Well Seattle says they are going to a RB by committee approach this year, they must have looked at the Jets success, they paid 2 RB a total of $1.3M ($2.155M if you add prorated bonuses) and put up 1530 yds at 4.3 ypc compared to Lynch with 1257 yds and 4.2 ypc for $7M, add in Turpin, at $480K, and they had 1521 yds at 4 ypc, ($9.09M total with prorated bonuses).
I'll bet the seahawks are really jealous of the jets success last year. Or maybe lynch not showing up is his decision rather than their's?
Paying people under a star system only works if you have very few stars. The Seahawks happen to have a solid dozen players you could list in that category, particularly if you were looking at the situation through the players eyes. They're kind of screwed over the next few seasons but in theory they are just fine next year. Unless people stop honoring their contracts and start holding out. If that happens they're going to get worse in a hurry.
Turbin was a 4th round pick, Michael was a 2nd. So, Jets running backs drafted in the 4th round or earlier in the last 20 years: Leon Johnson 4th round Leon Washington 4th round Joe McKnight 4th round Bilal Powell 4th round Shonn Greene 3rd round Lamont Jordan 2nd round Only 6 selections in 20 years. 4 of them turned out to be serviceable backs. The fact that we haven't drafted an elite back means nothing because we haven't even tried to. The Jets strength of late has been the defense and running game. We're not talking about receivers or quarterbacks here, If we were high enough on a back to have been looking into drafting him, then that's nothing but a compliment for the player.
All those where career back ups but Greene. None of them had 1,000 yard season but Greene and that was 1 season. Plus serviceable does not mean good.
Yet they still had a top 5 rushing attack 6 of those years. There are different ways of acquiring players for your team and different approaches to having a top rushing attack. I don't agree with your stance that "the Jets haven't drafted a good back in 20+ years" but what does it really matter, in the last 5 years they have had the #1 rush offense in 2009, the #4 rush offense in 2010 and the #6 rush offense in 2013 all while only expending a 3rd, (2) 4th, a 5th and a 6th round pick. They also got a 6th rd comp pick back for Greene I believe. What are you trying to get at?
Lamont Jordan also was a 1000 yard rusher when he was made a starting back. So every back we drafted 3rd round or higher (all two of them) became a 1000 yard rusher. You are bitching about 4th round picks not becoming pro bowlers. Oh actually Leon was a 2x pro bowler and 3x all pro. By the way, two of the four 4th rounders turned out to be good players, Powell has been a solid player for us and Leon holds the Jets record for most all purpose yards in a season. Our run game has been consistently among the leagues best and you want to argue that we can't spot running talent. You're just a joke dude.
In one of his funniest moments as a pro, he outlines his reaction to getting drafted in Buffalo.. which is not unlike most people's disappointment about visiting that shit-hole place: http://deadspin.com/marshawn-lynch-had-no-idea-buffalo-was-not-in-new-york-1454884873 At least if the Jets traded for him he'd finally get to hang with Jay-Z haha
Go back to my post and have your 13 year old explain what I was saying and then reply because obviously you did not understand a word I wrote.
I said running backs the Jets drafted nothing about where they was drafted. That something you bought up. As for Jordan you was right he had 1 season over 1000 yards but not with the Jets. I guess the past 20 years the Jets haven't drafted to many good player period in last 20 years
