GM Mike Maccagnan likes Jets' O-Line; Pro Football Focus doesn't ~ ~ ~

[kelly]

The New York Jets' offensive line received an undeservedly harsh evaluation from the website Pro Football Focus, which released itsannual offensive-line rankings on Wednesday. The Jets were No. 26, which is hard to believe when you consider they allowed the fewest sacks in the AFC.In our end-of-the-season report card, I gave the Jets' O-line a B-minus, calling it a solid year but noting there were some signs of slippage from the three oldest starters, D'Brickashaw Ferguson (32), Breno Giacomini(30) and Nick Mangold (32).

Report cards and PFF rankings aside, the man whose opinion matters most is general manager Mike Maccagnan, and he doesn't see anything wrong with the line."Our offensive line is still a good offensive line, and we're going to try to keep it intact," he said last week in a teleconference Q&A with season-ticket holders.Maccagnan explained that he hopes to integrate young players, prospects that can be developed into starters in the future. Based on his comments, it doesn't sound like picking a lineman on the first or second day of the draft will be a high priority.

All five starters are under contract for 2016, so there's no reason they shouldn't be able to keep the group together. The one potential obstacle is the financials. The Jets have a league-high $36 million committed to the 2016 cap for the offensive line, and that is way too much.Maccagnan's comment could be a subtle message to Ferguson ($14.1 million) and Mangold ($8.6 million), both of whom are among the highest-paid players at their respective positions. In fact, Ferguson's cap charge is the highest among linemen. The Jets could approach one or both players about re-working their contracts. Assuming they do, the team could have the same starting five in 2016, including right guardBrian Winters, who replaced the injured and likely-to-retire Willie Colonat midseason.

Getting back to PFF, it gave the following assessment of the Jets' O-line :

Pass-blocking: 22nd

Run-blocking: 25th

Penalties: 19th

Stud: By virtue of his teammates playing so poorly, the strong run blocking of James Carpenter made him an easy pick.

Dud: Poor in the run game and allowing too much pressure, Giacomini did not have a good year.

Summary: Once a dominating group, this was the year that things finally turned, and the Jets line morphed from productive to problem. Mangold and Ferguson just aren’t the players they once were, and there aren’t enough factors to overcome that. This line needs some good, young talent.

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[#27TheDominator]

It's nice that Cimini picks Carpenter for the "stud" and Giacomini for the "dud" but he doesn't give the value of the others.  It would be interesting to see how WInters fared compared to Colon.  How much of the drop came during the time that Mangold was out?  They were awful for that stretch.  How were Brick and Mangold compared to others at their positions and their past numbers?  How much money will be looking at to monkey with their deals and if we do, should we be terriried of adding any time/guaranteed money to the back end?  @‌AFJF write something up!  You have access to PFF, don't you?

[bitonti]

I am not a buyer of PFF's offensive line work. They don't know the blocking schemes, the assignments, the play calls etc. They don't know what the blocking calls were pre snap. 

If a wide receiver drops a ball fair enough that's a clear bad play. But an OL giving up pressure could just be it wasn't his job to pick up that player. 

 

[CrazyCarl40]

Whether you buy PFF rankings or not, the offensive line needs to get younger and better. Start by getting rid of Breno and drafting a guy who can start at RT in 2016 and LT in 2017 when they inevitably part ways with Brick.

[bitonti]

Whether you buy PFF rankings or not, the offensive line needs to get younger and better. Start by getting rid of Breno and drafting a guy who can start at RT in 2016 and LT in 2017 when they inevitably part ways with Brick.

a player who can start RT day one and LT the next year takes a top 10 pick. Like Lane Johnson, Eric Fisher or Greg Robinson. 

Replacing Breno is a noble goal but probably aren't going to find this player at 1.20. 

[Beerfish]

I have no doubt that 'if' we had a Qb that held the ball to long like, say geno or marky mark the oline would have looked much worse.  I've always been a believer in building a good oline but NFL is in a cycle where oline is not as important as it was.  Everyone throws, the theme is to get rid of the ball quick, the nfl allows any fat jag olineman to hold all he wants.  A quality run blocking oline is only a great thing if you get ahead in games.  You can still stink as a team with an all pro oline, see Dallas this year.