To suggest they slipped thru our fingers suggests they were a target to begin with. Richburg sure. The rest we were never linked to in any way.
It most certainly does. They were players who didn't fit the Jets' schemes, or aren't that good. You're being ridiculous!
Aren't that good? We are talking about $10 mil plus per year talent. When you have the chance to obtain such players in the draft or in free agency you chance your scheme to fit the talent. Our failure to make the playoffs in recent years is primarily due to a dearth of talent on the roster. I do not see how we can afford to turn our nose up at any of these guys.
You don't change your scheme because of one player. What about the other players who are already here? Bradford can't stay healthy, so it doesn't matter how good he is when healthy (and he's never been that good). Keenum has had one good season in his career. Graham's nowhere near as good a player as he was. You don't bring in 31 year-old TEs to a rebuilding team. Evidently, you just don't understand the concept of a "rebuilding team."
Cousins, Richberg, Norwell, and Robinson would have given us something to build around on offense. Even without Cousins the other three would have looked great in Jets green.
Well, I'll admit i wasn't a big Cousins guy, but the QB situation in the NFL made me wonder. What kind of money were you thinking of for your scenario?
We suck, otherwise every free agent would have flown to NJ to be at our door step when free agency GM began. And wr should have signed every free agent available.
Cousins gets about $30 mil (if you don't sign McNown it is only $ 20 mil more) Norwell and Robinson get $13 mil Richberg gets about $ 8 mil
Right. I suspect if we had landed Kirk we'd have moved on Allen Robinson, but they went to plan B. Just because we didn't compete for every known Free Agent in the world doesn't mean they slipped through our fingers. I suspect the Jets were well aware of their existence. lol
The only one where there was mutual interest was Richburg. The rest there was literally zero link what so ever to any of the players listed.
The choice we had was bringing back the veteran mentor, taking a chance on a young guy with upside and looking to the draft for your future at the position. I was onboard with Cousins but no way I would’ve given him a 3year deal. I would’ve reluctantly made him the highest paid QB in the league on a 5 year deal but signing him to a 3 year deal made no sense at all and it sounds like that’s all he would’ve taken. Can’t fault Mac for not signing Cousins as Minnesota was his choice all along and there isn’t a damn thing Mac could’ve done about it.
I have little doubt that deal is going to blow up in Minnesota's face, whether it's an injury or poor play or whatever and for all those players who think this is going to start a plethora of fully guaranteed contracts, good luck.
The problem I see with our lack of aggression is going into the draft with too many holes. I do not want to draft a QB, CB2, , pass rusher, etc. because of a glaring hole that we have but because that guy is the best player available. One in a while the stars align and the BAP (or maybe second best) fits one of your needs. More often than not selecting BAP means ignoring your current needs and playing the chess game where you can see a need for that player in 2-3 years when they will be hitting their stride and passing up the flashy player that you can use right away.
