ausbacker

Patriots get Brian Waters & Robert Gallery Jets get Jeff Otah.

Gunnails

I am not that excited about this guy after hearing about his weight and lack of ,,,eye of the tigerish type of thing. But I think it is a shrewd low cost gamble on a former first round tackle with tons of upside, not a desperate or grasping at straws type of move at all. This move like Landyry could pay off big or cost just a few million dollars, LOL.

shmessy

Scouting reports have her with great footwork, but her time in the 40 is abysmal.

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BradyFTW!

For the price that the Jets paid (7th rounder), it's not a bad deal. Production-wise, if he sucks they can cut him at next to no cost, and as far as him being a potentially negative locker room guy, they already have enough of those that one more is unlikely to make much of a difference.

BradyFTW!

I too would have liked seeing the Pats get Murphy for a 7th. I wonder why the Raiders were willing to part with him at that price.

ausbacker

Jacoby Ford, Darius Heyward-Bey and Denarius Moore would have all been a head of him on the depth chart. That's without mentioning the 800 other (6 rookie receivers) receivers they have on their roster.

Good on the Panthers. They needed help as they've got nobody after Steve Smith in Carolina. Murphy should be a nice compliment.

Rob0729

Certainly they could pay off huge. Personally, I don't think Otah will pan out because missing basically two seasons in a row is usually the death sentence to a player's career especially when it is because of the same knee.

Landry could pay off more, but the fact that he decided to go the holistic route to repair his torn Achilles would scare me though.

patchick

I think the whole Jets roster continues to pay for the way they pissed away the incredibly talented 2010 draft. (Only 4 total picks, and the likes of Vlad Ducasse among them.)

Random factoid:

Total number of games started for the Jets by their 2010 draftees: 22

Total number of games started for the Patriots by their 2010 draftees: 111

patfanken

To be fair if the Pats has made this trade, we'd be looking at it as an underwhelming but shrewd high upside and low risk shot in the dark. This was a good trade for the Jets. For a lot of reasons that have already been stated, it might not work out, but for a 7th round pick and around a $1MM at worst the Jets have added an OT who has at least started some games in the NFL

The only things that are dumb about this trade are Jet fans, who unlike Gunny are looking on this as a HUGE upgrade in their OL situation. They think that health is the ONLY reason the Panthers thought a former UDFA was a better fit than a former 1st rounder. " Stud, beast, and among the best OT's in the league.....when healthy" are just some of the characterizations they use to describe this "genius" move by Tanny.
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ctpatsfan77

Just as a reminder:

2010 JEST draft:

1 Kyle Wilson CB
2 Vladimir Ducasse OT
4 Joe McKnight RB
5 John Conner FB

If I were Pats GM, and the JEST offered those four straight up for Zoltan Mesko, I'd have to think long and hard . . . and then ROTFLMAO.

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