I know its been discussed before and I know we are 7 mil over the cap. But if Favre leaves do we get his cap space. They are still up in the air as to what they are doing in New England. We will need a starting QB right away. I am sorry but I dont care for what we have right now. Wondering if Leinhardt was even a posibility if Cards win with Warner. Hell I cant see Cards dumpin Warner now after the year he had. I am sure Beli will do all in his power to see we cant get Cassel anyway
Cassell will probably get franchised and traded or franchised and kept for at least a year. There is still concern about Brady. No way will he be traded or allowed to walk away to anybody in the AFC east much less the Jets.
The Patriots are in a huge predictament. They really cannot afford to keep Cassel because of their glaring needs throughout the team. If they say screw this year and keep Cassel they will be a below .500 team next year. If they get let him go then they can retool their many needs. They have so many question marks, injuries, and old players. Their best move is to frannchise and trade him, but cassel will have say because he doesnt have to sign that contract immediately. So whatever happen it will happen quick.
Ok I have done a little more research on some New England sites and they say right bnow Cassel has not been approached with the franchise tag. However he wants to stay with Pats even in a backup roll. Pats are saying it is unlikely they will use him in a backup rroll but he will be shopped around for some high draft picks. Do we have anything to offer. Hell I would shoot the works for this guy myself. We need a guy there now while our line is intact and it gets to old Of course I guess we had better check with his highness Laverneus to make sure its ok with him first.
He will have a huge say because he may not be tradable after being franchised. Nobody may be willing to pay him 14.5 million for a year and then have him walk away. Oh, and give up draft choices for the honor of doing it.
I could actually see the Cards keeping Leinart, and him actually being better for sitting a few years.
Cassell --- no. What makes you think Leinart is any better than any QB the Jets have on the roster. He has had his chances to grab the job in Arizona multiple times and has failed. Why is it that every QB on another team's bench - Anderson, Leftwich, Leinart, Carr is more appealing to Jet fans than the players on the Jet bench. I want the Jets to develop their own QB. I'm not into reclaimation projects right now that are likely destined to fail or lead the team down the path of mediocrity at best.
There have been some successful reclamation projects. Obviously Warner leads the list and has done it multiple times. Collins is another. Probably other recent ones too that just don't come to mind but in general I agree.
No way. I don't want a player which could crumble outside the Pats system as it has happened with many others. I don't understand our mania of signing the leftovers of one of our most hated rivals. I'd very much have Favre back than Cassel.
I don't have any faith in Cassel. I think a brilliant HC was able to squeeze more juice fromt hat orange than anyone else will be able to. He has "product of his system" written all over him. Add to that the fact that he was throwing to Moss and Welker, one of the best route runners in the league, and you have a guy that looked much better than he really is.
I don't think the Jets should get any of the three QB's mentioned. I don't think Cassell has the big arm needed. He was mostly dink and dunk. We don't know how he would handle a new offensive system after being groomed in the same Pats system for years. Leinart also lacks a big enough arm. Woody Johnson outright said he will always have a big armed quarterback from now on. Matt hasn't shown himself to be a good QB yet, so why would the Jets take that chance? Derek Anderson is at least intriguing. He has a big arm and had one big season. Whether Mangini would even consider trading him to the Jets is up for debate. I have major concerns on Derek. In his Pro Bowl season, he threw 19 interceptions, just three less than our pal Brett this season. That could be disastrous.
He does have big arm. The problem is, it's only big and that's it. Did you see how many times Cassel missed Randy Moss wide open downfield? Either he looked there too late (lack of field awareness) or missed by 10 yards (lack of accuracy downfield) or in the worst case, he OVERTHREW Moss downfield. (I saw it, so I know he does have that "big arm" to go downfield. Just he can't hit water in the pond if he threw the rock from a boat!) Anyway, if your QB is overthrowing the pass downfield, that just means one thing - the QB has absolutely no clue when to air it out, and how to do it.
I don't think NE will let Cassell go this year. If they do, I think they will have to trade him because they can get something of value for him while his stock is so high. I'm not sold on him to the point of trading draft picks for him. I think he's the product of the system he plays in and the talent he's surrounded by. Like someone pointed out above, NE players and coaches don't seem to have as much success once they leave the Pats. As much as I hate Belichick, the man is a great coach. More importantly, it's the Jets. They will ruin a hall of famer's career. I wouldn't want to see what would happen to a one year wonder. Wouldn't be pretty...
When you are thinking about picking up even more guys from the same division. It doesn't sound visionary at all. It just shows you we are confused
