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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/379990p-322662c.html

If Edwards goes, Bradway

should hit highway

Terry Bradway and Herm Edwards came to the Jets five years ago as a package deal. The friendship formed when they worked together in Kansas City and is perhaps on the verge of being broken up by Kansas City.

Once Bradway cashed in on Bill Parcells' endorsement to Woody Johnson and was hired as the Jets GM, it was a done deal Edwards would be his coach. But now Edwards could be bailing out on the Jets for more money and more security with the Chiefs.

If he leaves, then Johnson should dump Bradway, the other half of the package deal, and start over.

Edwards and Bradway have made the playoffs together in three of their five seasons, but if this partnership is blown up, it wouldn't exactly be like Martin and Lewis calling it quits or even George Young and Parcells breaking up. The franchise will not fold. In fact, the core of the Edwards-Bradway playoff teams were put in place by the Parcells regime.

There are strong indications that Edwards wants a contract extension with a nice raise over the $2 million per he has remaining in the final two years of his deal. The Jets are a 4-12 mess. Johnson must decide whether he wants to keep Edwards, rip up his deal and make a long-term commitment to him to oversee the reconstruction, or let him talk to the Chiefs, which means letting him go to the Chiefs. Once Edwards starts flirting with K.C., there is no turning back. He is done as the Jets coach.

And if that happens, then it's time for Bradway to go, too. He has never seemed right for New York, for the Jets job. He is overly sensitive to criticism, not a good trait for a general manager in New York. As the Jets suffered through one of the most disappointing and ugly seasons in their 46-year history, Bradway remained out of sight. Edwards is the face of the franchise. The best, and usually the only place, to get a feel for what Bradway is thinking is to listen to his radio show.

Most important, his background is as a personnel guy. That was supposed to be his greatest asset. His record is pretty spotty.

"Terry is a good guy. A good person," one long-time NFL front office executive said yesterday. "Everybody has strengths. Everybody has weaknesses. Terry is non-confrontational. He wants the boat to be on a smooth lake with no waves. A general manager has to make hard decisions. You either get praised or ripped for them. He's got to make them. I don't get the sense Terry is making them."

The executive admires Bradway's personnel judgment, criticizes his lack of salary-cap savvy and wonders if Edwards and assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum have too much input.

"Terry likes to be a behind-the-scenes guy. I think his personality doesn't lend to making the hard decisions," he said. "Now with all that said, I was shocked he got the opportunity to be a general manager."

The Jets have to completely rebuild their offense. It's probably a two-year project. Is Bradway the best one to get the Jets straightened out?

He has drafted 36 players for the Jets. Just one has made the Pro Bowl: Santana Moss. And he did it this season for the Redskins, finally becoming the consistent deep threat the Jets crave. Bradway traded him for ex-Jet Laveranues Coles, a deal that turned out to be one-sided the wrong way.

But Coles was such a security blanket for Chad Pennington that Pennington offered $2 million of his own money to get the deal done. You wonder how much he would offer to get Moss back now.

Bradway drafted Kareem McKenzie and LaMont Jordan, but they both left as free agents. He sure could use them now. Throw in Randy Thomas, a Parcells pick who got away, too. He invested too much money in older players like Curtis Martin, Kevin Mawae and Wayne Chrebet and let guys like James Farrior leave. He traded his No.1 pick this year to the Raiders for tight end Doug Jolley, who hardly justified that investment with 29 catches. At least he got the Raiders' second-round pick 21 spots later.

He exposed Aaron Glenn to the expansion draft, in order to dump his contract when he was still the Jets' best corner. But he signed low-to-no impact free agents Sam Cowart, Aaron Beasley, Curtis Conway, Damien Robinson and Reggie Tongue.

Moss, Bryan Thomas, Dewayne Robertson and Jonathan Vilma are his No. 1 picks. He traded Moss to get Coles back. Thomas has been average. Robertson has a chronic knee problem and has not been worth the two No. 1's the Jets traded up to get him. Vilma is an excellent player.

It all fell apart this year when Pennington got hurt again. Before the '04 season, the Jets gave him $18 million guaranteed in a new contract. They identified him as their franchise quarterback and then he got hurt. His future is uncertain. That's just bad luck.

The Jets need better luck. But if Edwards goes, they don't need Bradway.

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I liked that article until he went on about the coles-moss trade, and the letting go of free agents.

The guy obviously doesnt understand that there's a salary cap in the NFL, and oh by the way, McKenzie is overpaid and barely above average and Ferguson we too could not afford, same with LaMont.

We didnt trade our 1st rd pick for Jolley - Get your facts straight when you slam somebody.

Sam Cowart was a probowl MLB, not his fault Cottrell didnt realize that.

I agree with his story overall, but his points arguing Bradway getting the boot are very week and not even correct.

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I liked that article until he went on about the coles-moss trade, and the letting go of free agents.

The guy obviously doesnt understand that there's a salary cap in the NFL, and oh by the way, McKenzie is overpaid and barely above average and Ferguson we too could not afford, same with LaMont.

We didnt trade our 1st rd pick for Jolley - Get your facts straight when you slam somebody.

Sam Cowart was a probowl MLB, not his fault Cottrell didnt realize that.

I agree with his story overall, but his points arguing Bradway getting the boot are very week and not even correct.

The Jets allowed Farrior to walk so that they could sign Cowart, coming off an achilles tear. This was a major blunder. Farrior was a tackling machine in his final year with the Jets and Cowart was mediocre the following year as his replacement.

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The Jets allowed Farrior to walk so that they could sign Cowart, coming off an achilles tear. This was a major blunder. Farrior was a tackling machine in his final year with the Jets and Cowart was mediocre the following year as his replacement.

To be completely fair. Farrior was nothing special with the Jets, and Cowart never got the chance to play his position. Cottrell had him playing OLB for christsake!

Not to mention, if we had signed Farrior to a long term deal, we would not currently have Jonathan Vilma.... =D>

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I liked that article until he went on about the coles-moss trade, and the letting go of free agents.

The guy obviously doesnt understand that there's a salary cap in the NFL, and oh by the way, McKenzie is overpaid and barely above average and Ferguson we too could not afford, same with LaMont.

We didnt trade our 1st rd pick for Jolley - Get your facts straight when you slam somebody.

Sam Cowart was a probowl MLB, not his fault Cottrell didnt realize that.

I agree with his story overall, but his points arguing Bradway getting the boot are very week and not even correct.

Lets look at your post EB..Mac could have been signed long term way before he left for the Big Bucks..Lamont should have played more and Martin should have not been extended at that age for a big Bonus..We didn't trade our first pick?? So we had it?LOL We got picks and Jolley in return but go easy on the spin! And Cowart was a Pro Bowl LB..Do you know who his DC was with the Bills?? :roll:

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Lets look at your post EB..Mac could have been signed long term way before he left for the Big Bucks..Lamont should have played more and Martin should have not been extended at that age for a big Bonus..We didn't trade our first pick?? So we had it?LOL We got picks and Jolley in return but go easy on the spin! And Cowart was a Pro Bowl LB..Do you know who his DC was with the Bills?? :roll:

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Terry drafts the talents. He doesnt say who gets to play. The Jets failing to play LaMont falls 100% directly on Herm, not Bradway.

Jolley, Nugent, Rhodes and Houston > Heath Miller

Thats true about Cottrell, but then explain why he didnt even play his guy at MLB?

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