I am writing this the day before the colts game so i don't know how its going to turn out in 1996 when jets won only one game Hess got so mad he bought bill parcells----in the past 15 years jets have been very competitive------lets hope if jets tank that would get woody just as mad and he would fire tanny as his draft picks have been terrible----not restocking the team----leaving us with no RB---POOR OL --- poor WR---slow LB no depth in secondary----etc cant blame it on injuries as run defense was not hit and the unit is very bad----woody even knows that----woody fired mangini after jets failed to reach playoffs after going 8-3 and being in first place i have no idea who to make the next GM but woody should start making the rounds as the season gets worse----new GM would prob bring in his own coach so say goodby to Rex. Rex said at begining of season this is his best defense ever----what a mistake he made in next years draft it would take much more than a top 5 pick to make jets competitive-----it would take guys who draft to make good picks in many rounds i am writing this with a heavy heart-----I was at the first Titan game at the polo grounds----season ticket holder from 1964 till they forced me out with PSL----I am JET fan 24/7 hope it doesn't come to this but if it does WOODY must get rid of his staff
This is EXACTLY my thinking. I know a lot of Jets fan think this is heresy, but I catn help but wonder if the people saying this are the ones too young to remember just how bad this franchise has been; maybe not. The fact is that our current years of success can be traced clearly back to this miserable showing under Kotex. Sometimes it is necessary to go thru Hell before you get to heaven. ( thanks mr miller) I just don't see the status quo working, so let's go for a fundamental change. I do have a fear tho. Woody is not a football man; he is a wealthy buffoon. I fear we risk returning to permanent basement dwellers if we try something revolutionary under him. But do we hve anything to lose any longer?
The worst thing that could happen this season is for the Jets to go 8-8 again or 7-9 and think that they are only a player or two away. This team needs a complete rebuild starting with the FO. I don't think you'll see 2-14, but I think 4-5 wins is about right.
One good thing I will say for Rex...he ain't happy to plod through one loss after another. Rex ain't scared to pull every trick possible, at any time, in any game in order to win. Some say that's just a sign of desperation....desperate to win maybe. I'll take desperate to win over happy to lose any day.
2-14 would be a disaster. The Jets would draft a QB with their early 1 and then throw him onto the field with nobody around him to help out. Much better to be respectable and have to build a basis for importing a young QB with promise. You know if the Jets get a top 3 pick it is going to be a QB and you also know that guy is toast with the way the rest of the offense looks right now and cap problems for the next year or two on top of that.
It wouldn't take 2-14 to get rid of Tanny (and possibly by extension Rex). Fans get so reactionairy, a couple of losses and everyone wans to jump ship and blow it up. It's not always easy to get out of a black hole once you jump in, the Jets were bad with a celing of mediocre for a DECADE before bubbling back up with Parcells, and they were bad for another decade in the '70's shortly after the 'guarantee'. I'm not anxious to jump back to that, especially since it looks like one of my other teams is already in the black hole with no way out anytime soon (Mets).
13-3 wouldn't be so bad either and is probably just as unlikely as 2-14. 2-14 would fucking suck. As bad as things have looked, 2-3 isn't the end of the world and the team could still find it's way and make a playoff run. From there anything can happen. I think it's a real loser mentality to give up at the first sign of struggle. I'm glad I don't think that way.
2-14 is actually that bad lol. The Jets don't totally have to clean house, they have enough talent on the team to re-tool. Lets see how these next few games play out.
2-14 is a lot more likely than 13-3 with a below average QB and a set of RB who can't Ground "n" Pound in a Ground "n" Pound team!!! :shit:
Were a couple players away. Players that can be addressed in these two next offseasons. If we do pick up a QB it'll be early in the first, but I don't see it cus I see us picking 7-16. Another key piece that were missing is an OLB, this we should be able to get in those picks. Then RB next round. Start with that and it'll fix some problems. There's also FA, we are in fine shape, we don't need a complete reconstructure, we have many young guys. Well be good at receiver with Hill and Kerley, well just need a Vet and that could be Holmes. We'll be fine.
If Jets haven't learned their lessons from Sanchez disaster, they deserve to go 2-14. The most prudent thing is to keep Sanchez, regardless of how much he sucks, with the next QB-in-line waiting. Not just QB. Just about EVERY position needs this approach. In fact, most good franchises run their team that way. Ok. Patriots are an anomaly - but Brady isn't getting any younger. If I am Bill Belichick, I'd have honest talk with Brady - about how much years he can give at the top condition, and plan accordingly. Back to the topic. Jets SHOULD draft a quarterback. Jets SHOULD stay as far away as possible from USC. Jets should give Sanchez at least 2 more years. Do not expect Sanchez to carry this team to the promised land; it is not happening. Jets should use that two-year window to restock the roster, and once Sanchez leaves, they should mount their assault. Again, if Jets did learn their respective lessons, Sanchez will take the fall, not the next QB-in-line. Ok. I know it is cruel to the kid. But so what - he's a multi-millionaire already, with his life basically set. If all else fails, he can take off and enjoy nice life till thy kingdom come.
And not for nothing, if the Jets are anywhere near 8-8 or 9-7 with this group they better NOT think about a coaching change. We have no receivers, no running back, no QB, a questionable OL and a bad front seven on defense. This screams 5-11 or 6-10 disaster to me. 2-14 is just silly, they have a lot of mediocrity left on their schedule but they're not beating all the mediocrity and they're certainly not beating any good teams. The real question is would you sacrifice Rex to get rid of Tanny? Tanny's bad, and if we go 5-11 I can't make the case to save Rex but if we go 8-8, 9-7 with a team that shouldn't be anywhere near that, after the overachieving the first two years here...
the difference is prior to '97 the Jets were consistently irrelevant and needed an entire house cleaning to change the course of the organization. since then we have been very competitive and we don't need an entirely new direction, just a few more better players. you don't need to go 2-14 to get a few more good players.
