Willie Colon likely done with Jets

[Maxman]

http://www.metro.us/sports/willie-colon-likely-done-with-jets/zsJoca---C3EzbDiH72Y/

 

By Kristian Dyer

 

It shouldn't come as a surprise, but Willie Colon's tenure with the New York Jets looks as though it will end after two years, with sources telling Metro New York that the starting right guard won't be coming back.

 

The 31-year old Colon, signed by former Jets general manager John Idzik in 2013, has been both a vocal presence in the locker room as well as a solid veteran leader. In his first year with the Jets, Colon was an asset on the field as he helped anchor an offensive line that showed vast improvement over the year before en route to a surprising 8-8 record.

But injuries last year held Colon back. Despite the knocks, he started in all 32 games he played for the Jets, often playing through “a tremendous amount of pain, he's a warrior.

“There's a push to go younger along the offensive line,” a source told Metro. “In particular at right guard the Jets are going to want to go a different route. It isn't anything Willie did or didn't do.”

 

Born and bred in the Bronx, Colon played his college football at Hofstra before becoming a fourth round selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2006 NFL Draft. He spent the entirety of his career with Pittsburgh until he returned home to New York and the Jets two years ago.

 

The source didn't rule out Colon perhaps being a depth signing at some point in free agency but that right now, “Willie isn't part of the Jets future.”

 

As for possible replacements, the source said that the Jets will actively pursue some of the bigger names in free agency at guard, including Clint Boling of the Cincinnati Bengals and James Carpenter of the Seattle Seahawks emerging as names the Jets will pursue when free agency opens on Mar. 10.

 

The Jets also appear interested in Denver Broncos offensive lineman Orlando Franklin, who can play guard or tackle and has an “ideal skill-set” for new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey's offense.

 

“His versatility is going to generate some interest,” the source said. “He could be a nice fit in Chan's offense.”

[Jet9]

Seemed like a nice enough guy, but his penalties were brutal.think I read on PFF he led the team with 14 penalties, I could be off on that. Still, it felt like he took 2 bad/bonehead penalties per game.

[Maxman]

Seemed like a nice enough guy, but his penalties were brutal.think I read on PFF he led the team with 14 penalties, I could be off on that. Still, it felt like he took 2 bad/bonehead penalties per game.

 

Yes, which makes it even more frustrating that he was playing at the end of last season. Would have been nice to have film on Dozier.

[BurnleyJet]

Yes, which makes it even more frustrating that he was playing at the end of last season. Would have been nice to have film on Dozier.

This would have happened normally in a blow out season, with IK also but Rex was playing FU with Idzik.

[JetsFanInDenver]

This would have happened normally in a blow out season, with IK also but Rex was playing FU with Idzik.

 

and FU with the JETS in general.

[DaBallhawk]

Good, let Rex have him. He already picked up the dumbest penalty machine in football in Incognito, why not pick up the 2nd dumbest penalty machine in football while you're at it.

[jack48]

http://www.metro.us/sports/willie-colon-likely-done-with-jets/zsJoca---C3EzbDiH72Y/

 

By Kristian Dyer

 

It shouldn't come as a surprise, but Willie Colon's tenure with the New York Jets looks as though it will end after two years, with sources telling Metro New York that the starting right guard won't be coming back.

 

The 31-year old Colon, signed by former Jets general manager John Idzik in 2013, has been both a vocal presence in the locker room as well as a solid veteran leader. In his first year with the Jets, Colon was an asset on the field as he helped anchor an offensive line that showed vast improvement over the year before en route to a surprising 8-8 record.

But injuries last year held Colon back. Despite the knocks, he started in all 32 games he played for the Jets, often playing through “a tremendous amount of pain, he's a warrior.

“There's a push to go younger along the offensive line,” a source told Metro. “In particular at right guard the Jets are going to want to go a different route. It isn't anything Willie did or didn't do.”

 

Born and bred in the Bronx, Colon played his college football at Hofstra before becoming a fourth round selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2006 NFL Draft. He spent the entirety of his career with Pittsburgh until he returned home to New York and the Jets two years ago.

 

The source didn't rule out Colon perhaps being a depth signing at some point in free agency but that right now, “Willie isn't part of the Jets future.”

 

As for possible replacements, the source said that the Jets will actively pursue some of the bigger names in free agency at guard, including Clint Boling of the Cincinnati Bengals and James Carpenter of the Seattle Seahawks emerging as names the Jets will pursue when free agency opens on Mar. 10.

 

The Jets also appear interested in Denver Broncos offensive lineman Orlando Franklin, who can play guard or tackle and has an “ideal skill-set” for new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey's offense.

 

“His versatility is going to generate some interest,” the source said. “He could be a nice fit in Chan's offense.”

 

 

 

...a moment of silence......

[Ohio State NY Jets fan]

Nice to hear Colon was good leader in the locker room, always liked his fight on the field but agree penalties hurt the team

 

I wonder who the new source is, this is either some detailed information about player plans or a smoke screen

 

If true, Mangold and Brick should provide plenty of veteran leadership and interesting that Lupati was not mentioned 

[SoFlaJets]

just another in a long line of once good players who end up washed up on the Jets' shore

[Villain The Foe]

The fellow Bronx native. Loved the attitude that he brought to the team, however, he was past his prime and the penalties were killing us. He's a former SB champion so he shouldn't sweat it. Retire and enjoy the fruits of your labor. 

[faba]

Willie nice job to give us for a couple of years of toughness but we need to get better at guard- thanks

[Jetster]

Typical Jets.

Steelers deemed him cooked 2 years ago. So he ends up our starting RG for 2 years?

Bowles won't stand for stupid penalties.

[#27TheDominator]

Obviously we have to take this report with a grain of salt, but if they are planning to get younger by going after FAs, it would indicate to me they might not be in love with the guys Idzik drafted.  If they wanted to get younger it would be pretty easy to sign a stop gap vet (what Colon was supposed to be in 2014) and then let Dozier, WInters and Aboushi duke it out for starter reps.  Seems to rule out guys like Blalock and others that might come available.

[Sperm Edwards]

Typical Jets.

Steelers deemed him cooked 2 years ago. So he ends up our starting RG for 2 years?

Bowles won't stand for stupid penalties.

 

Just under 1 year ago the Steelers also deemed Emmanuel Sanders unworthy of $5M per, no? Hell, Pittsburgh could have locked him up a year earlier for even less than that.

 

You're wayyyyy off on why Colon was let go by Pittsburgh. Colon was cut over #1 money and #2 recent injury history paired with that kind of money. They already had 2 starting guards without him and he was very expensive, very injury-prone, and therefore very expendable.

 

They loved him enough to give the guy a 5 year $29M contract in 2011 (2 years before cutting him), but they got burned on it. Badly. He missed virtually that entire 2011 season with a torn triceps(?) and another 4-5 games of the 2012 season.

 

Entering 2013, Colon had a crazy-high (nearly $8M) cap number with Pittsburgh.  They took DeCastro in the first round in 2012 and, while Colon (and DeCastro) missed time, they learned Foster could adequately fill a starting guard position for a hell of a lot less than Colon was due. Both of their other guards were locked up for the next 3 seasons at $1.8M cap hits per, and Colon's cap number was $7.65M for 2013 alone.

 

There isn't a single team in the NFL, Jets included, that wouldn't have cut Colon in Pittsburgh's March-2013 situation.

[HessStation]

Seemed like a nice enough guy, but his penalties were brutal.think I read on PFF he led the team with 14 penalties, I could be off on that. Still, it felt like he took 2 bad/bonehead penalties per game.

Same exact issues with the Steelers too.

[Sperm Edwards]

When we signed Colon the 2 primary concerns were injuries and drive-killing penalties, not his blocking ability. He was a very good signing for us (even better in hindsight than at the time) when we had 0 guards and limited cap room to sign any decent ones (letting Slauson go to Chicago for a ~$700K 1 year deal, only to try out Stephen Peterman for similar money, proved to be disastrous judgment). Truth be told, we got very lucky with our back to back 1-year Colon contracts. Started every game, good locker room guy, but cheap enough to bench or cut as soon as anyone else started to show promise.

 

Plus the Jets did draft some guards; they just sucked is all. The best of the bunch so far, Aboushi, finally started to look like a non-liability in the 2nd half of his 2nd season. But by that time he was needed at LG with Winters on IR. As a rookie he looked like he only made the team because we'd only just drafted him and really had no one else to fill the roster spot anyway. Much like Dozier looked in his own rookie camp. But that's why guys like this, who may have real talent, go in rounds 4-5 instead of rounds 1-2. They're not ready yet, and if they ever become so it probably will take some time to develop.

Colon's penalties were brutal, and it's not like he was an elite guard in between committing them. Solid enough run blocker, and he was a good guy to have around the locker room and in the huddle, particularly with such a young team largely devoid of veteran leadership. Truthfully I'd be fine with re-signing him again to a vet min contract as a backup or even as camp fodder, if he was willing to accept it. If we draft/sign someone else, or if enough young guys mature to the point where Colon wouldn't even be the #1 backup to either guard position, then let him go at that time or over the summer. Most likely, though, he can get a better deal than that elsewhere.

 

Not at all a special blocker on the field, and one from whom we certainly need to upgrade in the starting lineup. But the guy certainly loved the Jets while here, and as an emotional player he never came across as one who was just going through the motions to keep cashing checks.

[HessStation]

When we signed Colon the 2 primary concerns were injuries and drive-killing penalties, not his blocking ability. He was a very good signing for us (even better in hindsight than at the time) when we had 0 guards and limited cap room to sign any decent ones (letting Slauson go to Chicago for a ~$700K 1 year deal, only to try out Stephen Peterman for similar money, proved to be disastrous judgment). Truth be told, we got very lucky with our back to back 1-year Colon contracts. Started every game, good locker room guy, but cheap enough to bench or cut as soon as anyone else started to show promise.

Plus the Jets did draft some guards; they just sucked is all. The best of the bunch so far, Aboushi, finally started to look like a non-liability in the 2nd half of his 2nd season. But by that time he was needed at LG with Winters on IR. As a rookie he looked like he only made the team because we'd only just drafted him and really had no one else to fill the roster spot anyway. Much like Dozier looked in his own rookie camp. But that's why guys like this, who may have real talent, go in rounds 4-5 instead of rounds 1-2. They're not ready yet, and if they ever become so it probably will take some time to develop.

Colon's penalties were brutal, and it's not like he was an elite guard in between committing them. Solid enough run blocker, and he was a good guy to have around the locker room and in the huddle, particularly with such a young team largely devoid of veteran leadership. Truthfully I'd be fine with re-signing him again to a vet min contract as a backup or even as camp fodder, if he was willing to accept it. If we draft/sign someone else, or if enough young guys mature to the point where Colon wouldn't even be the #1 backup to either guard position, then let him go at that time or over the summer. Most likely, though, he can get a better deal than that elsewhere.

Not at all a special blocker on the field, and one from whom we certainly need to upgrade in the starting lineup. But the guy certainly loved the Jets while here, and as an emotional player he never came across as one who was just going through the motions to keep cashing checks.

Perfectly stated. The whole thing.

[JustInFudge]

Love Colon's attitude. Hate his game.

[AFJF]

When we signed Colon the 2 primary concerns were injuries and drive-killing penalties, not his blocking ability. He was a very good signing for us (even better in hindsight than at the time) when we had 0 guards and limited cap room to sign any decent ones (letting Slauson go to Chicago for a ~$700K 1 year deal, only to try out Stephen Peterman for similar money, proved to be disastrous judgment). Truth be told, we got very lucky with our back to back 1-year Colon contracts. Started every game, good locker room guy, but cheap enough to bench or cut as soon as anyone else started to show promise.

 

Plus the Jets did draft some guards; they just sucked is all. The best of the bunch so far, Aboushi, finally started to look like a non-liability in the 2nd half of his 2nd season. But by that time he was needed at LG with Winters on IR. As a rookie he looked like he only made the team because we'd only just drafted him and really had no one else to fill the roster spot anyway. Much like Dozier looked in his own rookie camp. But that's why guys like this, who may have real talent, go in rounds 4-5 instead of rounds 1-2. They're not ready yet, and if they ever become so it probably will take some time to develop.

Colon's penalties were brutal, and it's not like he was an elite guard in between committing them. Solid enough run blocker, and he was a good guy to have around the locker room and in the huddle, particularly with such a young team largely devoid of veteran leadership. Truthfully I'd be fine with re-signing him again to a vet min contract as a backup or even as camp fodder, if he was willing to accept it. If we draft/sign someone else, or if enough young guys mature to the point where Colon wouldn't even be the #1 backup to either guard position, then let him go at that time or over the summer. Most likely, though, he can get a better deal than that elsewhere.

 

Not at all a special blocker on the field, and one from whom we certainly need to upgrade in the starting lineup. But the guy certainly loved the Jets while here, and as an emotional player he never came across as one who was just going through the motions to keep cashing checks.

 

Yep...I'd hoped things would have gone better as a local guy but he made a lot of mental mistakes.  Honestly wouldn't mind seeing him on board as a back up.

[faba]

Love Colon's attitude. Hate his game.

Yes that sums up Willie exactly. You need players that are tough and good leaders- better skills would be nice though -hah

[Jetster]

Just under 1 year ago the Steelers also deemed Emmanuel Sanders unworthy of $5M per, no? Hell, Pittsburgh could have locked him up a year earlier for even less than that. You're wayyyyy off on why Colon was let go by Pittsburgh. Colon was cut over #1 money and #2 recent injury history paired with that kind of money. They already had 2 starting guards without him and he was very expensive, very injury-prone, and therefore very expendable. They loved him enough to give the guy a 5 year $29M contract in 2011 (2 years before cutting him), but they got burned on it. Badly. He missed virtually that entire 2011 season with a torn triceps(?) and another 4-5 games of the 2012 season. Entering 2013, Colon had a crazy-high (nearly $8M) cap number with Pittsburgh.  They took DeCastro in the first round in 2012 and, while Colon (and DeCastro) missed time, they learned Foster could adequately fill a starting guard position for a hell of a lot less than Colon was due. Both of their other guards were locked up for the next 3 seasons at $1.8M cap hits per, and Colon's cap number was $7.65M. There isn't a single team in the NFL, Jets included, that wouldn't have cut Colon in Pittsburgh's March-2013 situation.

Didn't the Steelers make the playoffs last year? I don't remember, did they make the playoffs in 2013? 2012?

Steelers are a pretty smart organization, I mean you can nitpick & find mistakes in every organization.

It's not MAKING A FEW mistakes, it's minimizing HOW MANY MISTAKES you make.

The better teams do that & usually the better teams have the better QB so who the f*ck really knows!lol.

[Dunnie]

Colon always plays out of control and that leads to an extreme amount of dumb penalties. Love his passion .. but his untimely penalties will not be missed.

[Sperm Edwards]

Didn't the Steelers make the playoffs last year? I don't remember, did they make the playoffs in 2013? 2012?

Steelers are a pretty smart organization, I mean you can nitpick & find mistakes in every organization.

It's not MAKING A FEW mistakes, it's minimizing HOW MANY MISTAKES you make.

The better teams do that & usually the better teams have the better QB so who the f*ck really knows!lol.

 

 

My point is you clearly had no idea whatsoever why Pittsburgh cut Colon, in an effort to find another reason to badmouth the team. On the field, he was a fairly similar player for us at 1 year $2M per that he was with them on the day they inked him at 5 years $29M. Pittsburgh's OL sucked for years and he was a big part of it and they still gave him that gargantuan deal that made him one of the highest paid guards in NFL history.

 

Go continue fellating Pittsburgh for signing the same guy we did but doing it for 3x the annual amount, and with an 8-figure signing bonus. The Willie Colon signings were an example of something the Jets did well and the Steelers did poorly. And your reaction to that, we all see, is to suck off the Steelers for reasons that have nothing to do with Willie Colon.

 

The problem with signing Colon wasn't Colon. The problem is no one else on the roster was noticeably better (if anyone else was better at all). In Pittsburgh's case, they discovered Foster could start for them while he was filling in. Had Colon not gotten injured for an entire season, they may not have learned this and therefore may not have cut Colon. Not that you even knew any of this.

 

Colon was a good signing and a good guy. Despite the huge injury risk before coming here we got 2 full seasons out of 2 out of him. He was also a mediocre guard who committed a zillion penalties because of his caged-animal attitude. We need to upgrade from him at RG, but the guy was a huge team-first player who went all-out every down of every game for those 2 seasons, and did it on the cheap for a starting NFL guard. 

[Maxman]

This would have happened normally in a blow out season, with IK also but Rex was playing FU with Idzik.

 

Which is why Rex should have been extended.  LOL I am just kidding.

[Maxman]

Colon did all the ICE events (Jets Cooking School). If the Jets don't bring him back, I hope they take this into consideration.  

[CrazyCarl40]

Word has it Colon has already signed with another team, before the start of free agency, because he is always trying to start before the rest of the team.

[peebag]

Next Up - BRENO!

[#27TheDominator]

Next Up - BRENO!

 

I think Breno costs like $4.5M to cut and saves $750K.  He may be next up, but that isn't happening until 2016.

[Jetster]

My point is you clearly had no idea whatsoever why Pittsburgh cut Colon, in an effort to find another reason to badmouth the team. On the field, he was a fairly similar player for us at 1 year $2M per that he was with them on the day they inked him at 5 years $29M. Pittsburgh's OL sucked for years and he was a big part of it and they still gave him that gargantuan deal that made him one of the highest paid guards in NFL history.

 

Go continue fellating Pittsburgh for signing the same guy we did but doing it for 3x the annual amount, and with an 8-figure signing bonus. The Willie Colon signings were an example of something the Jets did well and the Steelers did poorly. And your reaction to that, we all see, is to suck off the Steelers for reasons that have nothing to do with Willie Colon.

 

The problem with signing Colon wasn't Colon. The problem is no one else on the roster was noticeably better (if anyone else was better at all). In Pittsburgh's case, they discovered Foster could start for them while he was filling in. Had Colon not gotten injured for an entire season, they may not have learned this and therefore may not have cut Colon. Not that you even knew any of this.

 

Colon was a good signing and a good guy. Despite the huge injury risk before coming here we got 2 full seasons out of 2 out of him. He was also a mediocre guard who committed a zillion penalties because of his caged-animal attitude. We need to upgrade from him at RG, but the guy was a huge team-first player who went all-out every down of every game for those 2 seasons, and did it on the cheap for a starting NFL guard.

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Please god stop responding to my posts. Wasn't Colon hurt here too? I'm positive Dozier could have have done just as well, it's just that Rex is a f*cking idiot!

[peebag]

I think Breno costs like $4.5M to cut and saves $750K.  He may be next up, but that isn't happening until 2016.

well he better be a backup then - was just as horrible as Colon when it came to pass protection.