I would strongly disagree on Law. If they wanted to keep him they could have done so easily with a cap friendly deal. The problem with Law is that many people graded his play last year as poor and there have been allegations about his attitude. Law thinks he is better than he is now and wants to be paid like he is the best CB in the NFL when he is not very good. There have also been lots of rumors in regards to Law missing meetings, not being a good role model for younger players and just having a general poor attitude that may or may not have factored in to the Jets not being interested in keeping him. But the most damning evidense that the Jets did not want Law back is there appears to have been no effort to try to resign him. Remember we were $6 millon under the cap before the new cba went into effect. If we wanted him on the team and thought he would agree to a fair deal there was plenty of wiggle room to keep him.
That is one thing that I think Mangini should bring to the Jets, a Championship Attitude. He has a profile of what kind of players he is looking for because he at least has been around people who know what it takes to win, and just as important, what kind of players give you the chance to win. Surely, some of BP and BB has to have rubbed off over the years. If he says to somebody, "This is what you have to do if you want to win a Championship", people just might be inclined to listen. Even though he didn't play, he should be in possession of at least 3 Super Bowl Rings.
If Ty Law was such a distraction to the team and brought so many negative factors to the table, I'm pretty sure we would have heard about them when they were happening. The New York media is always hungry for stories like this and ready to jump at any negative press they can write about the team. I think it was a decision based more upon age and salary than anything else.
To be honest, I think we just got the last productive year of Law's career in 2005 -- unfortunately, our team sucked big time so it didn't really matter. Anyway, there are very few 32 year old corners in the history of the game that can still remain productive. Law might have a decent year in 2006, but I don't see him being even serviceable after that. He would have to switch to safety.
You're right, they should go out and sign every big-name free agent they can get their hands on, because that's what rebuilding teams do, right? Sign a ton of free agents within the first 3 days of the period? Right?
I agree with this. His interception total last season made him appear to be better than he actually was. Most of his interceptions seemed to be bad passes as opposed to great defensive plays on the ball. If you factor in his age and a high probability that his numbers may have been inflated last season, you can conclude that Ty Law's career may be headed downhill bigtime.
Yep, some moron GM will sign him to a three year backloaded contract, wherein he might make 5 or 6 million in the first year, but he'll get cut just like he got cut this year from the Jets: one and done. Nobody is going to keep a 32 year old corner around and pay them 6 million a year. Corner is a position where you're always looking to get younger, not older -- age is a big factor with corners because speed and reaction times are so important. It's not like punting or kicking field goals. Law could be a stopgap measure for someone, but that's about it. I think he might end up settling for something a lot less than what he's looking for. Good riddance.
I have a lot of confidence in what Tannebaum and Mangini will do for this team. I really think they have a solid plan put together and these guys WILL execute this plan.
100% truth, and I'm glad somebody said it. It won't achieve anything, because those people won't learn from this experience and won't even admit it in all honesty. Oh well, just gotta ignore those types I guess, although it's kind of hard to because they are so vocal usually.
