I like this signing. Cooper has both size and experience. He kind of reminds me of Cro.
Jets sign veteran CB Marcus Cooper, waive TE Nick Truesdell
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I like this signing. Cooper has both size and experience. He kind of reminds me of Cro.
Not sure, but, I don't think he has played a game in a year. That doesn't mean he can't be good but it makes me have doubts about the signing. He'll have to earn a spot on the roster. At any rate I would think Truedell will not want to continue this on again off again routine with the Jets.
I know my opinion means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the Jets but I don't like this signing. If your going to sign someone unproven then sign a younger player, 23 years or younger. Someone who can hopefully grow and learn and be a contributor to the team. All this guy has proven is that he can stay in the league but he isn't good enough to actually play or stay with one team. Not doubting Joe but I'm doubting Joe on this one. We are so weak at the CB spot that we need a huge trade for a #1 guy who can play and help DAY ONE or the young player that can be groomed into a player for us.
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The cost of obtaining a #1 CB is astronomical. Think about this from the other side: if you were a team with a stud #1 CB, would you trade him to the Jets for a couple of draft picks? Maybe if you were a GM who wants to be fired.
And before people get all nutty about Macc “ignoring the CB position”, remember that he signed Morris Claiborne, Trumaine Johnson, and Brian Poole. Claiborne was a decent CB on an affordable short term deal, and TJ was coming off a great season when we signed him to the mega deal. He didn’t perform to the level of the contract, but who could’ve predicted that? Other than the “know it alls” who claim to have seen it all along? TJ was a great FA signing at the time by 90% of fans and media. No matter what people claim now with their 20/20 hindsight.
Hopefully TJ doesn’t miss too much time. Even though he underperformed his contract last season, he’s still a good CB. And he’s playing under a DC he’s had a lot of success with in the past.
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I get it and can’t argue anything your saying. A #1 CB or any other position player don’t just fall off trees. That’s why they call them #1 guys. So trading for one will cost greatly. There just aren’t the Jalen Ramsey, Deion Sanders, Champ Bailey and Darrell Revis types fallen off trees and there never will be that. So you go with what you got and what you can reasonably get. So this 29 year old vet that Joe signed is a true journeyman who we all know won’t be anything more then a depth and special team player but I’ll take him. Like I’ve been saying for the past month or so, hopefully we have one or two rookies or a 1-3 year younger CB(s) that will step up and contribute big because we are hurting bad at CB. TJ might return to form if he can ever back on the field, Poole and Roberts aren’t much worth talking about but they are worthy of being on the field and that’s better then nothing. I guess!!!
Jet fans should be ecstatic. that Cooper , or for that matter , any warm body became available to sign , given the dire situation at CB , especially now with training camp injury issues. If better options become available when teams start trimming their rosters , I'm quite sure JD will be quick to jump on it.
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Douglas will do his job. He’s got his eyes open to what becomes available. The guy reached out to a retired Center for help, and landed Kalil. That’s a big time signing to plug that hole for a year or two.
Cooper has 7 career INT’s including a pick 6 over his career. He’s not gonna be a star, but he hasn’t exactly been a bum either. A hold the fort type player until Trumaine gets healthy. Hopefully the week to week status stays that way and this injury doesn’t become a month to month problem.
Why should we be ecstatic that Cooper (a journeyman CB) or any warm body that becomes available? I don't! I want a stud CB who may shake loose after cuts. Or wait till FA and the Draft. I'm for winning! Not same old Jets!!!
You and 31 other teams want a stud CB. Dream on dude.
Some Jets fans want all of this team’s holes filled with the wave of a magic wand. They want rebuilds to happen overnight. They expect unrealistic expectations out of thin air.
I disregard this nonsense. Douglas will make upgrades when he can. Champ Bailey in his prime isn’t coming here next week. It doesn’t matter who the GM is.
No one is talking about rebuilds over night!! No one is talking about Champ Bailey!! No one is talking about filling all the holes overnight!! We are talking about a CB, a good CB who may shake loose during cuts or wait till next year and sign one in FA or draft one. So if you think getting a CB in the Draft or FA is nonsense, then your the one who needs to be disregarded!!
The original point was that a #1 CB isn’t an option, no matter how much we all want one. Douglas can’t wait for March or May to get here to patch up the position. The season starts on September 8th. He’s got to bring in who’s out there or available via trade. Anyone who thinks we’re landing a #1 CB is dreaming. Players like that don’t get traded. So he has to bring in who he can. And if someone better than Cooper becomes available between now and week one, you make a run at him.
This is a separate discussion from what we do next year.
We will have to win a lot of shootouts.
Almost 2 years. Sept 2017 was his last game.
He's a decent backup, unfortunately, he could be pressed to start here. Especially if TJ's injury lingers. Hamstrings usually do.
Claiborne or Scandrick should have been signed,both in fact both should been signed. The need for CB was obvious and their combined Salary is under $5 million. Both are huge upgrades over our current CBs.
Actually Kalil's agent was in the building working out a deal and he brought up to Douglas that Kalil wanted to come out of retirement. That's straight from Douglas during one of his press conferences. Still a great signing but the stories going around that Gase convinced him to unretire, or Douglas convinced him to come back to play for him are false.
Lots of bandaids are needed to fix Mac's mistakes.