Terrance Brooks- Defensive Player of the Week

[JoJoTownsell1]

#safetieswinfootballgames

Terrence Brooks named AFC defensive player of the week

Posted by Josh Alper on September 27, 2017, 9:52 AM EDT

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The Jets picked up safety Terrence Brooks in a trade with the Eagles just before the start of the regular season and the move paid off in the team’s first win of the 2017 season.

Brooks only saw 30 snaps on defense while playing in a reserve role behind rookies Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye, but those were enough for him to make a pair of big plays in the 20-6 victory over the Dolphins.

Brooks intercepted Jay Cutler near midfield early in the third quarter to give the Jets the ball in good field position that they used to drive for a field goal. He then picked off another Cutler pass in the fourth quarter to all but wipe out any hopes Miami might have had of rallying to make a game of it.

The NFL announced on Wednesday that Brooks has been named the AFC defensive player of the week in recognition of that effort. It’s the first time that Brooks has received the honor and the first time a Jets defender has nabbed the prize since Darrelle Revis won in the second week of the 2015 season.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/27/terrence-brooks-named-afc-defensive-player-of-the-week/

[dbatesman]

According to FO, McDougle hasn't played a single defensive snap for the Eagles this season. Good trade.

[The Crusher]

1 minute ago, dbatesman said:

According to FO, McDougle hasn't played a single defensive snap for the Eagles this season. Good trade.

Yeah, but wait till he does. 

[chirorob]

10 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

Yeah, but wait till he does. 

and pulls a hamstring...

[Pointdexter]

Good thing we drafted safeties with our first 2 picks last draft. I mean it's not like we can aquire a journeyman in trade and get comparable or better production. 

[kdels62]

5 minutes ago, Pointdexter said:

Good thing we drafted safeties with our first 2 picks last draft. I mean it's not like we can aquire a journeyman in trade and get comparable or better production. 

Except Jamal Adams is probably the best player on the team already and Maye is has been impressive also. Brooks only gets to do what he does because Adams and Maye are so good at what they do. If the defense continues to show improvement and cuts down on issues defending the run then we might be better than we thought and those safeties will be a big reason why.

But I also don't want to be that much better because I really want to draft Rosen. 

[SenorGato]

9 minutes ago, Pointdexter said:

Good thing we drafted safeties with our first 2 picks last draft. I mean it's not like we can aquire a journeyman in trade and get comparable or better production. 

Is that what this is? 

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Anyways, you know what really helps highlight winning marginal trades like this one? A franchise QB 

[sciond]

Let me get this straight... They won a trade?

How does that happen since the GM should  be fired for cause...

[JoJoTownsell1]

14 minutes ago, Pointdexter said:

Good thing we drafted safeties with our first 2 picks last draft. I mean it's not like we can aquire a journeyman in trade and get comparable or better production. 

Took only 20 minutes to get someone to post a negative slant on our GM trading for a quality player that performs well. I hope Kearse doesn't eventually win Offensive Player of the week or you will bash Macc for drafting Hanson/Stewart when you can find comparable production from a journeyman WR in a trade. 

#sojf

[Gastineau Lives]

4 minutes ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

Took only 20 minutes to get someone to post a negative slant on our GM trading for a quality player that performs well. I hope Kearse doesn't eventually win Offensive Player of the week or you will bash Macc for drafting Hanson/Stewart when you can find comparable production from a journeyman WR in a trade. 

#sojf

No you're right, I'm ecstatic we chose Maye over Dalvin Cook and just had a safety we traded McDougle for win player of the week. I'm over the moon about the whole thing.

[JoJoTownsell1]

6 minutes ago, Gastineau Lives said:

No you're right, I'm ecstatic we chose Maye over Dalvin Cook and just had a safety we traded McDougle for win player of the week. I'm over the moon about the whole thing.

If Brooks was playing poorly and Mcdougle won DPOW you would be bashing Macc for making a bad trade. Now that Brooks is playing well you are bashing him for having too many good safeties. It's typical SOJF nonsense. 

I wanted Cook to, but many teams passed on him due to off the field issues. Without those issues he and Mixon would have gone in the middle of the 1st. If the Jets had drafted Cook and he got suspended next year for off the field nonsense you would bash macc for drafting a thug. 

Macc isn't going anywhere anytime soon so it should be fun watching sojf's whine about every move he makes for another year or more. 

[Gastineau Lives]

1 minute ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

If Brooks was playing poorly and Mcdougle won DPOW you would be bashing Macc for making a bad trade. Now that Brooks is playing well you are bashing him for having too many good safeties. It's typical SOJF nonsense. 

I wanted Cook to, but many teams passed on him due to off the field issues. Without those issues he and Mixon would have gone in the middle of the 1st. If the Jets had drafted Cook and he got suspended next year for off the field nonsense you would bash macc for drafting a thug. 

Macc isn't going anywhere anytime soon so it should be fun watching sojf's whine about every move he makes for another year or more. 

The hypotheticals you created have little to do with reality. You can't craft an argument using them.

I'm not a Macc basher by any stretch, but if you expect me to jump up and down with the pom poms and the pleated skirt, sorry, not happening.

[The Crusher]

I still miss Dexter 

[RESNewYork]

55 minutes ago, Pointdexter said:

Good thing we drafted safeties with our first 2 picks last draft. I mean it's not like we can aquire a journeyman in trade and get comparable or better production. 

What does Brooks have to do with Maye and Adams? They were part of the team before Terrence Brooks got here. Jets needed depth after injuries to Middleton and Miles. He was brought in as a depth player and had an amazing game. You think that makes Maye and Adams replaceable?

This board is so extreme. There was so much uproar after trading McDougle who had injuries and zero production. Can't take Adams at 6 because he plays safety. Why take Mayes who can't cover.

That trade brought in a versatile safety who has also played in the slot, specials, is young, and has more production than all of McDougle's jet career

Adams has come out of the gate strong

I just saw Maye has had 107 coverage snaps with 3 targets with 29 yards allowed. Its early but it was also early when these moves were crucified. Maybe let things play out a little either way.

[sourceworx]

1 hour ago, dbatesman said:

According to FO, McDougle hasn't played a single defensive snap for the Eagles this season. Good trade.

MAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCC

[JoJoTownsell1]

3 minutes ago, RESNewYork said:

What does Brooks have to do with Maye and Adams? They were part of the team before Terrence Brooks got here. Jets needed depth after injuries to Middleton and Miles. He was brought in as a depth player and had an amazing game. You think that makes Maye and Adams replaceable?

This board is so extreme. There was so much uproar after trading McDougle who had injuries and zero production. Can't take Adams at 6 because he plays safety. Why take Mayes who can't cover.

That trade brought in a versatile safety who has also played in the slot, specials, is young, and has more production than all of McDougle's jet career

Adams has come out of the gate strong

I just saw Maye has had 107 coverage snaps with 3 targets with 29 yards allowed. Its early but it was also early when these moves were crucified. Maybe let things play out a little either way.

I'm sorry, but that sort of rational thinking isn't welcome on this board. 

[drsamuel84]

54 minutes ago, Gastineau Lives said:

No you're right, I'm ecstatic we chose Maye over Dalvin Cook and just had a safety we traded McDougle for win player of the week. I'm over the moon about the whole thing.

Not to change the conversation but we've gotten very good production out of Elijah McGuire so far, I'm never really a proponent for taking RB's early.  Dalvin Cook has looked good but he wouldn't have made that much more of an impact on our offense and Maye while not putting up the flashy numbers that Adams is has been solid in coverage and should only get better. 

[Gunnails]

Wasn't Brooks primarily playing CB in the Dolphins game?

[varjet]

I think the majority view is that Adams was a justifiable pick, but given what you can find at safety the Maye pick could possibly have been better used at another position.  That being said, the Jets were not taking Cook or Mixon.  When taking into account injuries, my guess is that Maye was their highest rated player, but that does not always get you the best team.  Perhaps the safeties could have been Adams and Brooks.  

For practical purposes these are the players the Jets could have picked other than Maye.  Let's discuss again at the end of the year:

 

2	39	New York Jets	Marcus Maye	S	Florida	SEC
	2	40	Carolina Panthers	Curtis Samuel	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	41	Minnesota Vikings	Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida State	ACC	from Cincinnati [R2 - 6]
	2	42	New Orleans Saints	Marcus Williams	S	Utah	Pac-12
	2	43	Philadelphia Eagles	Sidney Jones	CB	Washington	Pac-12
	2	44	Los Angeles Rams	Gerald Everett	TE	South Alabama	Sun Belt	from Buffalo [R2 - 7]
	2	45	Chicago Bears	Adam Shaheen	TE	Ashland	GLIAC	from Arizona [R2 - 8]
	2	46	Indianapolis Colts	Quincy Wilson	CB	Florida	SEC
	2	47	Baltimore Ravens	Tyus Bowser	OLB	Houston	The American

[MDL_JET]

1 hour ago, Gastineau Lives said:

No you're right, I'm ecstatic we chose Maye over Dalvin Cook and just had a safety we traded McDougle for win player of the week. I'm over the moon about the whole thing.

You realize having Maye and Adams allowed Brooks to do what he did right? 

[Jet9]

If anyone has been paying attention, this current FO isnt going to be drafting players with Cook's off feild history. 

[Gastineau Lives]

17 minutes ago, MDL_JET said:

You realize having Maye and Adams allowed Brooks to do what he did right? 

Oh, no, I never thought of that. I'm beside myself.

[bostonmajet]

It seems many on this board can't be happy with a good move/job if they don't like the overall job he is doing? To be fair, there are just as many who have an agenda the other way as well. We should be able to be happy when something works out for the jets AND give credit; it doesn't mean that you support that person. Idzik got great trade value for Revis; I said it, and I thought/think he is the worst GM I have ever seen.

 

Also, not to be too nit picky, but wasn't the article a little off. His first interception wasn't thrown by Cutler, but came on the fake punt, no?

[Tony MaC]

I just remember watching this game thinking "who the hell is #23?"

I forgot we traded Dex for him. Hopefully the set of circumstances that allowed him to proper here continues over the next couple of weeks. Bowles really put his players in position to succeed last weekend.

 

[Jetster]

2 minutes ago, Tony MaC said:

I just remember watching this game thinking "who the hell is #23?"

I forgot we traded Dex for him. Hopefully the set of circumstances that allowed him to proper here continues over the next couple of weeks. Bowles really put his players in position to succeed last weekend.

 

Maybe, just maybe with Adams, Maye & Brooks, Bowles found the round pegs for his round holes? Now he just needs to find out how to use Lee. The idea of all 4 of those players complimenting each other in the second level of the defense gives me goosebumps. Watching all of them flying around Sunday, making plays, HAVING FUN, was awesome to watch. Even Clairborne was smiling & flying around. That feelings contagious & Adams is supplying good germs.

[jack48]

4 hours ago, The Crusher said:

Yeah, but wait till he does. 

not playing is the only way he stays healthy

[ChuckkieB]

2 hours ago, varjet said:

I think the majority view is that Adams was a justifiable pick, but given what you can find at safety the Maye pick could possibly have been better used at another position.  That being said, the Jets were not taking Cook or Mixon.  When taking into account injuries, my guess is that Maye was their highest rated player, but that does not always get you the best team.  Perhaps the safeties could have been Adams and Brooks.  

For practical purposes these are the players the Jets could have picked other than Maye.  Let's discuss again at the end of the year:

 

2	39	New York Jets	Marcus Maye	S	Florida	SEC
	2	40	Carolina Panthers	Curtis Samuel	WR	Ohio State	Big Ten
	2	41	Minnesota Vikings	Dalvin Cook	RB	Florida State	ACC	from Cincinnati [R2 - 6]
	2	42	New Orleans Saints	Marcus Williams	S	Utah	Pac-12
	2	43	Philadelphia Eagles	Sidney Jones	CB	Washington	Pac-12
	2	44	Los Angeles Rams	Gerald Everett	TE	South Alabama	Sun Belt	from Buffalo [R2 - 7]
	2	45	Chicago Bears	Adam Shaheen	TE	Ashland	GLIAC	from Arizona [R2 - 8]
	2	46	Indianapolis Colts	Quincy Wilson	CB	Florida	SEC
	2	47	Baltimore Ravens	Tyus Bowser	OLB	Houston	The American

The pick should have been Dalvin Cook.  This will haunt Mac for the rest of his career.

[JoJoTownsell1]

4 minutes ago, ChuckkieB said:

The pick should have been Dalvin Cook.  This will haunt Mac for the rest of his career.

I love it when Jets fans act as if the Jets are the only team in the draft. What about the other 31 teams that passed on Cook? You're acting as if we picked 1st, took Maye and the second overall pick was Cook. Stop living in a Jets bubble where every good player taken in the later rounds SHOULD have been a Jet.  

What about Kareem Hunt taken at 86. Will that haunt Macc also despite 31 other NFL teams/GMS opted to take 85 other players despite Hunt likely being the best player in the draft? 

[ChuckkieB]

10 minutes ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

I love it when Jets fans act as if the Jets are the only team in the draft. What about the other 31 teams that passed on Cook? You're acting as if we picked 1st, took Maye and the second overall pick was Cook. Stop living in a Jets bubble where every good player taken in the later rounds SHOULD have been a Jet.  

What about Kareem Hunt taken at 86. Will that haunt Macc also despite 31 other NFL teams/GMS opted to take 85 other players despite Hunt likely being the best player in the draft? 

Um, I was pretty clear that I wanted the Jets to draft Cook BEFORE the draft, and seeing that he was available when the Jets picked in the second round, YES, I feel he should have been a Jet.  Picking another safety was a DUMB move when the team had a laundry list of other holes. 

As for Mac being haunted by other good players that he passed over - YES he will be haunted, especially by this fanbase, for every RB and QB that he could have picked in 2017 that turns into a productive , all pro level NFL player.

[The Crusher]

41 minutes ago, jack48 said:

not playing is the only way he stays healthy

So far so good?

[JetsFanatic]

Remember that thread when the trade was made and all the SOJFs were acting like McDougle was a HOFer??? ? 

http://forums.jetnation.com/topic/133381-schefter-mcdougle-traded-to-eagles-for-s-terrence-brooks/

 

[pointman]

6 hours ago, The Crusher said:

I still miss Dexter 

The show was good but jumped the shark pretty hard. 

[JetFaninMI]

6 hours ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

If Brooks was playing poorly and Mcdougle won DPOW you would be bashing Macc for making a bad trade. Now that Brooks is playing well you are bashing him for having too many good safeties. It's typical SOJF nonsense. 

I wanted Cook to, but many teams passed on him due to off the field issues. Without those issues he and Mixon would have gone in the middle of the 1st. If the Jets had drafted Cook and he got suspended next year for off the field nonsense you would bash macc for drafting a thug. 

Macc isn't going anywhere anytime soon so it should be fun watching sojf's whine about every move he makes for another year or more. 

Typical Same Old JoJo bullsh*t. You can't justify passing on Cook when you already drafted Adams. Not with the holes this team had on offense. Same goes with trading that 3rd rounder when you could have drafted a pretty decent OL with it. No one even mentioned Mcdougle at all. Except you to make a point that doesn't have anything to do with what was posted. SOJJ.

[The Crusher]

10 minutes ago, pointman said:

The show was good but jumped the shark pretty hard. 

Single worse final episode of all time. Kinda tanked after the John Lithgow Season. That season was epic.

[CanadaSteve]

7 hours ago, Gastineau Lives said:

No you're right, I'm ecstatic we chose Maye over Dalvin Cook and just had a safety we traded McDougle for win player of the week. I'm over the moon about the whole thing.

Yeah, I get it.  When a trade is good, its Mac fault he did something else that could have been better.  When a trade/pick is bad, its all Mac's fault.  Everything is his fault.

Imagine if we HAD taken a chance on a headcase like Cook, especially after all the locker room BS from last year, and he was suspended within a year.  Now that SURELY would have been Mac's fault.