I do not agree with the theory that you don’t win with D anymore, I mean look at 3 of the 4 teams still standing for proof. With that said if Mac can’t fill in the pieces and Bowles can’t coach this D up to be championship caliber with the amount already invested in it then they both gotta go. Once and for all the Jets need to invest some high choices into the offense.
It's worth noting that the Eagles became the number 1 seed largely because of a high powered O led by Wentz. This is a scoring league. The days of winning 13-10 games are long gone.
Of course you need defense...no one is saying otherwise, but FIRST you need to be able to score, to mount comebacks when your vaunted defense gives up the inevitable score in today's SCORING-DRIVEN NFL. And even more so given the Jets mediocre defense despite a decade of drafts and money put into it. It's long past time to stop putting the cart before the horse.
This might prove helpful: Top 100 – 2018 NFL Free Agents List http://nfltraderumors.co/top-25-2018-nfl-free-agents-list/ Top 2018 NFL Free Agents List: No. 51-100 http://nfltraderumors.co/top-100-2018-nfl-free-agents-list-no-51-100/ RK Player Pos. Team Age Note 1 Jimmy Garoppolo QB SF 26 2 Kirk Cousins QB WAS 30 Franchise 3 Drew Brees QB NO 39 Contract Voids 4 Demarcus Lawrence 4-3 DE DAL 26 5 Le’Veon Bell RB PIT 26 Franchise 6 Ezekiel Ansah 4-3 DE DET 29 7 Malcolm Butler CB NE 28 8 Trumaine Johnson CB LAR 28 Franchise 9 Jimmy Graham TE SEA 31 10 Jarvis Landry WR MIA 25 11 Sheldon Richardson DT SEA 27 12 Nate Solder OT NE 30 13 Andrew Norwell G CAR 26 14 Allen Robinson WR JAX 25 15 Lamarcus Joyner S LAR 27 16 Dontari Poe DT ATL 28 17 Kyle Fuller CB CHI 26 18 Sammy Watkins WR LAR 25 19 Dion Lewis RB NE 27 20 Justin Pugh G NYG 28 21 Case Keenum QB MIN 30 22 Teddy Bridgewater QB MIN 25 23 Marqise Lee WR JAX 26 24 Paul Richardson WR SEA 26 25 E.J. Gaines CB BUF 26 26 Patrick Robinson CB PHI 31 27 Tyler Eifert TE CIN 27 28 Morgan Burnett S GB 29 29 Eric Reid S SF 26 30 Tre Boston S LAC 26 31 Rashaan Melvin CB IND 28 32 Adrian Clayborn 4-3 DE ATL 30 33 Bashaud Breeland CB WAS 26 34 Aaron Colvin CB JAX 27 35 T.J. Carrie CB OAK 28 36 Terrelle Pryor WR WAS 29 37 Prince Amukamara CB CHI 29 38 Ryan Jensen C BAL 27 39 Nickell Robey-Coleman CB LAR 26 40 Josh Kline G TEN 28 41 Brandon Fusco G SF 30 42 Bennie Logan DT KC 28 43 Sam Bradford QB MIN 30 44 Jerick McKinnon RB MIN 26 45 Brent Grimes CB TB 35 46 Star Lotulelei DT CAR 28 47 Kyle Williams DT BUF 35 48 Avery Williamson ILB TEN 26 49 Isaiah Crowell RB CLE 25 50 Carlos Hyde RB SF 26 RK Player Pos. Team Age Note 51 Nigel Bradham 4-3 OLB PHI 28 52 Zach Brown ILB WAS 28 53 Haloti Ngata DT DET 34 54 Demario Davis ILB NYJ 29 55 NaVorro Bowman ILB OAK 30 56 Morris Claiborne CB NYJ 28 57 Tahir Whitehead 4-3 OLB DET 28 58 Josh McCown QB NYJ 39 59 DaQuan Jones 3-4 DE TEN 26 60 Byron Maxwell CB SEA 30 61 Junior Galette 3-4 OLB WAS 30 62 Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE NYJ 25 63 Weston Richburg C NYG 27 64 Trey Burton TE PHI 26 65 Vontae Davis CB IND 30 66 Kenny Vaccaro S NO 27 67 Chris Hubbard OT PIT 27 68 Kareem Martin 3-4 OLB ARI 26 69 Kony Ealy 3-4 OLB NYJ 26 70 Frank Gore RB IND 35 71 Tyvon Branch S ARI 31 72 Alex Okafor 4-3 DE NO 27 73 Connor Barwin 3-4 OLB LAR 31 74 Ross Cockrell CB NYG 27 75 Bradley McDougald S SEA 27 76 Mike Wallace WR BAL 32 Option 77 T.J. Ward S TB 31 78 Eric Decker WR TEN 31 79 Barkevious Mingo 3-4 OLB IND 27 80 Tramon Williams CB ARI 35 81 Anthony Hitchens ILB DAL 26 82 Todd Davis ILB DEN 26 83 Johnathan Joseph CB HOU 34 84 Taylor Gabriel WR ATL 27 85 Justin Ellis DT OAK 27 86 Denico Autry DT OAK 28 87 Marcus Gilchrist S HOU 29 88 Julius Peppers 4-3 DE CAR 38 89 Terence Newman CB MIN 40 90 Kendall Wright WR CHI 28 91 Paul Posluszny ILB JAX 33 92 Donte Moncrief WR IND 25 93 Jordan Matthews WR BUF 26 94 Jay Cutler QB MIA 35 95 Beau Allen DT PHI 26 96 Dominique Easley 3-4 DE LAR 26 97 Alfred Morris RB DAL 29 98 Jeremy Hill RB CIN 25 99 John Brown WR ARI 28 100 Joe Berger G MIN 36
Its not a very attractive list for the Jets outside of Cousins, a few corners and some centers. Jets don't really need any receivers. List is strong there.
Ryan Jensen C Baltimore would be a great addition. Will prob take a lot of cash to pry him away from Baltimore tho. Richburg another good option. I would want to come out of FA with one of them. Andrew Norwell G Carolina would also be a great addition, although we may be better served drafting a G (cough Q Nelson cough)..
I am not sure how far we can spread $100 million but here is my shopping list: 3 Drew Brees QB NO 39 Contract Voids 4 Demarcus Lawrence 4-3 DE DAL 26 11 Sheldon Richardson DT SEA 27 13 Andrew Norwell G CAR 26 14 Allen Robinson WR JAX 25 17 Kyle Fuller CB CHI 26 46 Star Lotulelei DT CAR 28 48 Avery Williamson ILB TEN 26 54 Demario Davis ILB NYJ 29 56 Morris Claiborne CB NYJ 28 58 Josh McCown QB NYJ 39 61 Junior Galette 3-4 OLB WAS 30 62 Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE NYJ 25 63 Weston Richburg C NYG 27 69 Kony Ealy 3-4 OLB NYJ 26 92 Donte Moncrief WR IND 25 98 Jeremy Hill RB CIN 25 There are a lot of corners available so I wouldn't mind upgrading Claiborne if we can't get the home town discount. We also need a nickel but that might have to wait until the draft.
that list has a lot of potential upgrades. I'd go after Ezekiel Ansah for sure. He would be the edge rusher we haven't had since Abraham. He would be expensive but worth it. One good pass rusher and this defense looks a lot different.
I wouldn’t touch brees. 39 and has been playing 11 games a year in nice weather. Lawrence I agree but doubt he gets to fa. Ansah might be a more realistic option, I think we are ok at wr. I agree with the rest though
If Ansah or Lawrence are available and translate to a 3-4 well, either would be a great addition. Otherwise, they need to go OLB before the end of Round 2 Good year for FA CBs. Malcolm Butler, Trumaine Johnson, Rashaan Melvin, Bashaud Breeland, Kyle Fuller and possibly others should be looked into. Whether they sign one, two, or draft another will depend on if they resign Claiborne or retain Skrine. If they keep both, they should still consider a FA or a Day 2 pick on a CB Need a Center. Ryan Jensen and Weston Richburg should be top targets. If Andrew Norwell gets free, they could also get crazy and sign him and release Carpenter. Prefer to keep this WR group in tact. Let's not forget that Enunwa was looking like a potential number 1 WR pre-injury. Also prefer a young RB via the draft than a FA. I'm cool with giving Powell more of the load too. He shouldn't be getting 40 touches a game, but he is chronically underplayed. Unless they really like Cooper and Ealy as replacements, a reasonable starter at DE would be a good idea.
Nickell Robey-Coleman would be a nice option as a nickel corner. He is small but he is good in the slot and he's a playmaker. He would come pretty cheap
What's Claiborne asking for will be the question. If he's asking for like 7 to 8M a year, I might be wary
https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/2018-nfl-free-agency-tracker PFF free agent list sortable by overall grade, position, team, etc. Good resource
Ansah might not be the right fit for a defense that wants their linebackers to get to the QB. Has Ansah ever played outside linebacker? God help him if he has to ever cover.
I really don't see Brees leaving the Saints, but it is something to ponder just in case he is looking for another team. We have to consider all quarterback options heading into this important off-season. Drew Brees being 39 doesn't scare me. He seems to be aging slowly like he's on the TB12 method.
Would put some money into Solder as much to upgrade our o line as to get him away from NE. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
