Maybe a little venting, but I am not too far off on this. One thing we have to remember. We have seen what Curtis Martin's abilities are when he plays injured. We saw what happened when Herm ran him into the ground. I think it makes sense to give the other guys a chance. If Curtis can come back mid-year, fine. I would rather have 3 or 4 backs fighting for time and playing healthy, than have Martin run in pain.
I was there all last week. I tried to post but the shower head nozzel stretched out didn't reach the internet connection.
It may very well have been that Curtis approached management warning them to draft a RB. But I also think Tangini had many other plans and higher priorities, and although they probably listened to what Martin was saying, I'm not disappointed that they still chose to rebuild from the ground up with the O-line first. Given all our needs, we all knew this is a two-year rebuild anyway. I'm just wondering how good the RBs will be who become available in the '07 draft.
227, I agree. I don't want to spend a 2nd round pick on a malcontent RB with a history of being brittle. And I actually think Matin's return could be counter productive. Mangini and Tannenbaum have never acyually said they are rebuilding.... in fact I think I recall Mangini denying that, although it certainly looks and feels like a rebuild. If they brun a draft pick for a guy like Brown.... that would tell me they want to win now. Brown for McCariens would be fine, but not a draft pick. In any case, I don't think they will make any moves like that until they have seen what this group of RB's looks like in a preseason game, more likely two games. These two really attach a high value to draft picks, Hard to see them burning one for an RB like Brown, who runs too upright to remain healthy for 16 games.
like i said, id rather them just wait to draft one next yr. i wanted D'Angelo but we missed that by a couple picks. anyways, Thomas Jones is a top 10 pick who never met his potential and shows flashes outside mediocrity. coming off a big year his only 1st 1000 yd yr in like 6 yrs on an offense that couldnt pass and played defensive football. chris brown, whatever solid guy but not worth a pick. wouldve been nice to get julius jones over to NY tho. basically, lets finally see what weve got with houston and blaylock. and washington will come in his own these next 2 yrs. my guess is houston or blaylock gets the cut after this yr as we draft a RB in the first 2 rds.
That's it in a nutshell. There's nothing wrong with working with what we've got and getting a season under our belt to see where we are. That 2nd Round pick is gonna look mighty good this April, especially if Washington falls on it's face, which I'll be rooting for. Go Giants! Go Dallas! Eagles rock!
There appear to be a couple of different threads running through the Jet's FO at this point. I have my suspicions but I'll keep them to myself.
I disagree, just because we are far from the playoffs doesn't mean we don't do what we can to win as many games as possible. Believe it or not, one of those rb's would make our team much better than it is now. Part of the rebuilding process is developing a winning attitude, and that only comes with winning games. And one of these guys will help us do that.
Yeah, but at the expense of putting the other three on the bench and possibly not giving them enough work to hone their skills and emerge. I agree about the winning attitude, but what if we could have a winning season (better than 500) without pissing away that 2nd Rounder? Wouldn't it be nice to find out for sure where our running game could be with what we've got first?
I'm firmly convinced that Houston and Blaylock are such mediocre backs. Last year, in what we saw of Houston behind a PUTRID OL, he was quite good. The reports in camp this year are quite promising. Blaylock came to the Jets as a promising back, fast and edgy, who was damm good on blocking assigments and served as a pretty good passing threat- what hurts him is that he was hurt last season and didn't see much PT before the injury. Washington is the unknown- call him change of pace if you will. Mediocre isn't that big of an accolade- it's not like I am sending any of these guys over on the next bus to Canton. But behind a decent OL, I believe we'll see production.
I'm all for winning as well- but let's not piss away the future or take on someone else's preseason cast-off without first seeing what our own guys have to offer, in-house. To ignore the present cast of characters and immediately drop a high-round pick on Mr. "Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda" is foolish.
Agreed. I do not think M and T will be using any draft picks on acquiring a back before the season. All our present backs would have to really stink for that to happen. I do not see our backs doing too bad at all. I think we should go with what we have and then do a close examination at the end of the year.
The Bears may actually have interest in this. I live in Chicago and talk radio hear constantly discusses the need for more receivers for the Bears. They might actually go for a McCarrins and 4th or even 5th round pick. But of course, now with Cedric Benson's shoulder issue, who knows....
Why would the Jets, in a rebuilding year, trade a high pick( or any pick for that matter) for a mediocre RB when they already have 3 mediocre Rbs on their roster without CMart.. I hope CMart does retire, in a rebuilding year there is not much point in him abusing his body anymore than he already has throughout his career. From a Jets perspective there is no point having a 33 year old feature back when you have 3 young guys that need to get there chance..
Don't be suprised if the "leak" is intentional. Tangini seems to have control of things - so if they want to lower expectations this year regarding Curtis - and continue rebuilding - this makes sense. Knowing CMart, he wants to play if he can...but maybe he just can't right now if ever? He'll do whatever he can to come back - but if he can't then the team will make do in 2006 and draft a top RB in 2007's draft.
come on guys - what star RB did the patriots have before corey dillon??? the jets can have success at the RB position with the 3 guys in camp now, along with BJ Askew. IMO - the jets do NOT have to obtain a starter RB at any price - wait until the final cuts and pick up some depth. go with houston, blaylock, askew, etc. of course - if there is another injury to a RB than the jets are forced to pay a price for someone - but thats what personnel is all about. the jets offense will not be molded around martin regardless like it was in SD with LT. jil
I was hoping DeAngelo Williams was going to fall to the Jets with their late RD1 pick, but Mangold was the right pick, especially since Teague is now out of the picture. IMO, DeAngelo is going to be the OROY in the NFC, even over Reggie.
All of these recent rumors could be the FO trying to ferret out the info leaks within the organization. You spread a number of different (and false) rumors to different sections of the org and see which rumors hit the light of day, and you have narrowed down your search. The information trade is alive and well in Hempstead still. Information is money.
