32EBoozer Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 http://www.ganggreennation.com/ Jets Had NFL's Oldest Offense Relative to Production By John B on Mar 29, 2016, 2:00p 32 Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports TWEET SHARE (42) PIN Chase Stuart did an interesting study at Football Perspective. He took a look at the ages of various teams by weighing production. He used a metric called Approximate Value. Essentially, it shows how much of a team's production came from old players and how much came from young players. The Jets rated as the oldest offense in the league. On offense, the Jets stand out as really old, and with good reason: New York had an unorthodox approach to building an offense, which was through veteran acquisitions. Of the Jets top 8 offensive players in AV, only two were homegrown, and those players (Nick Mangold (31.6) and D’Brickashaw Ferguson (31.7)) were both drafted back in 2006! Otherwise, there’s Brandon Marshall (31.4, acquired via trade with Chicago), Ryan Fitzpatrick (32.8, trade with Houston), Chris Ivory (27.4, trade with New Orleans), Eric Decker (28.5, free agent signing), Breno Giacomini (29.9, free agent signing), and James Carpenter (26.4, free agent signing). Willie Colon (32.4, free agent signing) would have joined that group if not for injury. More than anything, this underscores two things to me. The first is it shows how poor the Jets were at drafting offensive talent in the Mike Tannenbaum and John Idzik eras. Why were the Jets so old on offense? They had to add a bunch of veteran free agents and trade targets because so many of their Draft picks did not pan out. They whiffed on quarterbacks so in came Ryan Fitzpatrick. Stephen Hill not working out helped bring on the Brandon Marshall trade. Various offensive line failures including Vladimir Ducasse and Brian Winters paved the way for various imported veterans. It also shows the need the team has to get younger. There is only one way to get younger, through the Draft. The team needs to hit on young talent immediately because a lot of this offense is going to have to be replaced in the near future. As always, it starts at quarterback. Even if Ryan Fitzpatrick is back, he is a stopgap solution for a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscrazey Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The core of this team is veterans and it won't last for long. If Fitz doesn't re-sign and take us to the playoffs, I think Bryce Petty gets real consideration next season. With that god given arm he's got, he has to at least get a shot. If he can learn some of the mental aspects from Fitz he could be our franchise QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike135 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Maccagnan's secret source of players... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Nut Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Take out a couple from the OL, let any of the other two play QB and we go to what, middle of the pack age wise on offense? Given FA and how easy it can be to swap out players, I never understand the concern over age of units that are performing. Don't quite understand how a unit averaging 29 years old is significant over a unit being 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The team is old as dirt with no depth. Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Nut Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 This is the new NFL. With a cap you lose a lot of the depth you used to be able to afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Just more evidence of another guy with way too much time on his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRL Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 1 hour ago, section314 said: Just more evidence of another guy with way too much time on his hands. Couldn't have said it better myself!!! Some "stat geek" sitting in his mother's basement trying to make himself sound important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The jets are old which the org is well aware of, the offense was very good last year, whats the problem? Tanny squandered picks and the Rex affect was in full force which affected drafting as well. Mac and by association bowles will be judged on drafting, like most other front offices in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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