You could be right but no one knows that until he steps on the field. I mean they said the same thing about Revis and others after injuries. Snacks again had a good year but only one. He never stuck out as an elite player before 2013. And lets face it. He had plenty of help with guys like Wilkerson, etc. We'll see in 2014: is Harrison elite and is Wilfork over the hill. If BB thinks he is you know he'll cut him.
You guys realize DRC had a physical with us too right? So stfu with this another bites the dust garbage. My god some of you are so annoying.
The NY Daily News' Manish Mehta reports Jets coach Rex Ryan wants to sign free agent Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie "badly." Rapoport suggested on Twitter Sunday that the holdup in talks with the Jets is whether owner Woody Johnson will be willing to pony up enough money.
I have no problem with Walls and some help. I thought he was pretty close to being ok. And could improve and end up being a FA other teams are willing to pay. Which is the way most of these guys start out. I'm not all for overpaying Rogers-Cro. As for Cro he will be a better corner in 2014 if his hip is ok. Might be worth it unless the Jets are just tired of the guy. But on the surface it looks like he matured as a person. And was a leader on and off the field.
what's most disturbing about Idzik's handling of this off season is the fact that the Jets are so ridiculously far under the cap, and have major holes to fill. PPl advocating him for him, saying he has been shrewd ... I get it, I'm not saying he should dish out mega blockbuster multi year contracts for players other teams didn't want, but you gotta fill holes man. The fact that guys like Walter Thurmond, Hakeem Nicks signed affordable 1 year contracts is even worse (and others too). Now you have over $30m in cap space for 2014, all the good options in FA are gone, and the Jets just won't spend anything CLOSE to that cap number if they tried as hard as they could! It would not surprise me if they get a grievance filed by the NFLPA for playing so far under the cap. Who thats left are they giving $30m to??? No, this is a bad offseason so far, if you had to judge it now. You have 1 starting CB coming off a roller coaster rookie year with A LOT more downs than ups, and you have no starting RG as of this moment with a developing QB. BUt not having a CB after all the guys available is just unacceptable. I know others have cited Seattle having 2 rook CBS in 2011, and they grew up. That seems like an exception not the rule.
It's possible that scenario will unfold, I guess we will see if you feel the same way after a few games. Unless Walls has had some kind of insane transformation I can't see that tandem as being anything short of a disaster.
You do realize that Kyle Wilson started 13 games after Revis went down in 2012, right? Of course Cro was playing an incredible year, but we actually had a good pass defense that year. That was the year our rush defense was bottom 5 in the league.
Exactly ... And tell me this, all who say they would be cool with this? Exactly who out of these two is the 1 guy you could maybe kinda sorta depend on coming out of the gates? Milliner? Who's the CB Rex won't have to protect and roll coverages towards when he uses his exotic blitz packages? And don't even get me started on Kyle Wilson ... read my previous post on that. Yes, as of this very second, CB is a disaster waiting to happen. TO think the differ is to be wildly optimistic.
That's the thing, though. We're not looking for 1-year contracts because we will not be contending for a championship this year. Idzik is looking for respectable, frugal long-term deals. One-year deals are nearly worthless for us right now, though we may have to use them in order to fill holes at this point.
He only had 1 good year because it was his first season as a starter. He got the start this season because when he came in last season he immediately made an instant difference penetrating the line on almost every play. Guess what he continued to do the same thing last season. The played consistent and demanded double teams on a regular basis allowing one of the other two dominate linemen to have a 1 on 1 situation. Snacks job isn't to "look elite" but to be dominate enough to allow the other two guys to "look elite". I wouldn't trade Snacks for any other NT in the league not soley on his performance but based in overall of age performance contract
I think Mehta's been off most of this offseason. He said the Jets reached out to Revis when in fact it was the opposite. He said Rex was dying to get Revis back so the Jets made a play which again, was not true. Interesting DRC took a physical with us and left. I guess that leaves the door open the Jets saw something during the physical?
Cheap one year deals that make the Jets better this year are fine. They're the kind of move you make to fill a gaping hole while a young guy gets up to speed and can take the job next year. Like if neither Campbell or Aboushi is ready to go at RG this year bringing Willie Colon back on a 1 year deal would be a no-brainer.
That's what I'm wondering. Everything says not too overspend, but there's still a salary floor we have to reach. Besides DRC, who else out there is worth a big contract? We might have to extend some players like Wilkerson.
Yes, and Wilson killed us in big spots all year if you have a really good memory. He practicallyt lost the @NE game with 2 (YES 2!) critical PI calls, well before Sanchez's fumble in OT. The SF game got out of hand bc of his shotty coverage (oh he was burned so badly in that game), and I'm sure there were lots more. That our pass defense was good that year .... hey, you said it yourself the run defense was atrocious, those two polar stats are correlated. and the reason Cro had a "great year" in 2012, and really stepped up is bc Kyle Wilson was picked on all day. The guy is just atrocious. Teams look for him on 3rd and long, all day, and he consistently gets beat. Its frustrating. The fact that he was a 2010 1st round pick, and only got an opp bc of injury tells u all u need to know. They turned to undrafted Walls instead of him.
I don't know why this was liked 3 times. I'm not bitching. It's just head scratching to pay an aging pass rusher that much when any real fan could tell you those ten sacks were a fluke. Pace doesn't exactly qualify as a signing because he was either coming back, or playing for nobody. Nobody was worried about losing pace. Nobody cares about if he is back or not really. If we added a young, promising pass rusher, it'd be different.
Exactly, but we don't need to make these deals during week 1 of free agency. Generally prices go down as time goes on (though quality goes down as well). It just depends on how much of a need we have at a certain position.
Wait ... I challenge this thought that seems to come from the old school ... There is no such thing as rebuilding in the NFL anymore, not even 1 year removed from a poor season, let alone 2 now for the Jets. Why can't we gun for the championship this year? You dont think Idzik and Rex have Super Bowl goals this year? Hey, if you think so, then they should both be fired. Not in today's NFL man. Look at KC last year. Every single year a team goes from worst to first in their division and contends. Nobody is saying the Jets will be anywhere near being favorites ... but no. Idzik should believe that if he does a great job, and the coaching staff does, and the players he gathers does well, that it is possible for the Jets to win a championship this year. There is NO SUCH thing as a multi year "rebuild" in the NFL anymore. Trust me.
