weren't you the one saying that shaq evans reminded you of jerricho cotchery? this was back when you liked the draft picks before you hated them
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weren't you the one saying that shaq evans reminded you of jerricho cotchery? this was back when you liked the draft picks before you hated them
Some posters on this site would be great CBs - very short memories!
This could not be more true. Why are so many posters so black and white? They hated Idzik so everything he did was terrible. Isn't it more nuanced than that ? ( rhetorical question).
Although I agree Idzik was over his head in some areas-some of his acquisitions were very good and he left the Jets in great financial shape. If the Jets are going to be successful going forward, some of the credit goes to Idzik even though some posters won't admit it.
Totally agree..he was not a personnel guy but eradicated the salary cap hell immensely..Id like him being my financial/retirement planner.....The Jets were in serious trouble 2 years ago..and all the free agents Jets have gotten are a tribute to the money he left....and to be honest..alot of the guys that "walked out of the building w/o a contract " last year..don't seem like the are worth the money they were seeking...
One Patriot FA signing that was good for them was signing Jabaal Sheard OLB/DE from the Browns. I also think Brandon Gibson WR & Scott Chandler TE is a pretty good signing.
I wonder what Kacey Rodgers our new DC thinks of about stud DL Randy Starks being released by the Flippers ? I think Starks is an upgrade over Douzable & Ellis.
Go Jets...Cyborg
I wonder what Kacey Rodgers our new DC thinks of about stud DL Randy Starks being released by the Flippers ? I think Starks is an upgrade over Douzable & Ellis.
Go Jets...Cyborg
Well, I am sure if the Jets signed Sheard, Gibson, and Chandler, and the Patriots signed Revis, Cromartie, Skrine, Gilchrist, Carpenter, and Brandon Marshall, they would be laughing at our additions and patting themselves on the back for their off season (wait, that sounds like last offseason). I think Ill take what we got over what they have added...
Also, I want Douzable and Ellis back. Stark is old.
I always said that I loved the way Idzik approached FA, not overspending on prohibitive contracts, and building a franchise through the draft. Where Idzik lost me was his atrocious decisions made in the draft. I mean decisions that left arm-chair GM's like all of us just scratching our heads.
His philosophy was always on point. But then again it takes more than formulating the right plan to be successful. You still have to execute said plan.
As a rule, overspending occurs the first few days and the bargains come later. Do you like the moves we made so far?
I think we had to do it so yes. That money was either going to become dead money or we were going to have to spend big, even overspend in some cases. I think Macc has made us a playoff contender year 1 of his tenure. But the flip side is we are still no super bowl contender, not by a long shot.
The real merit of Macc's work will be moving fwd to get younger at some key positions and establishing the franchise QB. That will be his mark. We are old at CB now (Revis and Cro 30+), old at LB (Harris and Pace 30+), and old on the OL.
I don't think it takes someone special to throw 170 million of FA money to build a playoff contender. Idzik was right when he believed a sustainable winning franchise was built through the draft. Will Macc be able to execute that better than Idzik? We need a RB, OLB, and QB desperately. We also need a young WR and LT to start grooming to replace Marshall and Brick in a couple years. Macc's hit-ratio on those needs come April will define his legacy here.
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Giving him credit for a fa is not on topic, the topic is his decisions during the draft.
I personally think Idzik was terrible, but lets look at the whole picture. As I stated in a previous post What have we accomplishes in the last 10 years from our GM's and scouting dept from Rds 2 - 7? How many All Pro's do we have in Rds 2-7? Do we develop these players? Another poster thinks we have done great a great job in the development of our players (Snacks, Allen, Douzable). That's it after 10 yrs. Snacks and Douzable, I believe are FA, but who is considered an All-Pro that was not drafted in the 1st RD? So maybe Idzik was not as bad as other GM's.
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Ok, let's stick to the draft.
Richardson (Great pick)
Milliner (Incomplete)
Geno Smith (not working out, but was great value in 2nd)
Winters (bad)
Aboushi (good)
Campbell (bad)
Bohanon (good 7th round value)
2014
Pryor (incomplete but promising)
Amaro (good pick)
McDougle (incomplete)
Saunders (bad)
Evans (incomplete)
Dozier (incomplete)
George (we'll never know, waived early and played well elsewhere)
Dixon (bad)
Enunwa (incomplete)
Enemkpali (potentially an outstanding pick)
Boyd (bad)
Reilly (good 7th round value. He's still here)
I don't sweat bad picks beyond the 5th round. Most of these players don't make it anywhere. So looking big picture, there are still more questions than answers. You cannot reasonably judge the "INC's" because they haven't played enough yet. I don't think Idzik crushed these two drafts by any means. But he didn't whiff either. No matter what Manish Mehta chooses to believe.
I am with you it is too early for a fair evaluation but give it up I have the hate just blinds people.
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So basically one good pick out of 20...