Harris is overpaid of course if you compare him to Patrick Willis, but it doesn't seem like there is anybody else out there. Rolando McClain? Denzel Perriman? Benardrick McKinney? I have no idea, there very well may be a surprise overachiever in the mid-rounds like Chris Borland (last year) that can be had, but that seems like a substantial risk to take heading into the draft, to leave yourself exposed like that. Sure, you would love to have a complete ILB, a guy who also excels in coverage. I hate seeing completions underneath and over the middle against this defense as much as anybody else. You would love to have studs at every position. But you also have to consider the alternative: Nick Bellore as your starting "Mike" LB who plays 98% of snaps. Also, I suspect Bowles will play more 3-safety, and 4-, 5-, and 6-DB looks than we have seen from Rex to help cover for the lack of foot speed at the LB position. Bowles is a smart guy. I am confident he will find a way. The Cardinals were 5th in scoring defense last year, quite an accomplishment considering the overall talent up front, all the injuries they were hit with, and the Daryl Washington suspension. One thing you have to love about Harris is you know you can count on getting 16 games. And the guy plays like 99% of snaps. He played through an injury last year. Luke Kuechly isn't walking through the doors at Florham Park anytime soon.
I didn't say anything about not re-signing Harris. I was just explaining to a poster who claimed that a bunch of us hated Harris, that we didn't hate Harris, just wanted a better player at ILB. In terms of the "overpaid" I was referring to his previous contract, not the newest one. There was no one else out there in FA and unless Mac wanted to put himself in a position to have to draft and start a rookie, he had little choice but to re-sign Harris. FYI Bellore hasn't been re-signed that I know of, so isn't even on the team. With regards to that previous contract, the Jets bid against themselves. At that point in time, the Jets could have signed Harris for less or found his replacement. As it is now, I'm glad that we have him. He's been a dependable player, is very good against the run and been a solid citizen, leader and great Jet.
i dont mind "not having a stud at every position". i do mind paying a guy like a stud when he is purely a run stuffer. i do agree on him being on the field though there is value in that. but its an abusrd signing
They overpaid, but if he walks you are looking at Nick Bellore behind him and a paper-thin FA crop with Rolando McClain at the top of the list. I don't know. You can call it an absurd signing, but who do you replace him with. Tell me how many guys finished with more than 120 tackles last year.
im fine with those other options if thats all we fill him with... especially since it would allocate a ton of money elsehwere to fix another hole. id rather have a subpar player making nothing then an mediocure player making all-pro money. As far as free agency i can also live with mclain, brandon spikes, whilhoite, freeman. again, harris isnt some great player. you can replace him. and you are better off taking a hit there then drasticaly overpaying him.
Rich Cimini@RichCimini 4m4 minutes ago For those scoring at home: The Jets have $12M in cap space, per ESPN. #nyj
than unless my math is wrong we still have to spend another 6 million. Im probably way off though lol. I took the 89% of 55 million would leave 6 mill. but we still have 12. I did that wrong?
I thought the 4 year period ends next year, I might be wrong but we are still close anyway. We don't have to spend it all.
ESPN is off, they seem to be missing some of our latest signings. Including the draft class we have less than $4 mil.
Cap Space (w/Top 51 & Projected Draft Pool) $3,138,956 I think it's safe to say that 89% will be reached after signing the rookies.
The link below was updated before the Jarrett signing: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-jets/cap/ Looks like we should have about $500k left after Jarrett and our draft picks are factored in. Folk and Cumberland are looking like the easiest cuts at this point if more space is needed.
Cumberland isn't going to be on the roster at that cap hit. Not relative to his production. Folk, however, isn't getting cut.
