In order of priority: a RT, a cover safety, a #1a/2 WR, a ROLB, a LILB, a big blocking TE and a backup QB. Now we've acquired two backup QB's in rapid succession. We got one clear backup QB a few days ago and then out of the blue we make a trade for another. How are we going to fill the other needs at this point? Especially given that we are down a 4th round pick? Is this just a moment where we need to all hold our breath and hope that the Jets didn't just deep-6 in one particularly bad sequence after a similarly bad sequence in the shortened free agency period last year? If the Jets draft the way they have lately this team is going to win 5 or 6 games next year.
Well, we may trade Stanton or McElroy for a pick now. We still have money to sign one or two low level FAs. But I do agree with the overall tone of ur post - we haven't done much to address our true needs. We've made a publicity stunt move.
I think they'll go passrusher at #16 if a guy they like is there. Maybe RT or WR round 2. Braylon could be signed once his rehab is done. A safety in the third? We have options. It's not been a bad offseason minus 5 million idiots who aren't real Jet fans becoming Jet fans. We still have a full load of draft picks.
Pass rusher in round one. Sanu is the second and pray Vlad shows us something with a full offseason under his belt. Tim will pray.
I brought this up in the Tebow thread and was called a joke... Its funny how we have all these holes yet decide investing our time, effort, picks and money into a wildcat QB. Someone put it simply as “Jets football.” I think its fitting.
It's just so ugly. It's the gambler's ruin scenario incarnate. Do spectacularly risky things while ignoring the simple safe moves that have to be done to keep everything else stable. I look at the Jets right now and I see a franchise in flames.
I'm going to let this Tebow shit sink in until about the weekend before I can answer this post with a clear thought process... You're the man though Br4dw4y... T4nn3mB4um 5ux ??? A bit too much, I agree.
Yep, mortgaged the farm with that big bad 4th round pick when we're probably getting a compensatory pick in the 4th or 5th to replace it anyway. God you're so sad. Are you aware Tebow hits the cap with .25M more than Stanton and gives us at least twice as much value to the team if not more? Do you realize we can cut Stanton from the team without costing us dollar one right now? And that we will if we can't trade him? You're comical. We have 7M in cap room after signing rookies right now with several options to get more money on the books if need be by getting rid of underperformers or restructuring. Tebow is sinking the ship? Really, brah? We have plenty of resources to address 1 or 2 immediate true needs and can easily expect to address the rest in the first two rounds of the draft. Then we have like 5-6 picks after that to add depth in every conceivable necessary area. We're sitting pretty right now from where I'm looking.
The way the WR position has been handled is atrocious. I dont place much blame on the o-line. I know Vlad is a project and didnt think Hunter would be so bad.
Why not trade stanton to Denver , they have no one behind Peyton. Maybe we can get our 4th rounder back. (Not serious).
The RT market was crap this year. Hunter is fine as a back-up and they secured that position. It wouldn't suprise me to see them invest one of the top picks in a RT this year unless Vlad becomes studly overnight. The cover safety market was basically franchised this year in FA. Again look at the draft for this answer. The Jets don't have the cap room to sign the 1A/2 WR you want. My guess is that Braylon Edwards will come a knocking after the draft. ROLB and LILB - that to me is the biggest problem for 2013 with Pace, Scott and Thomas not coming back. That basically means the Jets need to draft a starter this year, next year and sign someone in FA. My guess is that they will look to FA for the strongside LB (the Thomas role) as it will be cheaper and look to the draft for the OLB this year and next for the ILB unless Jameel Mclain comes cheap in FA. A big blocking TE - In non passing short yardage, that is the Wayne Hunter/Vlad role. They will pick-up a big body in Rds 5-7 for this position. Back-up QB - well they now have Tebow to push Sanchez and fill in the back-up QB, hands team, possibly holder, #4 HB, H-back, and #4 TE (I am assuming behind Keller, Cumberland and DP to be named later). This year is an extremely important draft and they need to hit on virtually every pick with little room for error. It would not suprise me in Tannenbaum moves back in the first round to pick up a few extra mid-round picks to give himself a bigger cushion.
Apart from the inherent risk of the Tebow signing to Mark, I actually thought the FO had a decent offseason. As pointed out above there was a limited market for most of our positions of need. Instead of overspending as in years past for Bart Scotts and Calvin Paces we resigned our guys (Pouha's deal was a great one), got speedy 6'4 WR for minimal cost, addressed 1 safety spot with a potential stud on a VERY friendly contract - Landry gets 1.75 mil and then more for every game he plays, going up to the full 4 for a full season. Plus we still have a draft with plenty of picks - even with Tebow's 4/6 we'll have some com pics. No team can fill every hole,so long as we hit on a few picks and potentially bring back a vet like Leonhard/Braylon we'll be in decent shape for next season without having mortgaged our future.
I'd love to see us trading back and going RT/OLB/WR in no particular order based on who is BPA with our first three picks. We'd need to get one more starting safety in Free agency under that assumption but I think that would be pretty awesome. Then maybe double dip at ILB in the 3rd round or add another Safety/OG and I think we've got a pretty beastly squad to field potentially.
