo be asking for that they wouldn't bring him back? You would think his contract would be minimal.
So this is a different slant to it. nyjets New York Jets #AL Team signs S Brodney Pool, G Trevor Canfield, T Pete Clifford. Waive CB Jeremy McGee, G Tom Ottaiano, and T Jeff Wills.
I assume they grab a rookie safety who _maybe_ can develop into an actual safety who can play some day and save a few 100k in the process. Ihedigbo is a nasty special teamer but the window for him to develop into an every day player is just about closed.
