Report: Jets have fielded calls about trading Geno Smith, Bryce Petty

[gmf1369]

The Jets have four quarterbacks but will almost certainly keep only three on the 53-man roster. The odd man out will be either Geno Smith or Bryce Petty. Obviously, the Jets would prefer to trade one of them than release one.

But would any team give anything up for Smith or Petty? According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the Jets have fielded inquiries from teams with a need at quarterback. Those teams are interested in Smith first, and Petty to a lesser extent.

Ryan Fitzpatrick is entrenched as the Jets’ starter, while Christian Hackenberg’s job is safe as a second-round pick. Petty has played better than Smith in the preseason, which would seem to put Smith’s job in jeopardy.

It’s unlikely that the Jets would get much for Smith in a trade, but some team looking for an experienced backup might be willing to give them a conditional seventh-round pick. That’s better than nothing, and nothing is all the Jets end up with if they cut Smith.

 

[SackExchange]

I am hoping it is true other teams are more interested in getting Geno. I am far more interested in keeping Petty.

It all comes down to whether the organization feels Petty truly would be ready to step in if something happened to Fitz.

 

[jetgreen13]

by show of posts, who is buying mehta report??

i'm not..

 

[Old#15]

by show of posts, who is buying mehta report??

i'm not..

This administration has proven to be pretty tight-lipped, so I doubt that Mehta has any legitimate inside info. Could it be true, sure but he's probably just guessing to get a story out there. If he's wrong you'd never know, so there's no danger from his perspective of putting it out there.

 

[Green Jets & Ham]

Well it better be Geno, NOT PETTY

 

[lounap23]

by show of posts, who is buying mehta report??

i'm not..

I am not either... But he's kinda like a broken clock... by happenstance he is right once in a while.... Let's hope the Cowboys want a Geno on their team... lol Or maybe even the Broncos.

 

[Parcells123]

Let's extrapolate a scenario where the Cowboys inquire about Geno Smith. Romo could be out for a while, and they have a rookie starting against the Giants. Could the Cowpokes use a QB with starting experience? Sure. But what would a trade of Geno Smith look like? Maybe a 6th rounder depending on snaps escalating to a 5th rounder?

2 things: Geno's contract is up after this year. Good for whoever acquires him for cap purposes.
And the Jets brain trust has to feel confident Petty can step in and steal some wins if Fitzpatrick goes down...

 

[DavidO]

Happy to trade Geno for a mega packet of Popcorn and a large Coke!

Hopefully we don't entertain any talk about trading Petty!

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[lounap23]

Let's extrapolate a scenario where the Cowboys inquire about Geno Smith. Romo could be out for a while, and they have a rookie starting against the Giants. Could the Cowpokes use a QB with starting experience? Sure. But what would a trade of Geno Smith look like? Maybe a 6th rounder depending on snaps escalating to a 5th rounder?

2 things: Geno's contract is up after this year. Good for whoever acquires him for cap purposes.
And the Jets brain trust has to feel confident Petty can step in and steal some wins if Fitzpatrick goes down...

My guess It's conditional 7th with snap count getting it up to maybe a 5th at best..... I think the Team has 23ways to look at this and say...

1. Smith isn't better than Petty and his contract is up so Bye bye Geno
2. Petty is younger and unproven but he is progressing and is at or above where Geno is at Bye bye Geno

or

3 Geno is clearly better than Petty but Petty is improving at the rate we expected and he is under contract for 2 more years Bye bye Geno

Can't think of a scenario based on reports and what I have seen from both Geno and Petty in this Preseason for the Jets to say Geno is way better Bryce isn't improving to be a viable backup... and they trade Petty or cut him... Not happening

 

[maxmet]

not that this is at all realistic, but if you had the choice of dealing geno for a 6th round pick OR petty for a 2nd round pick, which deal do you take?

 

[Green Jets & Ham]

not that this is at all realistic, but if you had the choice of dealing geno for a 6th round pick OR petty for a 2nd round pick, which deal do you take?

Geno for a 6

Its a QB driven league. That may sound cliche, but its true.

That said, until you have found your QB for the long haul, you can't trade away a young QB who might be that guy.

Now if we already had a franchise QB in his prime, then I make the Petty deal, but we don't.

 

[DavidO]

Geno for a 6

Its a QB driven league. That may sound cliche, but its true.

That said, until you have found your QB for the future, you can't trade away a young QB who might be that guy.

This is my take too!

Until we know that Petty won't be 'the one' then we keep him! Imagine we traded him and turns out to be a top QB!

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[Green Jets & Ham]

Imagine we traded him and turns out to be a top QB!

If you traded him away and he became a quality starter for another team, and Hack doesn't workout, thats the kind of move that gets a GM fired. You only make this trade if ...

A. You know Petty sucks and he will never amount to anything, and you better be right.

B. You know Hack is a franchise QB waiting to happen, and you better be right.

C. You already have a franchise QB in his prime.

If its not one of those three, you can't even think about trading Petty.

 

[maxmet]

i agree with the conclusions above - but thought it was an interesting way to consider the question.

 

[Mainejet]

Common sense would lead you to believe what Mehta is saying is probably true. Geno has no future here. The front office does NOT want to carry 4 if they do not have to. Petty, although a developmental QB, has made strides. But most of all, the CS does NOT know what Petty can become. They already know what they have in Geno and it is not appealing.

Not only that, but they have a plethora of WR talent that they probably did not anticipate having. Keeping 4 QB's at the expense of losing one of the promising, young WR's is NOT an option.

What more is there to figure out? It's time for the front office to stop acting out this charade. Cutting Geno is the only appealing option, not only for the team but also the general public. The public hates Geno and I think all of the boo's he gets is a tell tale sign of that........

 

[soj]

Common sense would lead you to believe what Mehta is saying is probably true. Geno has no future here. The front office does NOT want to carry 4 if they do not have to. Petty, although a developmental QB, has made strides. But most of all, the CS does NOT know what Petty can become. They already know what they have in Geno and it is not appealing.

Not only that, but they have a plethora of WR talent that they probably did not anticipate having. Keeping 4 QB's at the expense of losing one of the promising, young WR's is NOT an option.

What more is there to figure out? It's time for the front office to stop acting out this charade. Cutting Geno is the only appealing option, not only for the team but also the general public. The public hates Geno and I think all of the boo's he gets is a tell tale sign of that........

Agree with most of what you said but would add that Mike would try the trade route till it drys up... if one even exists. I can not believe they would cut Petty for Geno especially with that idiot walking around with a hat that says NO friends...

If they cut Petty and keep geno I will lose a lot of respect for FO and CS especially after they let him back-up Fitz last year for how many games?

 

[mydogisajetsfan]

This team is not going to be one play away from having Petty at the helm.

 

[SackExchange]

Common sense would lead you to believe what Mehta is saying is probably true. Geno has no future here. The front office does NOT want to carry 4 if they do not have to. Petty, although a developmental QB, has made strides. But most of all, the CS does NOT know what Petty can become. They already know what they have in Geno and it is not appealing.

Not only that, but they have a plethora of WR talent that they probably did not anticipate having. Keeping 4 QB's at the expense of losing one of the promising, young WR's is NOT an option.

What more is there to figure out? It's time for the front office to stop acting out this charade. Cutting Geno is the only appealing option, not only for the team but also the general public. The public hates Geno and I think all of the boo's he gets is a tell tale sign of that........

I agree with everything, except I would explore every single trade option to the last second before cutting him. When it comes to QBs, the market is just different than any other position, and you don't know what a team might offer to solidify that position.

 

[jetgreen13]

I agree with everything, except I would explore every single trade option to the last second before cutting him. When it comes to QBs, the market is just different than any other position, and you don't know what a team might offer to solidify that position.

this is what makes mehta's claim the jets have fielded multiple inquiries for smith but maccagnan in his infinite wisdom is holding out for an even bigger bag of rocks??

yeah, that's what maccagnan's doing..

 

[SackExchange]

this is what makes mehta's claim the jets have fielded multiple inquiries for smith but maccagnan in his infinite wisdom is holding out for an even bigger bag of rocks??

yeah, that's what maccagnan's doing..

I'm not sure he's displeased with the offers he has, if he has any. Just because he hasn't accepted any yet doesn't mean he intends to turn them down. He may just be waiting to let this play out as long as he can, in the event the market changes in his favor, like it did with Romo's injury.