The Franchise Tag will say hello, in that case.
The biggest mistake was getting Favre. In Favre's worst 7 games he has 4 td's and 13 picks for 6 loses. While other people didn't play well, Favre really killed the Jets in those games.
The Jets are not in a bad cap situation. Favre has $12 million coming to him next year but if he retires the Jets get a large amount of cap space.
Trading for Jenkins was a great move. He dominated until the Denver game and was pretty much unstoppable. No one knows the truth but the reports from the beat writers are that he's more hurt then anyone is admitting. I don't think he's out of shape, but I do think playing the 3-4 NT did wear on him. Players like Wilfork, Hampton and Jamal Williams are used to the position but it's so different then playing DT in the 4-3.
Pace is a real good player. He's not great at anything but he can cover, rush the passer and stop the run. They did overpay for him but he's been very good for the Jets.
Faneca and Woody did stabilize the offensive line. Woody has been great at RT not only as a run blocker but also as a pass blocker. Faneca has made Brick and Mangold much better. His pass blocking has been average but his run blocking has been great. Faneca is definetely not a great lineman anymore but he's still good.
The Jets had 4 huge holes on their team last year. They had a ton of cap room and they were able to fill the LG, RT, NT and OLB positions. I don't consider it desperate, it was smart.
They've drafted extremely well with the exception of Gholston. They have a very good core of young players in Leon Washington, Cotchery, Stuckey, Keller, Brick, Mangold, Harris, Revis, Rhodes and Lowery.
While all of you hate Mangini and I understand where your coming from, he has won 10 and 9 or 10 games in 2 of his first three seasons. Most of the Jets fans want him fired which is the typical Jets fans reaction.
The Jets need to find a QB, whether that's Ratliff, Clemens, Ainge or someone they draft. They need to add speed at WR and on the defense.
While I'm happy with the direction of where the Jets are going, I know that the Pats are still the best all around organization in football. You guys got killed with injuries and still manage to be a very good team this year. If Brady comes back healthy and you get 5 picks in the first three rounds the Pats will be even better next year.