Who Might Go IF there is a New Regime?

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Who else might leave under new NY Jets regime?

As the Jets prepare for their final six games before the team’s owner delivers his decision, there are plenty besides Rex Ryan and John Idzik whose status with the team hangs in the balance.

BY SETH WALDER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 12:46 AM A A

Gang Green gives the Geno Smith experiment the old college try but it looks to be just about over.

If Woody Johnson does indeed decide to reboot the Jets organization after 2014, the firings of Rex Ryan and John Idzik would be just the start. As the Jets prepare for their final six games before the team’s owner delivers his decision, there are plenty of others whose status with the team hangs in the balance. Let’s take a look at some of the people — players and coaches alike — who could be affected by a regime change, should Johnson choose to clean house this offseason.

PERCY HARVIN, WR

No matter what, Harvin’s status with the team beyond this season is not assured. For starters, he has to continue to prove that he won’t be the sort of locker-room distraction that he was with the Seahawks. On that front, it’s been smooth sailing so far, but then again, one would have to imagine that the new receiver realizes he has to be on his best behavior after being booted out of Seattle. He’s pricey next year, too: He’s set to make $10.5 million in salary next season, though it’s possible that could be renegotiated to keep him around at a lower price.

A new GM could easily view the draft pick surrendered in the Harvin trade and the money paid to him as a sunk cost by another administration and decide to move on. If the receiver is let go after this year, it wouldn’t cost the Jets a penny on next year’s salary cap.

Idzik could let Harvin walk too, but the current GM also might want to keep the receiver in order to justify a trade for a player partway through what was already a lost season. Otherwise, his investment of about $6.5 million and a low draft pick would have played in zero meaningful games for Gang Green.

DAVID HARRIS, LB

Harris ought to reserve a special place in his heart for Mike Tannenbaum, the GM who wanted to keep the solid-but-not-great inside linebacker for Ryan’s defense to the tune of a four-year, $36 million contract in 2011. If you’re looking at the Jets from a value-for-money perspective, Harris does not provide the impact his compensation suggests.

Regardless of who the GM is, Harris, whose contract expires at the end of this year, will be an interesting call in the offseason. He’ll turn 31 in January but obviously won’t be nearly as expensive as he once was.

GENO SMITH, QB

The Jets gave the Geno Smith experiment the old college try but it looks to be just about over. Even Idzik would have to realize that the team needs to move on at the position, so expect the next hope at franchise quarterback to be on the roster next season either way. Another GM would not have a shred of loyalty to Smith, so the slim chance of him playing next year would be even slimmer should Idzik get canned.

DENNIS THURMAN & MARTY MORNHINWEG, COORDINATORS

Thurman is Ryan’s current right-hand man, promoted to defensive coordinator once Mike Pettine left following the 2012 campaign. As such, he’s tethered to the Jets’ head coach. If Ryan is fired, Thurman will be gone too.

Don’t completely write off Mornhinweg yet, however. Should the Jets hire a defensive-minded head coach again, it’s possible the offensive coordinator could make a return for a third season with Gang Green.

MICHAEL VICK, QB

The Jets will be searching for a long-term option at quarterback this offseason, but they could keep Vick around to be a stopgap. It makes most sense to retain Vick if Mornhinweg is still the offensive coordinator, since the veteran QB has spent a significant amount of time in the OC’s West Coast system.

CALVIN PACE, LB & DAWAN LANDRY, S

These two veterans of the Ryan system are probably in their last seasons with the team even if the head coach were somehow to be retained. Assuming Ryan is fired, it would be even harder to imagine either of these players, both on the wrong side of 30, remaining Jets.

Pace seemed to have nine lives with this team. He was re-signed in 2013 (after being cut) and 2014 (as a free agent) but this year actually should be his last. He is under contract for next season but could be cut with only a minimal cap charge.

Landry was attractive to the Jets because he knew Ryan’s system from their time together in Baltimore. He runs the secondary as the lone veteran back there, but is a free agent at the end of the season.

[dbatesman]

No Bradway? Ahh, he deserves another decade.

[#27TheDominator]

All of that applies no matter the regime.  Old players (Pace, Landry), super highly paid (Harvin) FAs (Harris) and sh*tty QBs (Vick, Geno) are always on the bubble or out.  Coordinators are part of the regime, so for a regime change I'd say they pretty much HAVE to go, but this is the Jets, so...

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Just about everyone mentioned in this article should be gone. The only member of the coaching staff I'd keep is Karl Dunbar, the rest can go. Marty Morhinweg certainly hasn't demonstrated that he should stick.

Michael Vick will be a free agent, and will be in competition with every other free agent QB for a shot at the Jets' temporary starter position. He's gonna have to play better here to warrant keeping around. A couple factors for the new GM could be a simple distaste for Vick, and the possibility of a comp pick in 2016 should he sign somewhere else.

Geno is under contract cheaply, and it's possible that a new regime might keep him around as a possible rehabilitation project. I could see him given a chance at least thru training camp.

Harvin is a real wild card. He needs to play very well down the stretch, and then accept a pay cut to stick next year under a new GM (and maybe even under Idzik). I think a new GM might see that fourth rounder as potentially valuable.

[vincenzo69]

The only person that's going is Rex.  Ineptzik will get another 5 years to destroy the franchise and tank our drafts.