2022... Make or break year

Bellys Lies · Dec 31, 2021

NCJetsfan said: ↑

In addition, he was having to clear several of Mac's bad contracts from the cap and still had Mosely's huge contract on the cap. He was being wise fiscally. Some posters are just grasping at straws in an effort to make JD look bad and themselves smart, but are only succeeding in making themselves look bad for conveniently ignoring facts and details of the circumstances. We're all tired of the team losing and want a winner, but continually attacking the best GM we've had in a LONG time, and maybe ever, is stupid and won't get us where we want to be any quicker, and in fact, if JD gets fired, you can kiss this team's ever getting better goodbye. We'll never hire another GM who was as qualified as JD.
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The guy has one of the worst winning percentage of any GM in the history of the NFL. Missed on the 2020 draft, mostly missed on free agents. We should get a solid player of 2 out of the 2021 draft, but we still do not know. We thought we aced the 2020 draft last off season

papapump · Dec 31, 2021

NCJetsfan said: ↑

The articles I have read, and I believe Saleh and/or LaFleur was quoted in some of them, state that the Jets' offense IS a very complex offense and it takes several years to master. Why do you think so many WRs have run the wrong routes, and RBs and TEs blown assignments? It's because the players didn't know the system well. One of the reasons that it is complicated is its flexibility. With many, if not most, NFL offenses, out of an alignment one either runs or passes, and the number of options/variations is limited. That isn't so with the Jets' offense. I'm pretty certain that earlier this season, perhaps even during TC, someone posted an article here about our offense and why it was complex and harder to learn. Some of the players or coaches were quoted. So I have to disagree with you that the Jets' offense isn't complex. I agree that since LaFleur went into the booth things have improved.

Nepotism is everywhere, in every profession. People want to work with or have people working for them that they like, know and trust. That's understandable. It happens with every NFL team and I'm pretty sure that it happens with every college team as well. It's a small world in any profession, and people get to know each other.

The D has been bad, there's no question about it. That said, I don't think anyone could have done much with the players that we have with this scheme. Once the Jets committed to playing this D scheme this season, I don't believe that it was feasible to switch to something else once all the injuries started piling up. To begin with some of the D players aren't all that talented, aren't a good fit for the scheme, and don't have the skills needed at some of the positions. Then they're learning a new system, that is also complex. That's going to have them thinking too much, playing slower as result, and not as well. This D alignment is predicated upon the front 4 getting a lot of pressure on the QB. When Curry never got healthy and Lawson went down that changed everything for the D. Then on top of that, Huff got injured, Blair got injured, and there were other injuries to the DL. Then Davis, Sherwood and Nasirildeen all were injured. Then every S we have starting with Joyner, got injured except Davis, and he was recovering from injury and missed all of TC and preseason I believe. We are now at the point of signing street FAs and players off other teams' PS to get new starters at S. How can any coordinator expect to succeed under those circumstances???? I don't think it would matter if Saleh took over the D as some here want. For that matter, I'm not even certain that Belichick could have done anything with this system and this collections of players we've had on D this season. I'm not saying that Ulbrich is any good. He may not be if we had 11 Pro Bowlers starting on D, but he really has had no chance this season. Once again, the foundation of this D scheme is for the DL to get a lot of pressure on the opposing QB. When that doesn't/can't happen, the rest of the D has no chance.

Yes, Zach shares in the blame, but he's human. He's had a lot to deal with and adjust to. I don't need to spell all the things that have worked against him this year. One thing I'm certain of is that he has given his best and busted his butt to get better. I'm sure that he's very disappointed in his play this season. I feel very confident that he will be a MUCH better QB next season, even if JD doesn't add another quality WR, a quality TE or two, adds a quality RG, and upgrades the OL depth; however, I expect JD to do those things, so Zach should be the least of our problems next season.

I'd like to believe that no Jets fan roots for Zach to fail, but I cannot. I've seen to many irrational comments with unrealistic expectations, too much unwarranted criticism from the time he was drafted, and believe I've posted here long enough to know how some of these posters think and act. I won't name names, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet that at least 5 posters are rooting for Zach to fail so they can claim that they were right and were smarter than the rest. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this issue.

I think JD will have another very good offseason with both FA and the draft. It will be interesting and hopefully fun seeing the additions he makes. I'd like to believe that Saleh will learn and improve. I sure hope that he will learn how to be a good and successful HC, but I'm not holding my breath on that. I think a lot of the luster has gone off his hiring, and I'll be curious to see if any FAs still want to sign here after seeing what a poor job Saleh did this season.
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Hope springs eternal my friend.

boozer32 · Jan 1, 2022

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My two cents for kicks and giggles. At the beginning of the season most here projected 4- 5 wins max. Surprise surprise we are at four in the midst of a massive cluster fuck year where we lost players left and right, We had excruciating growing pains from the coaching staff to the players. Our rookie QB, green as hell, was not held back, thrown into the fire, not once with all top players together, yet we still won 4 games against some tough competition, one with a back up no one wanted.
Unfortunately now, the same four game win is considered a massive failure by all. I get it. Wilson did not meet some of the fans expectations. He hasn’t throw for 400 yards like the back up we did not want in the first place.
Whatever, while not happy, I think in the mist of this perfect storm there is sufficient evidence to tell me that we have a few jewels in this team, younger than ever, great draft in 21. There might be hope after all.
Sorry but I’m not ready to call Wilson or anyone one else in this years draft a bust at this time, not by a long shot. We just need more of them next year. No draft is perfect.
Our pass history…….well I no longer give a shit. I look forward to next year.
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I liked Zach coming out in the draft. Glad the Jets took him. He is and will get better. Its the Jets GM, coach and scouts that need to improve.

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