It doesn't make sense to me . We need a fresh start instead they're bringing back OLD players. Yay!! Geno is back. After a season in which he was the starting QB for the team that ended up with the #1 overall pick in the draft. What the The best season the Jets have had in the past 10 years was when Ike broke Geno's jaw opening the door for Fitzpatrick to start at QB.
The Jets are spending a ton too. The difference? Tom Brady is in the mix now and the Raiders are getting difference makers while the Jets are getting retreads.
Interesting move. Could be a good fit in Reich offensive system. Could be a disaster too. Time will tell but I expect the ladder.
Yeah it's the SOJ. I will say this - Geno Smith is a much more accomplished, polished, poised QB now than he ever was in his first tenure here. Pete Carroll really resurrected his career and taught him how to be a good pro QB. Last year wasn't a good look for him but that team was horrid and I'm kinda confident he'll rebound this year. I'm moreso bewildered by the Demario Davis signing and a few others when, to me, they seem like nothing more than scabs. It's just underwhelming and doesn't leave me too inspired. Mougey hasn't shown me that he's anything more than a basic, average GM to this point. The great ones have a plan and go for it even if it's a bit risky. He doesn't strike me as that type. Just another guy.
Fields given the opportunity with an upgraded support roster and while having an actual NFL level OC in the coaching room? My current guess would be no. Bringing back one of the most hated QBs in Jets history, and at the tail end decline phase of his career, is certainly one of the more "Jets'y" choice outcomes on the board though. One that I basically expect to suck much of the 2026 fun out of the room as far as the tuning in every sunday to watch the games POV goes. The past baggage and toxic nature of the fanbase/media here in NY is just a terrible player/market fit there. Not going to hate too hard on this until i see what happens with Murray/Cousins/Carr, but waiting them and the market out at this point was the much better play atm/ imo then settling early on Geno.
What happened to Carr? That was the guy I first saw connected to the Jets before free agency started. He'd be a interesting signing. Geno & Wentz doesn't excite me at all. I can't believe they brought back Geno LOL WHY bring back a player that in his first stint with the team sucked AND in his last season had his jaw broken by a teammate before the season started? That's so Same Old Jets WHY WHY WHY WHY?
The guy is barely making the vet minimum with us. He may suck absolutely but at least we are still on track for tank 2027. This team could outperform, unlikely but I dont think Geno is afraid of the challenge or the media now. He just gonna probably ball more relaxed now. Dude got paid in his career and Raiders paying him $17 million this upcoming year. Fields is gone, maybe that gets us a Wentz for backup and we see how far that takes us in the year.
Jets cant wait for Carr to decide. He probably only deciding once teams firm up their teams and post draft. Who knows though, he may come during the season like Rivers did
Geno is alright, he gets the ball out and into the hands of playmakers. I ain’t mad but the jokes will come rolling in for sure lol
You think a team that has the first pick should operate like a team that has the second pick in a 1 QB draft?
We shouldn't have to wait long, he had more interceptions when throwing to wide open WRs than any QB in the league last year, there are a lot of ugly stats that have nothing to do with his lack of weapons or offensive line last year.
Probably, just like it would have been if we signed any of the other options that were available to us. I truly cannot fathom what people wanted out of this quarterback situation. It was always going to be a below average to maybe average option that would be here for one year.
I think regardless of their QB pick strategy, one team is spending big on big-time proven free agents in their prime whereas the other team (Jets) is also spending big mostly on no names, role players, and guys who are way past their prime. And I'm not even talking about Geno because I don't hate that move.
Wow well ok…not a total surprise as there were a few rumors that this was a possibility, but didn’t expect a trade…more so expected a cut and then a free agent signing. That being said, the trade is fine…we move down like what, 20 spots from late 6th round to early 7th? Totally inconsequential in my view. So the price is nothing. The salary is also not much considered the Raiders are paying most of it. So it’s really just about the player vs. other options, which by the way were mostly all shit anyways. But if we list them out, we could have: 1. Stick with Fields (ugh and FUCK NO) 2. Sign one of the other free agent guys (Trubisky, Tua gone already, so now it’d be choosing from guys like Cousins, Murray, who else? Not sure if Flacco is a free agent or if he’s under contract) 3. Trade for a younger guy with upside (for example, Mac Jones, Davis Mills, Tanner McKee, anyone else?) 4. Trade for an older guy as a hold the fort (for example, Andy Dalton) Let’s face it, we all knew the options this year suck…we aren’t going to be a playoff team regardless. My first choice would have probably been to try and pry Mills out of Houston, but I have no idea if that would have been possible or how much it would cost, though I’d have been fine giving up a 3rd round pick for him or something like that….though I’m not even sure if we have a 3rd rounder…we’d have to trade up from 4 or down from 2 maybe, so may not work) I wanted no part of Cousins or Murray, who I will say are probably better on the field QBs than Geno is. Still, fuck Cousins for how he acted before, and Murray is not the leader we need. Regardless, I don’t think either guy is any kind of long term answer, and if he’s not, then I don’t need them winning like 7-9 games and ruining our draft spot next year when we absolutely have to have a QB. I hate throwing away yet another year in this endless rebuild fantasy this team keeps pushing, but realistically I think that’s the play here. I guess if we really wanted to tank, we’d keep Fields, but man he was so fucking god-awful with his 46 and 60 yard games that I don’t think anyone wants to see that shit ever again. So if the idea is to not tank from week 1 and to try and look a bit more respectable and start trying to build a different culture, then I guess Geno is as good as any of the other options outside of trading for a young guy with upside like item 3 above. He won’t win us too many games but he should look better than Fields did. We’ll see… I’m not excited but then I never thought we’d be a winning team anyway, and this doesn’t change that. I would have maybe preferred trying to get Mills or McKee but have no idea if either was ever really an option anyway. And I’d rather win 5 games with Geno than win 8 games with Murray or Cousins, as neither of those guys is going to help us long term anyway
We have four pics in the top 44 this year and three first round picks next year. One of our signings has long-term upside on the edge. The safety that will be here for the next three years has at least three good years left in him. And if he only has two that’s fine because that’s probably the length of the contract. We traded for one of the best run stuffing defensive tackles that is still on his rookie contract for two years. What you’re saying is you place more value on spending a ton in free agency than you do having seven picks in the next two first and second rounds. I feel like there’s a track record that tells us which usually works out better.
