I personally think the rt to replace Breno is not on the roster. We'll need to draft Brick's replacement and have him play RT until he's able to take over for Brick.
Oline is the biggest problem going forward.
after Brick's latest rant really think he will be considering walking away this off season... especially where there will be a real possibility the team will ask him to restructure his deal...
this is the Brick article after he saw the movie: Concussion
NJDOTCOM -- D'Brickashaw Ferguson, the Jets' stalwart left tackle and a budding writer, went to see the film "Concussion" recently. He came away feeling "betrayed" by the NFL and said it was "disheartening" to learn that the league's efforts to deny concussion science was spearheaded by a former Jets team doctor.
"Concussion" stars Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, who discovered a connection between brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players. It covers a lot of ground that's been documented in the media in recent years.
But in a piece he wrote this week for
Sports Illustrated's website, Ferguson admitted he was "astounded" to learn a lot of this information for the first time, not the least being that it's not always big hits that can cause concussions, but also the repeated sub-concussive blows endured by offensive linemen such as Ferguson.
But Ferguson was especially blown away to discover that the NFL had made repeated attempts to deny the growing body of science surrounding head trauma and its impact on football players through its erstwhile Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee, which was chaired by Dr. Elliot Pellman, a former Jets team doctor.
Wrote Ferguson:
After learning all of this, I feel a bit betrayed by the people or committees put in place by the league who did not have my best interests at heart.
Dr. Elliot Pellman was one of the Jets' team doctors when I was a rookie in 2006, and to learn that he was a part of the group that tried to discredit the scope and impact of brain injuries among players within the league is disheartening.
Ferguson is the Jets' player rep to the NFL Players Association, but he said in an interview at his locker on Wednesday that his view on "Concussion" reflected his personal reaction. He felt told a story he wasn't sure a lot of people were aware of. When he speaks publicly, Ferguson typically steers clear of being provocative or controversial. That he would address "Concussion" so forcefully is a clear sign he was profoundly affected by what he learned.
"It's a different issue when you hear about it and somebody else is going through it," Ferguson said in the interview. "But it's another thing when you're part of the game, and people that you played with—for example, Junior Seau—have succumbed to some of these brain injuries that they talk about."
Ferguson hasn't missed a game in 10 NFL seasons. He admitted he would "struggle to answer" the question of whether he would allow his son to play football.
An explanation of what can happen to the Jets based on what they and other teams do.
"I sincerely believe that the game has and will continue to improve on all levels and put its players in the best possible position, but I do have doubts in whether that is something that I would want to let my child pursue," Ferguson wrote.
Worth noting: Elliot Pellman is still employed by the NFL as a medical advisor.
