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Jets coach Rex Ryan says keeping Joe McKnight over Patriots' Danny Woodhead was the right move

The quote from Rex: "Danny Woodhead's a great back and done great things in New England, but this guy's ceiling is about as high as it gets."

ewg_gestalt

I think he's referring to McKnight's ceiling, rather than Woodhead's.

However, I have no complaints with poaching Woodhead off of Rexy. Kid can play.

ctpatsfan77

"This guy" = McKnight, actually.

That said:

McKnight: 6 carries, 14 yards, 2.3 YPC
Woodhead: 26 carries, 115 yards, 4.4 YPC; 6 receptions, 41 yards

Yeah, that's invisible.

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Ron Sellers

What Ryan and the NY Daily News writer omit is that it did not absolutely have to be an either/or situation with McKnight and Woodhead. For example, if I recall correctly the Jets had WR David Clowney on the roster at that time, then cut him just a couple of weeks later.

Thankfully Ryan did not keep Woodhead over Clowney, because if he had Woodhead would have taken advantage of the opportunity there, just like he did with the Pats.

naF staP

holy misleading title!

(Mod edit: It's been changed)

BendButDontBreak37

Haha this ^^

Danger Zone

I don't care who you have for personnel, a healthy Woodhead is a keeper. Period.

Maybe Woodhead doesn't have the hype or the "ceiling" that McKnight does, but what he is is a proven team player with proven football intelligence, proven talent, proven versatility and proven Rudy-like determination.

I guess that wasn't enough to keep him a Jet.

Those are however, exactly the qualities that the Patriot's value in their players.

Your loss, our gain.

EDIT: Sorry, I deleted a couple paragraphs with the intention of being a little more succinct.
EDIT: I need to proofread more and edit less. Fixed Woodhead's name.

Triumph

That fat SOB is so full of BS.

Originally, the rumor was that Fatso wanted to keep Woody, but Tanny did not want to cut McRib because he had just drafted him. Woodhead blew McRib away in camp.

Pat the Pats Fan

That's not hard to do in Tubby Wrecks case.....

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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."

Jangles

What would you have said if you were the head coach of the Jets?

"Yeah, really wish we'd kept Woodhead. Turns out that kid can play. Too bad we kept this bum McKnight. Man he's terrible."

It's not like if Rex actually regrets the decision he could say that to the media. Imagine what that would do for McKnight.