DWare, you get my official Dry Sarcasm Poster of the Year Award. Roughly one in three of your posts gets a reply like "Guffaw?! What?! How could he say that?!" Well-played, sir. Also: I like Sasha Grey better than the dead guy. Please change back. hmy: With that said, we need not cut Thomas, but trade Thomas! I'd be more than satisfied with a fifth-rounder that could escalate to fourth. I'd be more than happy to apply that to the 2010 draft since we're stocked with picks next year. San Francisco, meet your new pass-rushing machine!
True, true. But I'd so much prefer to see David Bowens be that "sixth man" than BT. At least he genuinely seems to want to play football.
You said "once an underachiever, always an underachiever." Bryan Thomas did not "underachieve" in 2006. By all objective measures, in fact, he exceeded expectations or "overachieved." He did so to such an extent that he was rewarded with a lucrative contract after which he began to underachieve once again. The fact, therefore, (regardless of whether you are interested in or pay any attention to such mundane things as facts) is that Bryan Thomas has been an underachiever for "most" but not "all" of his career. Otherwise, I openly admit to being an idiot, particularly since I can't at this moment think of a word to describe someone who is considerably dumber than an idiot. I am glad to transfer and and confirm my wager offer to you, Crotchrot. As I have observed that you have some difficulties with the English language, I will repeat the offer: If Thomas fails to record at least 6 sacks this season (regardless of whether he is a starter or not and regardless of which team it is for) I agree to be permanently banned from this website, BUT, if Thomas succeeds in registering 6 or more sacks this year, then you agree to be banned from this site forever. Kindly confirm your acceptance. In the meantime, enjoy your stay here while it lasts. (That would be trash talk oh ye of rotted crotch.
Face it ---- this CS has employed the doghouse method of dealing with insurgents, complainers, & slackers since they came into power. Its their MO. Pete Kendall, Erik Coleman, Justin McCariens, Andre Dyson have all been in there. Looks like Chris Baker is buying his admission ticket as well. Its probably where Bryan Thomas should go. He needs to be motivated. If he busts his a$$, plays better than the others, puts in the extra effort, then he’ll be taken out. Seems like a pretty simple math equation to me. The only way to get this guy to play is to light a fire under his a$$. It appears (by his own admission) that the only way to get through to him is to motivate him by going out & getting replacement players (competition). Further motivational tactics that need to be employed with this guy is to have him run w/the 2nd squad. Bryan Thomas has had 6 minicamps, 6 training camps, 6 exhibition seasons & 6 separate 16 game seasons to distinguish himself. I would expect a guy entering his 7th season to be contributing to the team as a leader by now,……..not a slacker. He’s not going to apply himself in a limited role, the guy couldn’t even apply himself as a full time starter. This “the past is history” concept is the thinking of simple minds. The past is a track record, my friends. It is the best indicator of who & what you are dealing with. For those who wish to blame the CS for Bryan Thomas' lack of effort, ---- the NY JETS are not a high school football team. It’s a professional organization comprised mostly of veteran players who get paid money. Veterans who need to have the mindset of a Kris Jenkins who said, “all the things I love about football I find here,” I’m one of those that believe this team would best serve itself by getting the 6th overall pick on the field as soon as possible. We need him – that’s why we drafted him.
I must admit I find it very refreshing to see so many TGGers having never been guilty of slacking off, or making a foolish mistake. As we all now know, those are sins that are unforgivable, regardless of what you do afterward.
I agree. Hell, if it wasn't for actual work that needs to get done right away, I wouldn't post on TGG.
Ah yes, Homer Simpson logic: "Well, I guess some people never change. Or sometimes they change and then quickly change right back." 6 sacks. You're on. ON THE JETS, though. If we dump him, bets off. I think he could be a 15 sack-a-year machine with the Argonauts.
Excellent example. So,... I guess it really is possible for someone to be an underachiever for part of their life and then..........
6 sacks in 2008 for any NFL team is the deal. Your point was that once an underachiever, always an underachiever. Your point is not, and should not be location specific provided his performance is drawn in the context of the league he is currently in. Take it or leave it, Crotch. I'm even willing to put money on it as well with the loser (and leaving party) contributing 50 bucks to the college fund set up for Green Guy's daughter. Please confirm (or withdraw) your acceptance of the wager.
50-60 sack season (as opposed to 55-60).:wink: Here's how I am hoping it breaks down: NT: Jenkins 3-5 sacks (last year Robertson had 4.0) NT: Pouha & Mosley 3 total ( Mosley had 3 last year, 1 in 2006 and 3 in 2005) DE: Ellis 6-8 sacks ( last year he had 5) DE: Coleman 3 sacks (one less than his career high in 2006) OLB: Pace 4-5 sacks (1-2 less than last year) OLB: Thomas: 7-8 sacks (He'll "overachieve" in 2008) OLB: Gholston 8-9 sacks OLB: Bowens 4-5 sacks OLB: Chatham 1 sack (Woo Hoo! Followed by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for performing a Gastineauesque sack dance over Brady) ILB: Barton 2-3 sacks (He had 2 last year and 5 the year before) ILB: Harris 6-8 sacks (5 last year) CB: Revis, Poteat, Barrett, Coleman, Lowery 1 sack FS: Rhodes 2-3 sacks (Had 2 last year and 5 the year before) Our pass rushing balance and depth is now so much better and we are so much stronger up the middle as well that it will be difficult for teams to put an extra man on one perceived pass rushing threat without exposing themselves to another viable threat. Let's see...its hard to read my calculator clearly up here as the clouds keep fogging up my glasses but I think that would place my fantasy sack totals somewhere between 50-62 sacks. Its definitely pretty hard to breathe up at this altitude but the view is excellent.
Yeah but in real life, if you actually had a 9-5 weekday job (let's say it paid you a gross of $26,749.00 per year) and you were posting at TGG message boards when you were supposed to be wearing a paper hat and taking drive-thru orders, you would be considered to be slacking off or "underachieving" by your employer.
Rare as it seems, some of us have never been guilty of slacking off or making mistakes. Some of us just don’t have to work to excel --- like Tomlinson, or Brady, or Manning. All we have to do is just step onto the field and be elite.
Sure I'm pissed that he was dogging it, but if he's man enough to admit that mistake and he's going to put his all into the game now and he produces, who cares?
Bryan Thomas... If he IS a bust is... Sorry, but anyone who now blames Bradway for drafting this guy after Mangini and Tannenbaum signed him to a huge contract has serious problems in identifying the Jets core problems. If BT is/was a loser, then Mangini/Tannenbaum should have traded his ass out of town. Instead they rewarded him with a VERY rich contract for performing well in a few games. Do I need to point out that they just did the same thing with Damien Woody, a guy with 10 years in the NFL who has not exactly performed well for all 10 years in the league, and Calvin Pace, who has spent 6 years in the NFL but is not exactly had the kind of career you expect from a consistently productive performer? There are SO MANY question marks on the current Jets roster that no one should be arrogant enough to think that the Mangini/Tannenbaum regime will automatically get this team into the playoffs. This whole offseason plan by these two could be a disaster in the making. NFL experts all said it was the weakest free agent pool in many years, and the Jets went ahead and spent millions and millions of dollars on it. Yes, they covered up their million dollar mistake. (All Pete Kendall wanted was a $1 million bonus, so to cover up what was IMHO the biggest mistake I have ever seen in player personnel, they paid Faneca $40 million, the biggest free agent deal in history. Well, Pete Kendall helped the Redskins get into the playoffs last year, I am eager to see how the Faneca move pays off.)
