How many more wins do you think the JETS would've had if they resigned Snacks? Do you think he would've solved the secondary and pass rush issue?
I get it. But do you think it was wise to overpay a guy at a position where we were already crowded vs. paying $40M less to retain Harrison who is turning out to be easily one of the top 5 in the league at his position? The fact that Wilk was coming off a major injury only makes this look worse. Only thing that redeems this decision is the fact that it looks like Richardson won't be on the team next year so makes Wilk more of a need than a luxury.
Resigning Snacks would've been a total waste of money. He's def a top 5 NT, but doesn't bring any value on passing downs. Jets run defense wasn't the reason the Jets were bad. I think Mo will bounce back next year and if he doesn't the Jets will cut bait. Leonard Williams has massive potential. You got Deon Simon a young NT that needs reps and can stop the run.
My defense is simple, I've always viewed this as a 4-5 year rebuild (if rebuilt the proper way through the draft and giving players a couple years to fully find their feet as pros'). The team was a wreck when Mac and company came in, the team was a bad team his first season despite the record, an easy schedule can make a bad team look much better than it actually was. The one complaint I have about mac was that he gave in to pressure from fans and ownership and brought back Revis at way too high of a contract cost.....but even I didn't think he'd fall apart as quickly as he did. And who among us thought that the D-line would be disaster? Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out.
I get what you're saying about a 4 to 5 year plan, but what good is a plan of that nature, if the GM isn't selecting talented players? Leo was a good pick that fell in his lap. No one expected him to be there at 6. Darron Lee, on the other hand, was a complete misutilization of the 20th overall. Everyone knew this team needed OL help and yet completely ignored that need. On top of that, Lee rated as the worst overall rookie coming out of the draft. Hack never even played a single down this season. So say what you'd like about a 4 to 5 year plan, those picks did nothing to improve the team in 2016 and likely never will. I mean, what is your response to fired coaches saying Hack can't hit the ocean? That he'll never be a starter in the NFL? That Lee is a part time player due to his physical limitations? (6'1" 220 pounds)
I understand the 4-5 year project thing but he hasn't done a good job overall to me in the 2 years here. I'm not knocking him for the lack of talent before he got here I'm talking about his moves that he made or didn't make specifically. The drafts have been average-solid and the rest of his job has been sub-par. He hasn't shown me enough to say wow I'm confident in this guy turning the Jets around. My main issue like I said before is QB....Fitz and Hack have been his 2 major signings/draft picks.....Not looking very pretty I think the best defense people have is 2 years is too soon so we're all going to be proven right or wrong sooner or later
Two years is a small sample size to evaluate a general manager, especially a guy who didn't have the power to choose his own coach. Unlike John Idzick who did not even attempt to build a competitive roster, Mac's Jets have won about half of their games. While I think Bowles is on very thin ice, a good draft and a couple decent free agent signings this year would have Mac looking pretty good if our young receivers continue to improve their play.
not for nothing, but there were only 2 o lineman taken in the 1st after the jets took lee. sf too a guard at 28 and seattle took a t at 31. so its not like there were a ton of highly rated o lineman to be selected when mac took lee. i know everyone likes to treat free agency and the draft like its a grocery store where you pick up exactly what you need off your shopping list. but you have to consider what is actually available. unless you are advocating reaching for need.
Yes Brady is there but he still needs an OL to protect him. He still needs a defense to make stops and get him the ball in crunch. There have been plenty of receivers through the years and they still have to catch Brady passes. So with all the common thread? The coaching is superior. The Jets could have drafted Gronk, Edelman and Blount has been on the street a few times without an invite. The scouting department find players and the coaches coach them up. The Jets have no coaches like that. You had receivers running wild in the secondary, blown coverage, 3 1st round defensive lineman playing soft.
I two would be thrilled with 2 solid picks a draft. The Jets have had entire draft classes failed. 2 is like the league wide average. If he could find two through the draft and a 2 UDFA that can play significant minutes that would set the Jets on the right path. Drafting is not an exact science as much as they want it to be. Workout Warriors fool alot of people. The Cowboy hit on two with a 1st and a 4th plus they draft a 1st round talent in the 2nd who was injured. If he pans out next year they will catbird seat. Now Macc blew it big time on Hackenberg and that is gonna hurt the Jets this year because they will have to draft another QB.
This offseason will be important one for Macc. He is in good position as we can free up as much cap space as we need for FA signings and ofc draft gonna be a really big one.
I'm willing to give Mac more time, but the one glaring red flag that's already fairly obvious, is that for a guy with a scouting background, he's made some very suspect draft picks in his first two season as GM.
Mac had a deal in place to trade up and grab Laremy Tunsil. He also, just as you said, could have grabbed a Guard or Tackle. In the process he could have traded down and gathered more picks? In either scenario he could have yielded OL help. There were many optons in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Instead, the Jets ended up with a part time, vastly undersized LB that was one of the biggest disappointments of the draft. When is it that Jets fans will admit to the facts? Mac was an incompetent dingbat handling the 2016 draft. It's going to take a few years just to compensate for how far behind the 8 ball the 2016 draft left this team.
Objectively and legitimately, Mac has drafted ONE player in two years time that is a starter on any team in the NFL, that is Leonard Williams. ALL of the other players are role players at best. That is the objective truth in rating Mac's draft picks. That's a piss poor drafting record for a team in desperate need of a talent infusion.
1. link? iirc he called but the asking price was too high. 2. so you do advocate reaching for need, not a good long term strategy. ask tannebaum 3. who was trading up? and not the generic "there is always a team that wants to move up" specifically which team was trading up for what player. fucking offseason is brutal, i don't even like mac but i end up having to defend him against irrational emotional bitching that flies against the actual facts of the circumstances
