Losmeister Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 and the whole "may play RT" seems to be just Jetnation talk... he's signed to be the LT https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/george-fant-jets-left-tackle-1.43343131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcoops Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Losmeister said: and the whole "may play RT" seems to be just Jetnation talk... he's signed to be the LT https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/george-fant-jets-left-tackle-1.43343131 Seems pretty clear that he's been signed to be the LT. He has the highest PYA salary of any guy on the line - that's an LT's contract. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLV Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, mrcoops said: Seems pretty clear that he's been signed to be the LT. He has the highest PYA salary of any guy on the line - that's an LT's contract. One thing that hasnt been mentioned is Seattle has kept him as a LT/TE hybrid. He is quite slim, so he could easily gain 20 pounds or so and be more stout at point of attack and not lose explosiveness. From an athleticism and build statement at 320 he is essentially a clone of Wirfs. PFF hates it but most analysts think he can become a very solid LT. One thing about SFF grading is that they expect "infinite" pass protection to the point the QB throws the ball, so many of the "pressures" that Fant gave up were when RW held the ball for like 5 seconds. He is also a perfect and I mean perfect fit for the wide split OL Gase wants to move to. I think he can really surprise 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 3/19/2020 at 3:11 PM, Welp said: Bumping this for the "Wirfs iZ a RT, wE nEEdeD an Lt!" crowd. We signed our LT a month and a half before wasting a pick on Becton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, freestater said: Bumping this for the "Wirfs iZ a RT, wE nEEdeD an Lt!" crowd. We signed our LT a month and a half before wasting a pick on Becton. Yeah? Well that signing was almost universally panned on JN. Exactly zero people here thought Fant was here to fill the hole at LT, neither in the short or long-term. Now all of a sudden the narrative has shifted to "WHY DID WE DRAFT BECTON WHEN WE HAD FANT!" Laughable. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 25 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said: Yeah? Well that signing was almost universally panned on JN. Exactly zero people here thought Fant was here to fill the hole at LT, neither in the short or long-term. Now all of a sudden the narrative has shifted to "WHY DID WE DRAFT BECTON WHEN WE HAD FANT!" Laughable. I was happy with the Fant signing from the get go. Wanted Wirfs before the draft. So you're wrong about your zero assertion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PS17 Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 3/16/2020 at 9:24 PM, PS17 said: gross I would like rescind my analysis 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, freestater said: I was happy with the Fant signing from the get go. Wanted Wirfs before the draft. So you're wrong about your zero assertion. So you really felt Fant solved the LT issue upon his signing? Show us the receipts, sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Jetsfan80 said: So you really felt Fant solved the LT issue upon his signing? Show us the receipts, sir. Lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thshadow Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, freestater said: Bumping this for the "Wirfs iZ a RT, wE nEEdeD an Lt!" crowd. We signed our LT a month and a half before wasting a pick on Becton. Do people really need to necro 2 year old threads? I never see the point of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, freestater said: Lol... Huh? So me saying Fant would be the week 1 starter means that I was saying he’s a “solution” at LT to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Still waiting on your receipts @freestater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjasi Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hoping to see a Fant/Becton duo next season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sourceworx Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 3/20/2020 at 8:34 AM, FidelioJet said: This is a lot of wishful thinking. We’re not talking about a second year player here. Guys don’t go from the 62nd ranked Tackle to a quality player year 5 into their career. Fidelio doing his best @Jetsfan80 impression here. ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, sourceworx said: Fidelio doing his best @Jetsfan80 impression here. ? GFY 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream23 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, sourceworx said: Fidelio doing his best @Jetsfan80 impression here. ? ? ? We knew who George Fant was after playing 13 games his rookie year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doitny Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, thshadow said: Do people really need to necro 2 year old threads? I never see the point of it... i was right, you were wrong........ does that sum it up for you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourceworx Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, jetstream23 said: ? ? We knew who George Fant was after playing 13 games his rookie year. "We signed Seattle H-Back George Fant..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darnold615 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Any update on his injury? Did it end up not being serious? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 3/16/2020 at 9:13 PM, ZachEY said: As soon as I'm done googling him, I will return with a strong opinion of this. Please wait. A friendly reminder that you’re rarely wrong when you don’t have to have an opinion on everything! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warfish Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Whole lotta necro going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Doggin94it Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 12 hours ago, freestater said: Bumping this for the "Wirfs iZ a RT, wE nEEdeD an Lt!" crowd. We signed our LT a month and a half before wasting a pick on Becton. I'm sorry, but this is some hindsight BS, and I say that as someone who praised the signing. We didn't have an LT on the roster, so we took two good swings at it: a FA with upside, and a draft pick. If both hit, we had bookend tackles; if one hit and one didn't, we had a LT. Drafting Wirfs at 11 would have meant our only option at LT was Fant, and we obviously (and correctly) weren't comfortable with that (if the league thought Fant would be anything near this good at LT his price would have been much higher). It would have been lunacy to put all our eggs in the Fant basket with what we knew at the time. Yes, Fant ended up panning out beyond our wildest dreams, and if you could go back in time and redraft you probably take Wirfs as the bookend RT there. But given the state of the team's knowledge heading into that offseason, Fant+Becton was a smarter, more risk-limiting move than Fant+Wirfs. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genot Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Doggin94it said: I'm sorry, but this is some hindsight BS, and I say that as someone who praised the signing. We didn't have an LT on the roster, so we took two good swings at it: a FA with upside, and a draft pick. If both hit, we had bookend tackles; if one hit and one didn't, we had a LT. Drafting Wirfs at 11 would have meant our only option at LT was Fant, and we obviously (and correctly) weren't comfortable with that (if the league thought Fant would be anything near this good at LT his price would have been much higher). It would have been lunacy to put all our eggs in the Fant basket with what we knew at the time. Yes, Fant ended up panning out beyond our wildest dreams, and if you could go back in time and redraft you probably take Wirfs as the bookend RT there. But given the state of the team's knowledge heading into that offseason, Fant+Becton was a smarter, more risk-limiting move than Fant+Wirfs. Good post. Opinions based on hindsight is what we all do as sport fans. Keeps the posts flowing. Becton and his issues we're hard to forsee.At Louisville, all he had to do was walk on the field and scare the sh.. out of most d-llineman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Doggin94it said: I'm sorry, but this is some hindsight BS, and I say that as someone who praised the signing. We didn't have an LT on the roster, so we took two good swings at it: a FA with upside, and a draft pick. If both hit, we had bookend tackles; if one hit and one didn't, we had a LT. Drafting Wirfs at 11 would have meant our only option at LT was Fant, and we obviously (and correctly) weren't comfortable with that (if the league thought Fant would be anything near this good at LT his price would have been much higher). It would have been lunacy to put all our eggs in the Fant basket with what we knew at the time. Yes, Fant ended up panning out beyond our wildest dreams, and if you could go back in time and redraft you probably take Wirfs as the bookend RT there. But given the state of the team's knowledge heading into that offseason, Fant+Becton was a smarter, more risk-limiting move than Fant+Wirfs. The guy who had dogged it in college was more risk-limiting than the guy who broke the bench press record at Iowa (an o-line factory)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doggin94it Posted January 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 42 minutes ago, freestater said: The guy who had dogged it in college was more risk-limiting than the guy who broke the bench press record at Iowa (an o-line factory)? Please, Becton wasn't "dogging it" in college and there's no real suggestion he's dogging it here. To the contrary, everyone who knows him says he works his butt off in the gym If anyone would know about doggin it, it's me. And also, completely separate: yes. The guy who could potentially solve your LT problem was more risk-limiting than the guy who definitely couldn't. This is basic 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggin94it Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 @freestater to unpack a bit: If the risk you're assessing is "what are the odds that this pick pans out" Wirfs was the safer pick than Becton. But if the risk you're assessing is "will I have an NFL caliber left tackle on my roster this year" Becton was the safer pick than Wirfs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 And to put this debate another way, @freestater: Playing RT for Tom Brady is a very different situation than playing LT for Sam Darnold and Zach Wilson. Still waiting for you to prove your dazzling foresight on Fant, btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said: And to put this debate another way, @freestater: Playing RT for Tom Brady is a very different situation than playing LT for Sam Darnold and Zach Wilson. Still waiting for you to prove your dazzling foresight on Fant, btw. Yeah...I stopped taking homework assignments like 30 years ago. You want to see my comments from back then, knock yourself out. I think you may be overestimating just how much I give a **** about your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, freestater said: Yeah...I stopped taking homework assignments like 30 years ago. You want to see my comments from back then, knock yourself out. I think you may be overestimating just how much I give a **** about your opinion. If you're going to make an assertion that you were on board with the Fant signing unlike basically everyone else that was against it or neutral about it, then you need to be able to back that up. Your first post in this thread was yesterday. I would have expected to see even one post from you earlier on in this thread about it if you were in favor of it, no? This necro was silly. There are enough reasons to say the Becton pick was bad without needing to bring Fant into it. But you did it and now are getting defensive about it. So, yeah, I do think you "give a f**k". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varjet Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 From what I recall, picking 11 it was not certain whether the Jets would be able to draft a LT, and it was also not certain if Becton could play LT. Draftniks thought Wirfs was a G/RT at best because his arms were short. Fant was signed for 2 years guaranteed to play/backup at either T. The thought was that he was expensive and JD could move on after 2 years. The aggressive option would be to move Becton back to LT and Fant to right, and not sign Moses or a real veteran. I don’t like that. The Jets could also start the year with Fant at LT and move Becton to RT with an eventual move to LT when Fant’s contract expires. Both options depend on a inexperienced backup. I would prefer to give Fant an extension for a modest term, 1-2 years, move Becton to RT with the opportunity to play LT during his fifth year option. This will cost the Jets more money. Given the uncertainty of the Jets OL pipeline it would be better to sign an OT backup. Three OTs will play slot. Edoga and McDermott should not be on the team in 2021. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/16/2020 at 9:13 PM, Philc1 said: Seahawks are my nfc team. He isn’t better than Beachum or Shell LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/16/2020 at 9:17 PM, HawkeyeJet said: Big time athlete. This wide split stuff may be realz. Played one year of college football, 4 of hoops. Missed 1 full year in NFL due to injury, a good chunk last year. If it's possible to still be Raw at 27, Can't is probably it. Nailed it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/17/2020 at 2:37 PM, #27TheDominator said: I like Fant and I am glad they signed him. The money seems high, but I think all the money seems high now. In a year or two it won't seem so high. I'm no expert on Fant, but I don't think he is horrible. He has a tremendous upside and seems to fit what they want to do. Nostra-dominator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/17/2020 at 9:32 AM, JiFapono said: I'm not going to pretend like I know anything about Fant. What I do know is he's big athletic freak of a man and Joe Douglas is supposed to be an expert on OL, so, IDK maybe see how it plays out before we rip this signing apart? There is some good film on him out there, Seattle has been a top 5 running team in the league for a few seasons now. Maybe a diamond in the rough... Literally should be sitting at top of a mountain and we should risk our lives seeking this knowledge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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