I love people that can't read I said a problem we may run into. And from all reports so far teams will offer short deals they can protect themselves with.
When have the Jets ever prepared for long term, even prior to Woody? In my 26 years of existence whether we build short or long term, we more than likely lose in the draft. Staying put in Free agency doesnt necessarily mean the Jets will kill it in the draft. To have signed Decker, Vick and possibly Jackson this offseason, with the draft approaching was what the Jets needed at this time. Jackson is the type of talent that you can deal with his character issues for. He is a game changer, would easily be our most talented offensive player, and i think be the move that could ultimately result in us WINNING as opposed to drafting a WR in the 1st round and turning into Stephen Hill 2.0!
I don't get the (apparently prevailing) thought behind endorsing a DJ signing in spite of his character issues and red flags when the team just washed its hands of Santonio Holmes for, at least in part, similar reasons. If you want to argue Holmes' antics would have been tolerated had he produced more, fine. Personally, I would rather target a #1 WR in this upcoming draft than invest the kind of (guaranteed) money it will take to secure DJ, having been adequately forewarned about the risks.
obviously I can read if you are validating what I said by speculating problems we may run into. the problem is that is is speculation, and speculation that you have contrived to put the Jets at a disadvantage. why not create speculation that puts the Jets at an advantage? and the reports your referring to are all speculation and reporter conjecture as well. do you think the Jets are telling reporters what they are willing to offer him? of course not.
I never liked Goodson but at least he was cheap and the risk was low. The Goodson signing was criticized far and wide last year where many league scouts said the Jets simply did not do their homework as there were far to many red flags. Vick at least has kept out of trouble and been a good teammate. He is also a 1 year deal. But Jackson at least potentially is none of that. He has been described as a diva with many issues with work ethic, being a good teammate and listening to coaches. Further unless these issues drag down his market value is likely a long term investment with a a large signing bonus and salary. If he is a guy we can get rid of painlessly then I take that back. But the bigger problem with Jackson besides his salary and bad teammate concerns is the opportunity cost lost. Rather than being able to build through the draft and take 2 WRs who will play at a cheap salary that we can develop and build a long term winning team over time we are taking a short cut on a high priced diva. if we were a player away it might make more sense but we are not in win now mode. Such a move is in direct conflict with the build over time a self sustaining winning team philopshu expressed over and over by idzik. It's a move that smells like Woody Johnson impatient meddling.
Santonio Holmes is done. He was cut mostly because he can't produce at the level he used to and had a bloated salary. Notice no team has signed him yet. When Holmes was healthy he was very good for this team. Jackson is better than Holmes ever was and would make our WR corps very good.
I don't really see how signing Jackson would come at the expense of building for the long term. He's the type of player you do spring for when he's available. He can be an outright elite player in this league. To me, sacrificing the future would have been signing some of these average players to long term deals just to fufill cries to "do something!", that would have left this team with dead money for under performing players down the road. Obviously, the Jets have to do their homework on his personality, but aside from that, bringing in a 27 year old gamebreaking player is exactly a move that helps the present and future.
The obvious ones are arguing with coaches on the sidelines, missing meetings, not getting along with teammates, poor practice habits, showboating and teammates publicly expressing their happiness at him being cut. Generally where there is smoke there is fire. There is a reason the eagles resigned Cooper and Maclin and cut Jackson and it likely does not mean good things about Jackson.
I wonder if any of his gang member friends can throw a football? I'd be willing to change our colors and name to the NY Crips if it meant winning a bowl.
I think the Eagles are just being petty as hell. Are they the ones who released this "gang" shit? Mad because he wouldnt restructure his contract for them so they slander his name and cut him? Classy. Real classy. If i was DJax i'd sue them for defamation of character real quick. He didnt just become a crip yesterday and they cut him today, if this was to be true they been knew of this obviously. Thats real fucked up of them as an organization i hope he gives them hell every time he plays them no matter what team he ends up with. If they didnt release this information then disregard this rant! LOL!
Any truth to the rumors that the Eagles feared DJax might have one of his gang kill Sanchez? Is that the real reason he was released?
While you haven't given any specifics, I had not seen any teammate quoted as happy he's gone - that could be significant if names are named. The rest of what you cite is quite vague and none of which couldn't be handled by a strong coach, especially if a contract was crafted with safeguards against such behaviors.
I'm really hoping we make a strong push. Revis is unreal covering your typical #1 (Calvin, Vincent Jackson, AJ Green) wide out out but it seems like he has a hard time with the Jackson, Stevie Johnson type player that has that speed. I understand a guy like Cooks is a similar WR and cheaper but at this point I would prefer the proven stud.
Why would any team that was not on the verge of a championship spend the effort to maintain a player who is high maintenance like that? Championships are won by teams not players. A team that is one player away from being complete might have the incentive to do whatever it took to acquire and maintain that player. A team that is many players away from that level really shouldn't deal with high maintenance players in the mix. Just as they're getting to the top the high maintenance guy goes blooey and then they have a hole to fill.
