Madieu Williams and Bernard Berrian make the Vikings bigger winners than the Jets, who filled all their positions of need in a matter of 3 days? And why is everyone calling the Browns winners despite the fact that they have no picks until round 5 in one of the deepest drafts in years? Whatever, let them speculate about the winners and losers of FA now, all I care about is who actually become winners on the field this season.
I really don't care what these sportswriters think about winners and losers in FA, as long as our moves work. Signing 2 starters on the O-line and bringing in 2 starters for the defensive front 7, a pass-rusher and a NT... that will result in wins. We may not be effective right out of the gate because of obvious cohesion issues but we addressed 4 of our biggest needs in less than a week. The proof will be in the pudding, like it is every year, and this guy's opinion on who won out in FA so far will mean as much as preseaason power rankings... which is not at all.
John Clayton agrees with the Yahoo guy apprently: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=3274514
After the Pace and Woody deals Clayton said on ESPN earlier that the Jets are now 3rd behind Cleveland and Jacksonville.
Don't be hatin' on Clayton! He actually used to be a starting center with the Bears. He WILL eat your soul if he hears you've been talking smack. Honestly, the weekend was orgasmic for me. Faneca and Jenkins are two of the best signings in Jet history. I'm iffy on the Pace signing, though. Seems like a Bryan Thomas clone. And I'm downright against the Woody signing. If he had work ethic issues in Detroit, where does that put him with the Jets? Of course, I'm just a fan. I trust Mikey Christmas Tree. He knows what he's doing. GO JETS!
Fuck all those douchebags... Im gonna laugh when the Browns and there Big Interception throwing QB win less then 10 games.
Because when they wrote these pieces, the Jets only signed Faneca. Jenkins was a trade, so not part of free agency.
Jetskins... Woody is now following Dan Snyder's business model. 1. Jenkins.... How quickly those who drink Mangini's Kool Aid forget the past. Here's his history, a clubhouse malcontent who Carolina was glad to get rid of. In the past four seasons he has started fewer games due to injury than... John Abraham of all people. Lets see. A clubhouse malcontent with a history of serious and repeated injuries to his back is suddenly exactly what Jet fans have been pining for all along and the Jets overpay him. 2. Alan Faneca. The Pittsburgh Steelers know how to play the cap. They always shed themselves of aging on the decline players who other teams are willing to vastly overpay for. Remember All Pro Kendrell Bell and All Pro Joey Porter. What did they do after the Steelers let them go. The Jets have forgotton their own history of signing aging formerly great Steeler players such as the late lamented Kimo Von Oelhoffen not to mention another Steeler signed savior in a great free agent splurge under Rich Kotite, Neil O'Donnell. 3. CalvinPace. Six sacks last year, in his John Abraham contract-like year, prior to being an invisible sack artist in his previous three seasons with the Cardinals. 4. Damion Woody. An All Pro lineman with the Patriots who deteriorated with the Lions. He ws so bad he was only inserted as a starter for the last five games of the Lions past seasons. We have two amateurs running the Jets and Woody is so desperate for the Jets to compete with the Super Bowl Giants before they move into what will be known as the 'new' Giants Stadium he has allowed them to look over the Sporting News top free agent lists and allowed them to sign these players at any cost. They are no closer to the Patriots then they were a year ago and the Bills and Dolphins are catching up to them.
lets face it, nobody likes, or respects the jets. we are not only second class citizens in our own stadium, but around the league, too. let's just win some fu$in games, and make everybody notice us!!!
well everyone likes to attend the partiots kiss ass ceremony so no one ever likes the jets so basically everyone likes to ignore us or hate, plus pace is the same thing as thomas so I dont know why everyone is like we overpaid...but then last year they were all like Thomas is a great player. wtf they are basically the same guy
"Instead of overpaying for an over-30 offensive lineman such as Alan Faneca or Flozell Adams, the Dolphins mined the under-30 market with guys such as Randy Starks, Ernest Wilford and Reggie Torbor. "
