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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.i feel sorry for you guys now. Mark Sanchez is going towards a great career and in the same division as the Patriots. Looks like it will no longer just be us as a rival but now the Jets even more.
i feel sorry for you guys now. Mark Sanchez is going towards a great career and in the same division as the Patriots. Looks like it will no longer just be us as a rival but now the Jets even more.
i feel sorry for you guys now. Mark Sanchez is going towards a great career and in the same division as the Patriots. Looks like it will no longer just be us as a rival but now the Jets even more.
As I posted in another thread....
my 2 cents...Re: Sanchez & Jests going 'all in'
As other poster very well put it - going 'all in' would have been more appropriate for getting Cutler. Sanchez could very well start - considering the level of QB competition he will face. But we know how rookie QB's typically fare. Luckily he will have a good OL to protect him. But still the questions are:
1) Does he have the arm strength for those weather /wind conditions at that stadium?
2) Can he handle the pressure of NFL and NY media. I know many already thing he can - but USC played from ahead most games so what pressure is that -and with UCS's defense...(which conveniently segways into...
3) Jets Defense. Yes I think it will be improving - but they have to adapt and learn a new scheme. Plus they don't have anywhere close to the talent level of Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, Terrel Suggs, Nagiota, etc. We hear all the time about these hot shot 'defensive genius' coaches (Marvin Lewis, Mike Noland, etc. ) and when they leave the team with the talent - that is it. THe genius of BB is knowing how to get the talent to match the scheme. Ryan has had only one offseason and limited cap space to do this.
3) which brings us to the Jets recent drafts.
2009: 3 players
2008: 6 players
2007: 4 players
Where is the team building /developing & molding players for the future? Oh, right - they all were traded or FA to Cleveland along with Mangina. Jets are paper thin on depth and when injuries and the wearing down of vets occur in Nov / Dec - the Jests will fold like a cheap paper plate.
4) "Jests got a steal in Sanchez and gave up very little" say all the national 'talking heads'- except
a) some of that depth in point 3. They sent (lost) 3 players to CLE as part of the draft pick deal and drafted 3 players in the draft. Net sum gain = 0
b) took on a 5th pick rookie contract instead of a 17th pick contract.
2008
5. Glenn Dorsey, Kansas City Chiefs - 5 years, $51 million ($23 million guaranteed) VS.
17. Gosder Cherilus - Detroit Lions - 5 years, $15 million ($8.9 million guaranteed)
Plus as he is a starter QB and has all the leverage - you can expect close to pick 3 (last year) Matt Ryan dollars which was:
3. Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons - 6 years, $72 million ($34 million guaranteed)
which leads to..
5) Having alot of $$$ tied up in high draft picks Gholston and now Sanchez. Not too mention the big FA draft spree 1 year ago with big contracts to Fanaca, Calvin Pace, our old friend Damon Woody, etc.
Jests are becoming the Colts of the AFC East with having a very top heavy (capwise) team with little depth. At least the Colts usually draft well.
I don't like this move for the Jets - I LOVE it. They had a decent STARTING QB 2 years ago in Pennington - threw him under the bus -because he has a weak arm (does Sanchez have a rocket arm? - No!). Then not walked but ran to be close to his lordship Sir Favre. And there was great rejoicing- Yeah! Ooops - we forgot to watch tape of him the last 3 years.
Now have to gamble it all on one roll of the craps dice to hopefully come up lucky '7' on the new one year boywonder from Southern Cal - or they are screwed. (in a very weak 2009 QB class no less)
Oh and I almost forgot the best- who is this California BoyWonder going to throw the ball to ? Jests must be California Dreamin because they forgot to check the depth chart before the draft.
Tannenbaum is desperate and instead of team building is just trying to get some big spash player to sell the expensive PSL for the stadium. It is all or nothing for the franchaise for the next 3-4 years for this 'great' move in trading up.
And I know as a Pats fan - I am sure the Patriot players (Seymore, AD, ) are just waiting to give Sanchez a nice big warm welcome to the NFL Sept 20.
P.S. David Carr, Joey Harrington, Alkai Smith, Brian Griese, Byron Leftwich, Alex Smith, Vince Young, etc.....say hi
Excellent post. The choice of Sanchez was just as much a desperate ploy to sell PSLs via "the big splash" as it was to actually improve the Green Beans. You've got to wonder how he will grow and improve in years to come with things disintegrating around him. This team lacks depth and a solid foundation for the future. Add the Tubby Wrecks "X" factor and you can't have much faith that coaching will pull things through. Sanchez is the second coming of Opie Pennington.
Bottom line for the Green Beans: Poor ownership, and a GM who lacks the balls to educate him on how best to mold a franchise. (Assuming Tannen-bomb actually has a clue, which he hasn't demonstrated so far.)
Excellent post. The choice of Sanchez was just as much a desperate ploy to sell PSLs via "the big splash" as it was to actually improve the Green Beans. You've got to wonder how he will grow and improve in years to come with things disintegrating around him. This team lacks depth and a solid foundation for the future. Add the Tubby Wrecks "X" factor and you can't have much faith that coaching will pull things through. Sanchez is the second coming of Opie Pennington.
Bottom line for the Green Beans: Poor ownership, and a GM who lacks the balls to educate him on how best to mold a franchise. (Assuming Tannen-bomb actually has a clue, which he hasn't demonstrated so far.)
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I think Woody is a good owner, under his ownership the Jets have become a top 5 (#5 I think) revenue producing team, with a new stadium scheduled to open in 2010. Loans out his private jet and helicopter to help influence FAs, does not meddle with Tannenbaum.
Tannenbaum is far from clueless and with out skills. He has had 4 drafts, D-Brick, Mangold, Revis, Harris, Kellar, and now Sanchez are his first round picks, 5 starters, 2 pro bowlers and a potential franchise QB. Not bad. At the same time he has not gotten the Jets much depth in draft, that is a legit concern. Tanny is also very good with the cap and contracts, remember the cap hell all were predicting last year.
How hard is it to make a team in New Jersey, I mean New York, a top 5 profitable team? Is that really an accomplishment?
As a Bills fan, it jsut funny to watch the Jets chase another QB. While the Pats* have had one great QB, the rest of us, besides a 5 year period of Chadwick, have just chased QBs. The only thing special about Sanchez is that he came out in one of the worst years ever for Qbs. If Bradford or perhaps ever Tebow came out, Sanchez may have been the 3rd or 4th Qb in the draft.
Personally, instead of throwing away picks every year on a QB, maybe you should have actually given Clemens or Ratliff a shot & build a team around them. Clemens played on a crappy 4-12 team that had little talent. But alas, and I think to the benefit of the rest of the AFC East, the Jets fell in love with the shiny object. Time will tell I guess.
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I think Woody is a good owner, under his ownership the Jets have become a top 5 (#5 I think) revenue producing team, with a new stadium scheduled to open in 2010. Loans out his private jet and helicopter to help influence FAs, does not meddle with Tannenbaum.
Tannenbaum is far from clueless and with out skills. He has had 4 drafts, D-Brick, Mangold, Revis, Harris, Kellar, and now Sanchez are his first round picks, 5 starters, 2 pro bowlers and a potential franchise QB. Not bad. At the same time he has not gotten the Jets much depth in draft, that is a legit concern. Tanny is also very good with the cap and contracts, remember the cap hell all were predicting last year.