What brilliance? They have a proven formula for winning and overspending on FAs is nto part of that. I am happy they are going this route, it will only upset more core NE players b/c the Pats were so cheap w/ them and now they are giving big $ to FAs.
This is not necessarily true - here in New England there is some trepidation that Thomas is an instincts player with so - so discipline that may not fit well in the 3 - 4 defense. That being said he is a very good athlete and thus they may change defensive schemes to fit his ability.
that's the truth right there. We're building a team, it's not done with one player. I'm sure once we've established ourselves we'll be more willing to jump on one particular star caliber player at a position of need.
The point here, which you missed, is everyone christens Belichick's moves as those of God when if he made the right call every time, he'd win the Super Bowl every year. Inferiority complexes get you nowhere as a fan, or in life. Where was the genius when his team collapsed -- utterly collapsed -- vs. the Colts. He's a smart guy and great coach, but enough ass kissing.
This signing by the Pats shows that Belli knows it's almost over. He knows that Mangini is following his roadmap, and that the Jets will be the dominant team in the AFCE sooner rather than later. Belli has switched gears to a all or nothing approach for the next couple years.
That's how I see it too. Belichik has begun squeezing the orange to get every last little bit of juice out of it before it's too late.
you did not miss anything and I agree with you. I just can not believe how JETS fans do not get upset when we do things like this. We are letting NE add to its alreadt formidable roster while we hoard our cap money!
Did some of you guys pay ANY attention to what our team did last season? What were the results? Some of the FA's were better than others, and some only added stability to a young locker room. I have little doubt that TanGini is going to do the right thing with our cap money, and the draft. Yes, ever the FA watcher and cynic, Green Guy is now drinking TanGini CoolAid. I believe the Boy Wonders know what the F they are doing, and stand by them - not jumping up and down one day, not jumping on their case the next, but waiting to see how the PLAN unfolds, because by-god there must be a plan when these two are concerned. Sure, I think Thomas is an impact player, and cringe that the evil Patriots gobbled him up. But, I have to stand by our Regime, based on what I've seen so far, and BELIEVE they'll land the right guys to get us to the next level.
OMG the sky is falling one day into free agency!!! We didn't sign Clements and we "let" the Pats get Thomas. It's all over! Tannenbaum doesn't know what he is doing and the Pats are going 17-0 next year. Sell your tickets now while they are worth something. There are a handful of top notch free agents out there - Clements, Thomas and Steinbach and I might be leaving some out. But the crop is thin. And with the huge bump in the cap, every team has money. That means that these few good free agents are going to get very expensive contracts. I, for one, am not sold that a 29 year old LB who is a good but not great player deserves a cap busting contract from the Jets right now, especially when LB is not really a position of tremendous need when you look at the right side of OL, the entire DL and RB. Calm down.
If the Thomas move didn't scare me then certainly getting the great wes welker will frighten me:rofl: From a Jets perspective I LOVE what NE is doing so far this offseason and giving up a pick and alot of $ for a guy like Wes Welker will put the icing on the cake.
Great might be stretching it, he's a decent PR and he'sa good #3 WR. He's not worth giving up a good size contract and a 2nd or 3rd rd pick for. He's a good possession WR, he's a poor man's Wayne Chrebet. Tim Dwight, who was awful for us on PRs, averaged a yard more per PR than Welker.
Please take off the green F**KING GLASSES! anyway you look at it the pats are improving and we are not! F**k waiting 2 to3 yrs down the road for draft picks that MIGHT pan out. I`ve been through this rebuilding sh*t for 35yrs. Keep waiting for the pats to get old, you will be waiting a long time b/c they keep restocking there line up every year. Remember one thing BB is still the master ,EG is still the student untill proven otherwise and unfortunetly for us it might be this way for a while.
There is nobody the Jets could have signed this year from the available free agents and caught up to the Pats on talent. The Jets are a couple of years behind the curve and making up ground, not two players away from dethroning the Pats. Signing a guard to a huge contract and signing a 29 year old linebacker to a huge contract would just have crippled the Jet's ability to sign the pieces they WILL need to fill out the puzzle in a season or two as the Pats decline. It's a harsh truth but it's the truth. Hell, the Jets may never catch up but as soon as they surrender and pretend they're only a player or two away, when they're actually outmatched across the board, then any chance they have to actually catch the Pats becomes much less. Adalius Thomas is not Ray Lewis. Eric Steinbach is not Alan Faneca. If the Jets added Ray Lewis and Alan Faneca this offseason they STILL wouldn't be close to the Patriots in terms of talent. In a year or two they have a real shot at being the class of the AFC East as the Pats decline and they improve, but at the moment 100-1 against.
BAM! Exactly what was wrong with the prior regime. I can never groan about this enough. Mike Nugent - FINALLY, the last piece to the puzzle. Ty Law - AT LAST, the final piece to the puzzle. Laveranues for Moss - THIS will round out the roster perfectly. Dewayne - a butcher's knife full of bowling balls (or whatever such nonsense) - THIS guys was going to frighten quarterbacks into simply falling onto the ground. Hell, that last crew of misfits had Cannizzaro and the flock of fools around him writing stories about how our PUNTER was some sort of secret weapon, with these magical kicks that would win games on their own (bite you lip hard, my Aussie friends, I still love the guy). Our PUNTER!!!! . . . all the while, we let Curtis grow old and frail (albeit, beloved). All the while, we let our offensive line morph into speed bumps. All the while, we let our defensive line devolve from an asset into a liability; presumably, because we arrogantly thought all the pieces were in place. I'll disagree with you, Br4d, only insofar as I think Adalius Thomas is a HUGE talent, just starting to break out, and held down by playing next to and under Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, et al. He'd be perfect for the Jets.
i think they did something simular a few years back with rosevelt colvin. they dip into fa at the right time for the right player of need. harrison was another. they do go after fa, just they only do it when absolutely neccessary!!!
you have mangini as the next brilliant coach of the nfl. jumping the gun a little are we? one good year with a weak ass schedule. lets see what he can do for a couple of years before we ahnoit him as sir duke of york/nfl.
