Exactly. FOX should just keep showing us the games, I don't need to hear their ridiculously retarded opinions.
fox is saying what i said yesterday---the jets have been very silent in FA coleman was a back up LB for the 'boys and barnes for askew is a wash to catch up to the pats the jets had to improve the players ----through the draft ---trades and FA this article is about FA where the jets have lost ground to the pats---its not about trades or the draft
Then you and Fox can spoon each other in the short bus... We are still building a team. New England has their team, they have their system, and it gets them into the playoffs every year. They can afford to sign a bunch of overpriced FAs. We cannot. Despite what you think this is likely not "Our year." The Jets FO is doing this the right way. Build us a contender not a fluke team.
I wonder if they wrote that article before Joey Porter went insane. I'm sure he's already making the Fins sad they signed him. Miami is and always has been about winning!
And you don't win or lose FA, just like you don't win or lose draft. How do you know that Coleman doesn't turn out to be the best signing this offseason? You don't not until the team sets foot on the field and play the game. You can not "lose ground" during FA, and you can't "lose ground" during the draft. This isn't the second season of the NFL. It is where a teams gets the players it thinks it needs to win. Whether or not it works out can only be determined on the field. Comparing now is like throwing darts at a dartboard because no one knows if any of these players will produce. How do you know that the ONLY players the Jets wanted to get were Coleman and Jones, while resigning Cotchery and Thomas? If so, they accomplished their goals. Whether it works out will only be determined on opening day. People have to lose this mentality of winning or losing during FA, or winning or losing the draft. The only thing that matters is the coach getting the players he needs and how it translates onto the field. If they win, who really cares where the players came from.
Now we have 2 retarded threads, thanks a lot. BTW Coleman was not a backup LB. Barnes is a true FB not an HB wannabe so not a wash. Jones was acquired in the Free agency period. It was a sign and trade. Very similar to the Welker deal. Yet every one is lining up on their collective knees to blow Pioli and Bellichick for that move, while the Jones trade does not count. That has me scratching my head. Jesus chrst, I guess we are going to have to endure 50 more threads on why the Jets did not ruin their salary cap because the poster wanted them to over spend on shitty free agents............ again and again and again. BTW for future reference for the Jets to catch up to the Patriots in free agency we had to sign a Hall of Fame Quaterback with a rocket arm that is money when the game is on the line, 2-3 elite if not hall of fame caliber defensive line players. When the hell were they available this free agency period ? Please stop the bellyaching already.
I guess they rated the Redskins #1 last year with all of their signings. And those signings were bad. Archueleta was already traded for a 6th rnd pick the Wr from San Fran I think only got 15 catches Randel El has done nothing for them This article is crap. It seems that every yr the top FA's end up being busts there are exceptions Brees and whoever Denver signs at Rb.
Would love to see these writers do a follow-up article around mid-season or post-season and re-grade FA. That being said, I think Kenyon Coleman holds the key to our "free agency" grade. If he turns into another Kenny Neil and can play the run and ring up 7 or 8 sacks for the season, I think the Jets deserve an A.
The bottom line is, this was a pretty poor FA class, one that caused players value to inflate to ridiculous proportions that frankly went way beyond their worth. W/ the state of our team still in need of building a young foundation, it just wasnt worth overspending on these guys. We may not have been proactive, so we dont deserve a GOOD grade, but we dont deserve a bad one either.
No it wasnt Jones was under contract with the bears. it was an official trade. Wes welker was RFA. jones has nothing do with Free Agency.
now this i agree with. but if the rating is for FA. the jets grade isnt high. we sign underdogs who were never starters. which is fine but it doesnt deserve a high grade. atleast not this early.
Very true. I'm not saying that some of the players picked up have not been good people to bring in, but some of these teams have paid through the nose for these guys to the point of crippling many other moves. And let's not forget it ain't over 'till the fat lady sings, which is why "grading" our spending to date is a premature, foolish waste of time. The only fair evaluation of how well the $109 million was spent will be after all is said and done. If we're making some kind of move in the draft, for example, our "grade" can easily change (and probably will). And as someone else pointed out, some of our other signings to keep existing talent have been money in the bank.
