Jet fans? Our entire player base, plus ex players in the media, ie people that actually know how hard it is, are saying that. Not just Jet fans.
it's very possible for sure. still realistically he's only had 1 really good year in a 7 year career and he'll be 31 next season. plus we have becton as a question mark. having 2 OTs as question marks is rough. brown may retire after this year. that leaves mitchell only as the OT we will have who is healthy. sadly we need to address more o-line this offseason but AVT is making it easier. making him the LT and having the others fight for the Rt spot and drafting an OG helps
I'd have to se how the prospects are as it gets closer but i'm thinking we need LBer and S and O-line as our top 3 needs so depends on how the players fall in the draft.
lol I was about to ask about that poster who said…that the value of trading up for him wasn’t there? I forget but I was so over the point he was trying to make. And this was when AVT was playing solid football. Now many pundits are saying he needs to be on the pro bowl, and he’s playing great. So the trade was even better, to get a OL who was at the top of his class at that spot.
Can't believe the last three weeks and how he's performed in them with a few days work. It really is unheard of. Guy is a top tier team player. Sent from my M2007J20CG using Tapatalk
He absolutely is. And who knows, maybe the guy we drafted at guard could turn out to be the long term answer at left tackle. That would be a major milestone in the quest to slay the idea of the "Same Old Jets"
Does anyone remember reading any of those articles, by, a seemingly disgruntled ex jet scout, who criticized EVERYTHING? I remember one article he , wrote, saying how the jets fucked up drafting AVT, he's not that good, also critical of Jermaine Johnson, ...plus other bullshit. Where is he now , to suck up that shit about AVT. He is one of the BEST draft picks we've had in years. I'd love to find that article again.
I'm pro-OL so I'm not exactly arguing but shouldn't we say rather it shows the importance of finding impact players in the draft regardless of position? Wherever they line up a team has to have a certain amount of these guys to make it to the postseason. And for the first time in 1000 years the Jets actually have a few of them. And AVT is most certainly one of them. Awesome football player.
Connor McGovern in his media availability on AVT: dude is a freak, a future ring of honor, if not hall of famer. Only person in recent memory who could do what he's doing is Marshall Yanda, and he's going to the hall. Also said he and Duane Brown were talking after the game about how we've really hit on two drafts in a row, and it's showing every week - that this rookie class is dominating in a way they've never seen a class do before, with every pick starting or making an impact already. Sent from my IN2015 using Tapatalk
I understand the temptation but I wouldn't. It's great having such a versatile and capable replacement ready to step in. Jets need to address the OL in the off season, but how they do it will be interesting to watch. For those that were so negative about JD's approach to the line in the summer, do you think that the teammwere confident AVT could step in if required and does this put a different slant on it for you?
No, not really. Even if JD felt that AVT was a "wild card" that he could use, the OL still has holes - AVT can't play all 5 spots all at once even as good as he is. I'm sure he didn't count on Mitchell being able to step right in like he has. I still believe that passing on Ekonwu was a mistake, as good as Sauce has been and will be. Given the state of their OL, especially Becton's status, Gardner was a luxury IMO. Having then passed on Ekonwu and not even taking an OL till what, the 4th round?, it really left them exposed for what ultimately did unfold. I still like Douglas and overall think he's done a great job, but this episode was a miss.