Gas2No99 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Jets' rebuilding plan hinges on all-in move for Sam Darnold The New York Jets ended their offseason program on June 14. Here’s a look at how it unfolded, how they fared and the questions still lingering: Offseason goals: Same as always: Find a quarterback. General manager Mike Maccagnan was under immense pressure to sign free agent Kirk Cousins or get one of the top quarterbacks in a loaded draft class. He delivered the latter, trading up to select Sam Darnold with the third overall pick. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Jets have a young, blue-chip quarterback around whom they can build. He's the key piece in the massive rebuilding project that started last year. He doesn't have enough weapons, which should provide a clue as to what their offseason goals will be in 2019. How they fared: Above average (if Darnold is the real deal) Move I liked: The St. Patrick's Day trade with the Colts that allowed them to move up three spots in the draft. The Jets paid a premium -- three second-round picks -- but the aggressive move was necessary. Their top-rated quarterbacks were Darnold, Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen, but they would've risked missing out on all three if they had stayed at No. 6 overall. As it turned out, they wound up with the top guy on their board. Yes, they got lucky, but as Branch Rickey once said, "Luck is the residue of design." Move I didn’t like: They opted for the third- or fourth-best center on the free-agent market, Spencer Long, when they had enough cap room to afford someone better. Don't get me wrong, Long is an upgrade over the departed Wesley Johnson, but his track record suggests he's not the long-term answer. For one thing, he has never played a full season and he's coming off quadriceps surgery, which caused him to miss a chunk of the spring. Long was their one splurge on the offensive line, which didn't get the TLC it needed. Biggest question still to be answered in training camp: Who's the quarterback? Josh McCown will go into camp No. 1 on the depth chart, followed by former Vikings starter Teddy Bridgewater and Darnold, respectively. But this isn't your typical 1-2-3 depth chart; they all have a shot to be the opening-day starter. Bridgewater has the ability to steal the job, but his surgically repaired knee remains a question mark. Darnold impressed in the spring, but he'd have to be lights-out in the preseason to take it. Prediction: McCown, the safety net, emerges as the Week 1 starter, but he'll yield for Darnold before Halloween. Another prediction: All three will be on the roster. Quarterbacks aside, the most vexing question is, where's the pass rush? They have a decent group of interior rushers, led by Leonard Williams, but they didn't find any edge rushers in the draft or free agency. Mark this down: They will try to trade for one in the preseason. Quotable: "I think people are going to look back 20 years from now and say this is the moment the Jets shifted into a new year, that they became a great team" -- CEO Christopher Johnson on the drafting of Darnold. Salary-cap space: $19.5 million, according to NFLPA records. 2018 draft picks: 1. QB Sam Darnold (USC); 3. DE Nathan Shepherd (Fort Hays State); 4. TE Chris Herndon (Miami); 6a. CB Parry Nickerson (Tulane), 6b. DT Folorunso Fatukasi (UConn), 6c. RB/KR Trenton Cannon (Virginia State). Undrafted rookie free agents signed: FB Dimitri Flowers (Oklahoma), C Austin Golson (Auburn), T Darius James (Auburn), LB Frankie Luvu (Washington State), G Dakoda Shepley (British Columbia), DL Mychealon Thomas (Texas Tech), WR Jonah Trinnaman (BYU), LB Anthony Wint (Florida International). Unrestricted free agents signed: LB David Bass (Jets), QB Teddy Bridgewater (Vikings), CB Morris Claiborne (Jets), LB Brandon Copeland (Lions), RB Isaiah Crowell (Browns), CB Trumaine Johnson(Rams), C Spencer Long (Redskins), QB Josh McCown (Jets), LB Kevin Minter(Bengals), DL Mike Pennel (Jets), LB Kevin Pierre-Louis (Chiefs), WR Terrelle Pryor (Redskins), WR Andre Roberts (Falcons), PK Cairo Santos (Bears), C Travis Swanson (Lions), LB Avery Williamson (Titans), Restricted free agents signed: WR Quincy Enunwa (Jets), S Rontez Miles (Jets), T Brent Qvale (Jets), TE Neal Sterling (Jets), Players acquired via trade: DE Henry Anderson (Colts), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Harper Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Thanks for posting. I am always interested in knowing the author and the publication that it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas2No99 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Bruce Harper said: Thanks for posting. I am always interested in knowing the author and the publication that it came from. It was written by Semen-i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixhead Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I disagree with the statement that the Jets don’t have enough weapons. They are the only team with 4 receivers that have had over 800 yards in 1 season so Jets might not be top heavy but they are deep at receiver. Crowell and Powell are 2 proven running backs. Yes tight ends are young and unproven but 1 of them will emerge as a weapon this season. Our O line is sub par. Yes Jets have weapons. Not at the level of the Saints or Falcons but the Jets do have adequate weapons to be a playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsplayer21 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nixhead said: I disagree with the statement that the Jets don’t have enough weapons. They are the only team with 4 receivers that have had over 800 yards in 1 season so Jets might not be top heavy but they are deep at receiver. Crowell and Powell are 2 proven running backs. Yes tight ends are young and unproven but 1 of them will emerge as a weapon this season. Our O line is sub par. Yes Jets have weapons. Not at the level of the Saints or Falcons but the Jets do have adequate weapons to be a playoff team. Jets have never had a very strong O in a very long time. It’s time for that to change now with same here. No longer Todd Bowles shouod be allowed to get all the FA $, draft picks for a D he can’t get into top 10. Darnold deserves a lot better support on O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 DRAFT OLINE FOR A CHANGE you mook mccagnan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Year 4 of the rebuild, baby!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Gas2No99 said: Move I didn’t like: They opted for the third- or fourth-best center on the free-agent market, Spencer Long, when they had enough cap room to afford someone better. Don't get me wrong, Long is an upgrade over the departed Wesley Johnson, but his track record suggests he's not the long-term answer. For one thing, he has never played a full season and he's coming off quadriceps surgery, which caused him to miss a chunk of the spring. Long was their one splurge on the offensive line, which didn't get the TLC it needed. Long isnt a good player even when he's healthy. This was the biggest missed opportunity this offseason. Spencer Long and nothing else. Not even a late round draft pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Macc is a lucky dude three years of failure can be reversed by a throw of the dice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 4 hours ago, jgb said: Macc is a lucky dude three years of failure can be reversed by a throw of the dice. Why be good, when you can be lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varjet Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 5 hours ago, JiF said: Long isnt a good player even when he's healthy. This was the biggest missed opportunity this offseason. Spencer Long and nothing else. Not even a late round draft pick. I think initially they were planning on using the second round draft pick for a Center. But they still could have signed someone after they traded the picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 hour ago, BurnleyJet said: Why be good, when you can be lucky. Most successful teams are lucky. Tom Brady in the 6th round. Joe Montana in the 3rd round. Aaron Rodgers fell to the Packers. Dan Marino fell to the Dolphins. Peyton Manning stayed in school after his Soph and Jr seasons (when the Jets had #1 overall both times) allowing the Colts to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio State NY Jets fan Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 A little "sky is blue" but at least it's accurate, team has no OL or pass rush, and weapons need some polish but the fuse is lit, if a franchise QB emerges from the ashes, the window will open once again Mac did what he lad to do with Leo, Lee and Adams - they may not be HOF players but they are good enough to start and earn a second contract - something the Jets have missed with most of their first round picks in the last decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 6 hours ago, JiF said: Year 4 of the rebuild, baby!!! Seems like yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 7 hours ago, JiF said: Long isnt a good player even when he's healthy. This was the biggest missed opportunity this offseason. Spencer Long and nothing else. Not even a late round draft pick. yep. they could've gotten a guy who was more sure fire. long is a step up from johnson but may not be able to play the full season. the other guy swason may help and qvale has been pretty versatile even if not stating material. we could see carpenter getting pushed at left guard. but even though they didn't go whole hog on the oline, the best way to improve it is to make sure the receivers and the qb get on the same page and the qb is able to unload the ball quickly. i don't think the oline will have too much trouble stopping the pass rush for 2 seconds. after that, fuggedaboutit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 50 minutes ago, Ohio State NY Jets fan said: A little "sky is blue" but at least it's accurate, team has no OL or pass rush, and weapons need some polish but the fuse is lit, if a franchise QB emerges from the ashes, the window will open once again Mac did what he lad to do with Leo, Lee and Adams - they may not be HOF players but they are good enough to start and earn a second contract - something the Jets have missed with most of their first round picks in the last decade yep. and it's still a team sport so how well any player does is dependent on the guy next to him or behind him. if they play as a team, a lot of these seemingly deep holes will go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Nixhead said: I disagree with the statement that the Jets don’t have enough weapons. They are the only team with 4 receivers that have had over 800 yards in 1 season so Jets might not be top heavy but they are deep at receiver. Crowell and Powell are 2 proven running backs. Yes tight ends are young and unproven but 1 of them will emerge as a weapon this season. Our O line is sub par. Yes Jets have weapons. Not at the level of the Saints or Falcons but the Jets do have adequate weapons to be a playoff team. Jets don’t have top level talent. You can assemble a WR group of 10 people who are capable of going for 800 yards but that never going to match two guys going for 2400 yards between them and another 2k yards between the rest of the WRs, TEs n RBs. Top level talent makes other people around them a little better. Average talent doesn’t. That’s why the “no weapons” comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 2 hours ago, j4jets said: Jets don’t have top level talent. You can assemble a WR group of 10 people who are capable of going for 800 yards but that never going to match two guys going for 2400 yards between them and another 2k yards between the rest of the WRs, TEs n RBs. Top level talent makes other people around them a little better. Average talent doesn’t. That’s why the “no weapons” comment. Top QB's make Jag Receivers look good also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 5 hours ago, BurnleyJet said: Top QB's make Jag Receivers look good also. Yeah but unfortunately, that doesn’t apply to McCown, who will most likely start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 7 hours ago, j4jets said: Yeah but unfortunately, that doesn’t apply to McCown, who will most likely start. But it will to Sam when he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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