Jets Suck -- 2016 Edition (Official): Futility Confirmed

Joker said:

I was there..I still have the damned ticket...also got a couple of these funny looking green pills with peace signs on 'em...hmmmm...wonder what the hell THEY are?

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If they're green, I'd throw them out.

Tunescribe said:

If they're green, I'd throw them out.

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I thought it was the brown stuff you were supposed avoid.

Saturday afternoon leaning back against the wooden slat fence behind the stage....it was steaming hot and my clan is just sitting in the shade sipping water...this long haired wild looking freak in bell bottoms and a leather vest comes walking by us holding a leather satchel...he's throwing handfuls of yellow pills all over us...must have been a thousand at least. He had this satchel that looked like a Pony Express bag."Yellow Sunshine!" we screamed. So, like any good tribe of freaks would do, we scarf all these tabs up with dreams of super freakality dancing in our heads...turns out they were to purify water.

Joker said:

I was there..I still have the damned ticket...

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"I'm surprised to read this", said NO ONE on PatsFans.com!

Joker said:

Saturday afternoon leaning back against the wooden slat fence behind the stage....it was steaming hot and my clan is just sitting in the shade sipping water...this long haired wild looking freak in bell bottoms and a leather vest comes walking by us holding a leather satchel...he's throwing handfuls of yellow pills all over us...must have been a thousand at least. He had this satchel that looked like a Pony Express bag."Yellow Sunshine!" we screamed. So, like any good tribe of freaks would do, we scarf all these tabs up with dreams of super freakality dancing in our heads...turns out they were to purify water.

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Your pee must've been like Poland Springs.

I don't know but I got stopped on the way home for speeding...and when they checked my acid they found it contained 2% blood!

1960Pats said:

I have a vivid memory of four of us driving in a car and heading through Wakefield center on the way there. One of the guys called someone to tell them and we found out that it was a logjam and you couldn't get near the place. We then decided not to go. Thank God, because that scene was definitely not this guy's cup of tea.

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Our older cousins lived in Purdy's NY, a few miles west & south of Danbury CT. They were going and wanted to bring my brother & me, but we were just 11 & 9 so our folks & their folks said no damn way.
Too bad; I might've lost my virginity and had my first trip a few years earlier than I ended-up having them…or not.

The window paines' are a bit foggy for the Jets front office about now

At first glance, it looks like an April Fools’ prank, but it is no joke: As of Friday morning, the Jets had just $719,647 in salary cap space. They have less cap room than any other team in the NFL.


...the Jets are in a sticky situation. They have virtually no money to spend, are still at an impasse with would-be starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, and will need about $5 million to sign their draft picks.

...The Jets’ salary cap issues stem from a few problems. They are top-heavy right now with Wilkerson, Ferguson and Darrelle Revis accounting for $46.8 million, about 30 percent of the team’s cap room. Being top-heavy can work if you have a franchise quarterback. News flash — the Jets do not.

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Inside the Jets’ salary cap hell — and why there’s no easy escape

Rusty Coupe said:

The window paines' are a bit foggy for the Jets front office about now



Inside the Jets’ salary cap hell — and why there’s no easy escape

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Good thing the jests were able to steal Revis from the Patriots

MitchKumstein said:

Good thing the jests were able to steal Revis from the Patriots

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Imagine how much worse their situation would be if they received a real penalty for tampering (either the standard one the 49ers got or the excessive one the Chiefs just got.)

Koma said:

Imagine how much worse their situation would be if they received a real penalty for tampering (either the standard one the 49ers got or the excessive one the Chiefs just got.)

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Imagine the state of the afc if the Patriots are not banned from trading around the first round...

Koma said:

Imagine how much worse their situation would be if they received a real penalty for tampering (either the standard one the 49ers got or the excessive one the Chiefs just got.)

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This is probably why the NYJFL let the jests tamper without any real punishment. goodell knows that his jets are already F***ed.

They are top-heavy right now with Wilkerson, Ferguson and Darrelle Revis accounting for $46.8 million, about 30 percent of the team’s cap room.

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A similar article (WARNING: BSPN Link): Waiting for bombshell move that will unclog Jets' cap mess

It says that 30% of the Jets cap is tied up in three players (Mevis, The Brick and Wilkerson) which isn't that unusual for the NFL, five teams have more than 30% tied up in their top three players, but:

But there's a difference between those five teams and the Jets, and it's quite significant: Each one has a quarterback in its top three and the Jets don't. Right now, they're spending a league-low $2.3 million at the quarterback position, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

So to recap: The Jets are spending with the big boys, but none of the big checks are going to a quarterback. They're paying two players on the decline, Revis and Ferguson. Wilkerson is an ascending player, but he can't get a long-term contract. Does this make any sense? Of course it doesn't.

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And that's the difference between the Jets and the Pats. We get rid of players a year early (Mankins, Jones, etc) and effectively back-fill with trades and day-three-and-later free agents, they keep them a year too long.

The Jets are screwed. They don't have a viable quarterback, and Wilkerson's franchise tag is killing their cap so they don't have the money to sign one. They could cut The Brick, but they don't have anyone who can step in for him. They can't cut Revis, his money is guaranteed. Bottom line is Wilkerson is the most likely cut, but as the article points out, he's the only young player on the rise out of the three most expensive ones on the roster.

Seems in retrospect Maccagnon should have not signed Revis and instead he should have locked up Wilkerson a year early rather than trying to get it done when Wilkerson had all the leverage. The Brick should have been traded a year ago ala Mankins rather than let him eat up that much cap space. That would have freed up enough money to find some up and coming free agents at LT and CB.

The real issue for the Jets is the middle and bottom of their roster sucks, so there's no one who can move up and take on some of the gaps that are going to happen when they fix their cap problems. Oh, and they don't have a starting QB, other than Gee No the Elephant Man.

They're screwed!

Bill Lee said:

They're screwed!

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Any post about the Green Beans concluding with this wisely reasoned assessment deserves a round of applause.

Koma said:

Imagine how much worse their situation would be if they received a real penalty for tampering (either the standard one the 49ers got or the excessive one the Chiefs just got.)

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The next significant penalty the Rats receive will be their first.

Rusty Coupe said:

The window paines' are a bit foggy for the Jets front office about now



Inside the Jets’ salary cap hell — and why there’s no easy escape

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An interesting aside: we're not the only people who get confused about what the rookie salary cap really means. I just doubt their fanbase could actually understand it.

Woody, Maccaroni and the Bowles movement: the Green Beans brain trust. A surefire recipe for fan indigestion.

I should have posted this a month or two ago, but here is how Fitzpatrick's 2015 season stacks up in Jets history:

Passing yards: 2nd (102 yards behind Namath's '67 season)
TDs: 1st
Completions: 2nd (8 fewer than Favre in 2008)
Attempts: 2nd (28 fewer than Testaverde in 2000)
QBR: 1st

Other QBs had a better completion percentage and threw fewer INTs, but Fitzpatrick's numbers there (59.6% and 15 INTs) aren't horrific.

tl;dr - Pro Football Reference lists Fitzpatrick's 2015 season as the 2nd best for a Jets QB. On the other hand, he's 33 and it was his best season ever. I don't blame Fitzpatrick for trying to get a big contract, but do the Jets believe he can duplicate his performance last season? If they don't, they'll need to find a cheap QB that they think can.

Koma said:

they'll need to find a cheap QB that they think can.

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Or maybe they'll just find a cheap quarterback:

Koma said:

I don't blame Fitzpatrick for trying to get a big contract, but do the Jets believe he can duplicate his performance last season?

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Seems the Jets have gotten themselves in between a rock and a hard place. What delicious agony!

Mike the Brit said:

Or maybe they'll just find a cheap quarterback:

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What a great time to be alive!

We've got Gary Kubiak saying he's OK with going into the season with Mark Sanchez as his starting QB and we have absolutely no one from the Jets saying they're OK with going into the season with Gee No Smith as their starting QB. There's no way the Jets can sign Fitzy without impacting the rest of their team one way or the other, and Fitzy's agent is Tom Condon who simply won't cave in, IMHO.

And now we read:

Jets interested in Brian Hoyer as Ryan Fitzpatrick fallback plan, per report

Brian Freaking Hoyer -- Holy Canoli! The Jets will blow a few million to get him signed, and he's crap!