This is just my opinion but I believe the Pats are a two man show and neither of them lines up on the defensive side of the field. One doesn't take the field at all. When Brady goes it's over. We'll see what's next then. When Belichik goes it probably won't matter because Brady will already be gone and I doubt the Pats are finding that again for a long time.
well sure, I'd agree they are a 2 man show at this point. when they were winning titles, they did it on D and ST. The O is vastly improved from those days, but improvement on D is what they need to get over that hump. That window is shrinking, which is why i believe they emphasized that D in the offseason. Personally i think Belichick is the main reason behind the Pats success and Bradys success, but he also need a QB to be an extension of him on the field. To Brady's credit, he grew into that role nicely. That's what allowed them to rebuild w/o missing much of a beat. They are now on their last hurrah, unless Belichick can pull out some new QB magic (shudder to think)...
Dynasties take a while to crumble. They always do in the end. It'll happen. The key for us is not to be a cap-crunched late-prime team at that point with a roster composed of a few overpaid stars, a dozen decent players paid like stars and total trash at the bottom of the roster because all the cap space was being sucked up by 5 or 6 players at the top of the food chain. If the Pats had collapsed in 2012 due to a Brady injury or Belichik keeling over at a BBQ where would we have been in the hunt to become the new leaders in the AFC East?
Lol you own me by refusing to read valid points, you got it. Teams don't draft players and trade them after their rookie year. They just don't. Vick signed a one year contract, to compete with Foles, Foles was never a guaranteed second string player. What I'm saying is even if Cutler could have been signed away from the Bears, the Jets COULD NEVER HAVE AFFORDED HIM. The problem you have is that you say why didn't the Jets look into trading for this player, why didn't they look into signing that player? You are assuming that men who are paid millions of dollars annually to assemble talent don't have an understanding league wide of what a player is worth to a team without explicitly calling up another GM, saying hey there guy, watcha think about a 3rd rounder for that Foles guy, and then telling the public about it.
Good point about how the Pats won. It's been awhile, but not that long ago. Great linebackers for one. Imo really the heart of the D. The point is it wasn't all O. Brady is still dangerous, though. The Jets play him pretty well, but he still has his way usually with the rest of the league. I am sure Belichik thinks the Revis signing can pay big dividends in perhaps getting a D back that holds up its end during the game. I don't know what their roster will look like on Opening Day, but right now they figure again to be in the hunt for at least the Champ Game. If Manning is still healthy by then, though, I don't see the Pats getting by Denver. And some other teams can rebound, like the Ravens and Steelers. But I do think NE will have a very good team this year, and Revis will be part of that.
Maybe..they had Manziel and Bridgewater in for visits this week..who knows what they may be trying to plan.
I'd like to think Belichik goes when Brady retires. But that is far from certain. He's not that old, and has no life other than football. Maybe he thinks he can get another good Qb and have another run when Tommy Boy hits the road. Who knows.
I honestly think Idziks plan was to sign 3 or 4 top talent free agents and he was late to the punch or didnt offer enough money.If you remeber how many people we were linked to in free agency in the beginning it was kind of crazy.This is what the "Idzik has a plan"crowd doesn't seem to get.Idzik wanted to spend some money and bring some guys in but only on his time and his price.When Chris Johnson signs elsewhere I won't be the least bit surprised,I think Idzik did have a plan but he messed it up
This is not possible. It requires Idzik to have formulated a specific plan that you have deciphered somehow and then botched his own plan. It's not even a good troll attempt.
I can tell you the line of thought they had down here in the Tampa area, they thought ,"We would have had to be considered if not the favorites, at least legitimate contenders, to win the NFC South." We all know how that went.
It is also not possible unless you believe that Idzik formulated a conspiracy back when he was first brought into the league as a personnel manager back in the 90s leading up to his second offseason as GM in 2014. Idzik has been staunchly opposed to major FA signings his entire career, something that has been linked and quoted numerous times in this forum. In his press conferences he repeatedly states the draft is the primary influx of talent, along with a couple value FA signees each offseason. Unless you think he has been saying this for a decade just to trick the fans and other personnel people, only to go after bunch of big FA's in 2014, only to fail at this.
It's all about depth. I have no problem with Idzik not dipping in to the free agent pool. I'd rather reward our own in house talent with new lucrative contracts as rewards for their service to the team, and we have a couple young players about to become due big pay days. Winning teams are all about depth. Injuries occur and depth is what keeps good teams running and bad teams from ever amounting to much. The Jets have been woefully weak in depth, and last year in terms of starting players as well. This year is a great year to have a lot of picks, it's a very deep draft, and I wouldn't argue with a trade somewhere that nets an extra 2nd and or 3rd round pick (I won't hold my breath for it but I can hope).
John Idzik is a capologist that's why he low balls free agents,its not because he has a plan its beause he knows the cap and its pitfalls to well for his own good.He looks like someone that overthinks something and talks himself out of doing it
Again, this is nonsensical reasoning. You're suggesting that John Idzik went into free agency prepared to pay top dollar for free agents and then somehow "talked himself" out of it. There's no evidence anywhere that John Idzik is interested in paying for expensive veteran free agents. You have to make up the idea, without anything to back it up, that Idzik wanted to pay these guys, just so that you can tear him down for overthinking it and talking himself out of it. I'm taking the time to outline this on the 2% chance that you're not just a troll come to visit. I give it 2% because you're doing a really bad job if that's your purpose.
The sad part is he has 5,200+ posts in here. If he is a troll that is one sad amount of time spent on here.
I apologize to LongIslandBlitz for the troll remarks. I'm slow tonight and it took me awhile to realize he'd just changed his handle. I stand by the rest of the posts but LIB has been around long enough that it's clear he's not a troll and I should have been quicker on the uptake on that.
I know we're suppose to be nice, but you are the epitome of a schmuck and it's just too hard not to call you out on it. Why even bother posting when you just come here to bash people?
I know I forgot your the leading authority on the Jets,who are you exactly?I've never seen someone act like such a pompus fool on a message board before.Everything someone says that you disagree with is automaticlly wrong and your one way opinion is the only one that matters.Its to funny watching how smart some of you guys really think you are
Just wanted to mention that Dline was indeed a need. We had to replace both Po'uha and Devito in back to back seasons, and Coples was moving to OLB. The addition of Richardson (along with Harrison emerging and Wilkerson steadily improving) brought our run D from being ranked 26th to 3rd in the league. Before Richardson, Ellis was our best tackle. He was alright, but had some trouble staying on the field and was easily upgradable. Both Richardson and Harrison surpassed him last season. No team only drafts BPA. BPA is based on need. By BPA, it usually means, best player available ON THEIR DRAFT BOARD, not out of every single player available. If you don't focus on needs and future needs, you are a shitty GM unless your team is already stocked with talent. Let's look at last year's draft: 1. Milliner - CB - Need, as Revis was traded prior. 2. Richardson - DT - Need, as explained above 3. Geno Smith - QB - Absolutely a need. Sanchez had not shown much 4. Winters - OG - Big need. Line had deteriorated, Slauson & Moore both left 5. Oday Aboushi - OT - Also a need as mentioned above 6. William Campbell - OG - The line was bad in 2012, yes it was a need 7. Bohanon - FB - 7th rounder, it was a semi need, better than whatshisnut. We also traded our 4th for Chris Ivory, which was indeed another big need. So pretty much all the draft picks were needs except maybe Tommy Bohanon. The Jets draft board last season probably looked something like this: 1. Tavon Austin 2. Dee Milliner 3. Chance Warmack 4. Sheldon Richardson 5. Geno Smith I can't remember whether it was Idzik or Rex that said they got 2 of their top 4 picks on the board, so they were happy with the first round. The notion that Idzik isn't drafting for need is silly.
