Stirring the pot much !?! Just a ridiculous article

[NYJets8]

Jets insult Le’Veon Bell by signing Frank Gore

By MANISH MEHTA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Adam Gase is knocking on your door, armed with a new set of encyclopedias and steak knives, ready to sell, sell, sell.
His latest pitch centers on disrespecting Le’Veon Bell for the umpteenth time.

 

If it weren’t bad enough that the Jets head coach had no earthly idea how to properly deploy this other-worldly talent, now he’s piling on.

 

Gase’s insistence on signing Frank Gore last week is the latest example why players have had trust issues with this guy for the better part of his post-Peyton Manning existence.

Bell, frankly, should be insulted and demand a trade.

His contract ($13.5 million in 2020) makes a deal a virtual impossibility, but Gore’s arrival is the ultimate slap in the face to a player who had established himself as arguably the NFL’s best dual threat before finding himself in quicksand with Gase.

Gore, who will turn 37 on Thursday, is a respected veteran who will be a good influence.

“He’s done a great job as far as helping younger players that are in the room,” Gase said of Gore on the team’s website.

Gore would have been a great coaching hire.

“He’s really going to help the guys like La’Mical Perine, Josh Adams and Kenny Dixon,” general manager Joe Douglas said. “It’s a relatively young running back room right now behind Le’Veon, so he’s definitely going to help those young guys and he’s going to be a great example for them moving forward.”

It’s almost as if the Jets don’t realize — or want to acknowledge — that Bell is a 28-year-old perennial Pro Bowler who offers the same traits.

Highlighting Gore’s willingness to mentor young players marginalizes Bell, who has always helped his teammates. Just ask Steelers Pro Bowl running back James Conner, who reached out after Bell landed his 4-year, $52.5 million deal with the Jets to express his appreciation for being a great teammate, mentor and leader.

Bell was also model teammate last season despite difficult circumstances. When the Jets were unable to move him at the trade deadline, Bell’s glass continued to remain half full.

But the inconvenient truth was that Gase never wanted Bell in the first place. Winning coaches create schemes to maximize the skill sets of their available talent, but Gase prefers to fit running backs into his offense.

And he never stops selling.

Even though the coach privately whined when Bell didn’t participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program last year, he told reporters publicly in the spring that he would sit down with Bell in the summer to study plays from Pittsburgh to create a good deployment plan.

The day after the regular season, Gase repeated himself by telling reporters publicly that he was going to sit down with Bell to “(look) at some of the stuff they did in Pittsburgh” this offseason.

Ned Ryerson would have been proud.

One week after Gase told ESPN that he wanted to “get some of the younger backs to where we can make a good one-two punch with Bell” in 2020, he signed the oldest running back in the league.

From a pure football perspective, adding Gore doesn’t make much sense. The Jets need more speed in their backfield. Bell and Perine aren’t burners. A home-run threat would have been ideal. Gore doesn’t offer that dimension.

“He’s a great guy for Le’Veon to be around,” Gase said. “Those two guys can really do some damage together. We got two guys that can play all three downs. They both have outstanding skill sets. There’s a little bit of difference in some of their running style and how they do things, but we know Frank really well. We know how to use them.”

Aside from the obvious fact that Gase didn’t know how to use Bell as a running back or receiver last season, who in their right mind believes that a 37-year-old running back can play all three downs?

Gore is as competitive as they come, but how much does he have left in the tank after a career-low 599 yards with the Bills last season?

He averaged 4.4 yards per carry (95 attempts) in the first seven games before falling to 2.4 yards per carry (65 attempts) from Weeks 9-16. He was a non-factor in the second half of the season, prompting fair questions about how he’ll help the Jets on gamedays.

Bell, coming off a career-low 16.3 rushing attempts per game, has proven to be an every-down back with exceptional pass-blocking skills. Gore could give Bell a breather every now and then, but it would be foolish to significantly cut into the two-time All-Pro’s touches.

However, Gase’s track record suggests that this will turn into exactly what he has wanted from the day he was hired: a committee backfield.
 

Consider what Gase did with Gore in Miami two years ago.

 

Although dynamic young running back Kenyan Drake averaged 119 total yards and 4.9 yards per carry in the final five games in 2017, Gase preferred a backfield committee the following season. A 35-year-old Gore had more carries than Drake in 2018.

Although that’s unlikely to happen with Bell and Gore, it would make little sense to curtail Bell’s carries. Workhorse backs actually get better within a game with more carries.

Gore’s presence will also turn 2020 into a de facto red-shirt season for Perine (barring injuries) unless Gase plans on turning the backfield into a three-headed attack.

Gore, the NFL’s third leading all-time rusher, will wind up in Canton one day. He should be respected, but let’s not pretend that the Jets don’t already have a respected veteran at the same position with a great work ethic and a lot more left in his tank.

[Dcat]

Mehta is scum.

[TNJet]

Ned Ryerson lol

[Untouchable]

Why do people give this guy the views and clicks?

Just ignore the little pissant

The Daily News should be going under pretty soon anyway.

[rangerous]

maneesh is a moron.  he makes this statement about workhorse backs needing to get more carries but fails to cite anything that backs this up.  they might and bell is a big enough of a load to be difficult for a defensive player to stop if tired.  but part of the back getting better is also the oline keeping on blasting the defensive line out of the way.  did maneesh watch last season?  does he even realize the jet oline had the lowest penetration of any last season?  awful tough for a back to do much of anything without the oline actually opening holes.  if this oline comes together bell will be have a really good year.  as for gore, the guy has been good and is at least good for spot duty.  who knows if he signed for less than powell.

[LRJets]

For the Jets good, and Gase's survival, Gase should make Bell-Gore work.

No reason for it to be repelling forces instead of an offensive threat.

[choon328]

Everyone knows you can only have one respected veteran at each position otherwise its mayhem. 

[Bronx]

What else can we say about the 1st Amendment? Learn from the bright writer and laugh off the absurd ones. 

In relation to Jets fans, you either have a thick skin or you will lose your mind. Until we can prove being worth positive talk, we must prove all critiques wrong with results.  Until then, expect nothing less than mockery and redundant predictions.

[RichardTodd27]

Wow, Manish still going after Gase.

Has anyone ever seen this level of hostility from a beat writer towards a coach?

[GreenFish]

These are the kind of stories you get when a GM tries to build quality depth behind the starters. Even Gregg Williams liked the pickup. Stay in your lane Gregg!

I don’t normally read his stuff. Just really when people post the story on here. That article is embarrassing.

[mrcoops]

Freeman McNeil must have been apoplectic when the Jets had the temerity to draft his backup, Johnny Hector.

This is just your typical Mehta bullsh*t. The Jets signed a quality veteran, on a minimum contract, to backup Bell. 

If the Jets didn't have quality depth, they would get slated. So Mehta slates them for adding quality depth.

Gore will be a good soldier, a strong backup, and a good locker-room presence.

Mehta will continue to be a desperate troll.

[Prez33]

It’s clear that these two guys don’t get along, and Mehta’s using his position as a media mouthpiece to bash Gase. It’s so obvious. 
 

Mehta’s like the 15 year old girl who’s still bitter about her boyfriend breaking up with her. He’s really become a joke. 

[mrcoops]

10 minutes ago, RichardTodd27 said:

Wow, Manish still going after Gase.

Has anyone ever seen this level of hostility from a beat writer towards a coach?

I remember this level of hostility from a beat writer towards a potential coach. Also Mehta, with Doug Marrone.

Funny how Mehta lauded Gase as a genius and the correct pick when he was hired. But it took Gase about a NY minute to figure out what Mehta was, and the poison pen has been out for Gase ever since.

[FidelioJet]

Manish is right.

He’s writing accurate articles and it just seems like he’s overly aggressively simply because Gase is that bad.  

As an in-game/game planner coach and communicator/personal coach - he’s downright awful. He’s just not kissing his a— like most of the beat writers are doing.

[pdxgreen]

Who gives a ___ about what that hack has to say.

[JetsFanatic]

I honestly believe Mehta has mental issues.

[JohnnyLV]

When Mehta first showed up he was a good reporter but now 9 out of 10 times it is just pure drek. He had that one good article about Douglas and his grading system a few weeks ago but since then it has just been inflammatory nonsense.

[predator_05]

4 minutes ago, johnnysd said:

When Mehta first showed up he was a good reporter but now 9 out of 10 times it is just pure drek. He had that one good article about Douglas and his grading system a few weeks ago but since then it has just been inflammatory nonsense.

He doesn't get the same level of access anymore. that's my theory.

[AFJF]

If you were considered a top performer at your current job and had been among the best in your field for 5-6 years, how would you feel if your boss told you he was bringing in somebody else for the younger employees to learn from?  

[Team archer]

Bell is not threatened by a 37,000 yr old runningback...hes offended by gase 

[pdxgreen]

30 minutes ago, predator_05 said:

He doesn't get the same level of access anymore. that's my theory.

You need to protect your sources in order to have access.  He doesn't even know how to write column inches that respects that.  Everything he sh*ts out can be traced back to somebody in the organization.

[Embrace the Suck]

Manish is your typical pat myself on the back American who isn't very good at their job which for a brief moment you wonder who they are related to or blew to get said job.

[Ex-Rex]

2 hours ago, NYJets8 said:

Jets insult Le’Veon Bell by signing Frank Gore

By MANISH MEHTA

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Adam Gase is knocking on your door, armed with a new set of encyclopedias and steak knives, ready to sell, sell, sell.
His latest pitch centers on disrespecting Le’Veon Bell for the umpteenth time.

 

If it weren’t bad enough that the Jets head coach had no earthly idea how to properly deploy this other-worldly talent, now he’s piling on.

 

Gase’s insistence on signing Frank Gore last week is the latest example why players have had trust issues with this guy for the better part of his post-Peyton Manning existence.

Bell, frankly, should be insulted and demand a trade.

His contract ($13.5 million in 2020) makes a deal a virtual impossibility, but Gore’s arrival is the ultimate slap in the face to a player who had established himself as arguably the NFL’s best dual threat before finding himself in quicksand with Gase.

Gore, who will turn 37 on Thursday, is a respected veteran who will be a good influence.

“He’s done a great job as far as helping younger players that are in the room,” Gase said of Gore on the team’s website.

Gore would have been a great coaching hire.

“He’s really going to help the guys like La’Mical Perine, Josh Adams and Kenny Dixon,” general manager Joe Douglas said. “It’s a relatively young running back room right now behind Le’Veon, so he’s definitely going to help those young guys and he’s going to be a great example for them moving forward.”

It’s almost as if the Jets don’t realize — or want to acknowledge — that Bell is a 28-year-old perennial Pro Bowler who offers the same traits.

Highlighting Gore’s willingness to mentor young players marginalizes Bell, who has always helped his teammates. Just ask Steelers Pro Bowl running back James Conner, who reached out after Bell landed his 4-year, $52.5 million deal with the Jets to express his appreciation for being a great teammate, mentor and leader.

Bell was also model teammate last season despite difficult circumstances. When the Jets were unable to move him at the trade deadline, Bell’s glass continued to remain half full.

But the inconvenient truth was that Gase never wanted Bell in the first place. Winning coaches create schemes to maximize the skill sets of their available talent, but Gase prefers to fit running backs into his offense.

And he never stops selling.

Even though the coach privately whined when Bell didn’t participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program last year, he told reporters publicly in the spring that he would sit down with Bell in the summer to study plays from Pittsburgh to create a good deployment plan.

The day after the regular season, Gase repeated himself by telling reporters publicly that he was going to sit down with Bell to “(look) at some of the stuff they did in Pittsburgh” this offseason.

Ned Ryerson would have been proud.

One week after Gase told ESPN that he wanted to “get some of the younger backs to where we can make a good one-two punch with Bell” in 2020, he signed the oldest running back in the league.

From a pure football perspective, adding Gore doesn’t make much sense. The Jets need more speed in their backfield. Bell and Perine aren’t burners. A home-run threat would have been ideal. Gore doesn’t offer that dimension.

“He’s a great guy for Le’Veon to be around,” Gase said. “Those two guys can really do some damage together. We got two guys that can play all three downs. They both have outstanding skill sets. There’s a little bit of difference in some of their running style and how they do things, but we know Frank really well. We know how to use them.”

Aside from the obvious fact that Gase didn’t know how to use Bell as a running back or receiver last season, who in their right mind believes that a 37-year-old running back can play all three downs?

Gore is as competitive as they come, but how much does he have left in the tank after a career-low 599 yards with the Bills last season?

He averaged 4.4 yards per carry (95 attempts) in the first seven games before falling to 2.4 yards per carry (65 attempts) from Weeks 9-16. He was a non-factor in the second half of the season, prompting fair questions about how he’ll help the Jets on gamedays.

Bell, coming off a career-low 16.3 rushing attempts per game, has proven to be an every-down back with exceptional pass-blocking skills. Gore could give Bell a breather every now and then, but it would be foolish to significantly cut into the two-time All-Pro’s touches.

However, Gase’s track record suggests that this will turn into exactly what he has wanted from the day he was hired: a committee backfield.
 

Consider what Gase did with Gore in Miami two years ago.

 

Although dynamic young running back Kenyan Drake averaged 119 total yards and 4.9 yards per carry in the final five games in 2017, Gase preferred a backfield committee the following season. A 35-year-old Gore had more carries than Drake in 2018.

Although that’s unlikely to happen with Bell and Gore, it would make little sense to curtail Bell’s carries. Workhorse backs actually get better within a game with more carries.

Gore’s presence will also turn 2020 into a de facto red-shirt season for Perine (barring injuries) unless Gase plans on turning the backfield into a three-headed attack.

Gore, the NFL’s third leading all-time rusher, will wind up in Canton one day. He should be respected, but let’s not pretend that the Jets don’t already have a respected veteran at the same position with a great work ethic and a lot more left in his tank.

How about Bell underperformed behind a bad o-line last year which was no condusive to his slide and glide appraoch when the Jets o-line was being consistently pushed around. No more of that crap and both Gore and Bell should excel this season.

[Jets723]

You know what I funny funny.  About a year ago Manish was practically bowing down to Gase and calling him the Guy who would lead us to a Super Bowl.  He was one of the guys who basically character Assassinated Mike McCarthy in favor of Gase.  Now he is doing the exact opposite.  Look it’s no secret I never wanted to hire Gase but Manish should at least own up to proclamations and stop trying to backtrack 

[Jetscode1]

2 hours ago, FidelioJet said:

Manish is right.

He’s writing accurate articles and it just seems like he’s overly aggressively simply because Gase is that bad.  

As an in-game/game planner coach and communicator/personal coach - he’s downright awful. He’s just not kissing his a— like most of the beat writers are doing.

JN consensus is the writer is a desperate troll and yet you have a contrarian opinion.  Shocked I am.

 

[Jets723]

3 hours ago, FidelioJet said:

Manish is right.

He’s writing accurate articles and it just seems like he’s overly aggressively simply because Gase is that bad.  

As an in-game/game planner coach and communicator/personal coach - he’s downright awful. He’s just not kissing his a— like most of the beat writers are doing.

There is a negative article by a guy known for being inaccurate and you approve?  Wow what a shocker ? 

[themeangreenkillingmachine]

Manish = enemy of the people. 

[ChuckkieB]

How does this guy still have a job?  He has been openly hostile towards Gase and the Jets with ZERO objectivity.  Don't get me wrong, I have been known to enjoy a good Gase hit piece now and again but this is getting ridiculous.

[Joe Jets fan]

3 hours ago, FidelioJet said:

Manish is right.

He’s writing accurate articles and it just seems like he’s overly aggressively simply because Gase is that bad.  

As an in-game/game planner coach and communicator/personal coach - he’s downright awful. He’s just not kissing his a— like most of the beat writers are doing.

So the most hated hack writer most of us have ever heard of writes yet another made up hit piece and you sided with him. That’s pretty shocking to all the posters here.  

[BUM-KNEE]

4 hours ago, FidelioJet said:

Manish is right.

He’s writing accurate articles and it just seems like he’s overly aggressively simply because Gase is that bad.  

As an in-game/game planner coach and communicator/personal coach - he’s downright awful. He’s just not kissing his a— like most of the beat writers are doing.

So this is getting kinda obvious Mr Mehta, maybe take a hiatus for a bit.

[Gangrene]

Getting media attention in a world of free blogs, webcasts and social media dictates that the biggest liar wins the game.  

If you write soap opera scripts, angry Jet fans will come out of the woodwork, wriggling, apoplectic, shaking their invertebrate shuffle. There is nothing to write about  this time of year, the dude has to pull phantom stuff out of a hat. I'm pretty sure he gets fired if he doesn't write about stuff going wrong. Who wants to read about stuff going right? That why the Patriots were so boring for a writer. Aaron Hernandez finally gave Boston beat writers a real life horror to write about.

I'm guessing that a Daily News sports editor sat Manish down not long after he arrived and said  "You need to make lots of stuff up. I want to read "franchise in eternal turmoil", I want internal strife, I want fights, I want rumors. I want dirt lots of dirt, real or imaginary....it doesn't matter"

Was it the last century when we had to subscribe to a printed paper delivered in the mail, "Jets Confidential" for some off season dirt (information was usually out of date by the time the paper arrived). Now we have the Jets football equivalent of the National Enquirer  pumping out "Adam Gase is an alien who was kicked off Uranus for being too weird even for Uranusians."

 

[SAR I]

Manish Mehta is the Joe Beningo of print media.  He plays the role of the "frustrated Jets hater", both of them are nothing more than bad actors playing scripted parts, and too many of you lemmings fall for it.

SAR I

[TnT]

Thank you for posting the actual article because I’ve made it a point not to click on links for NYDN.

This guy would much rather us go 5-11 than 11-5 and he creates false narratives to cover up for his missed false narratives. Divide and conquer.
It also appears that if he’s not being fed inside info by Bell, then he’s working on it. 
 

Gore was good sign for the Jets AND for Bell who was so hell bent on “300 touches” and being “run into the ground“ and blah blah blah. This keeps him fresh throughout the season. We get quality touches when he sits and a good decoy for 2 back shotgun sets. Bell can motion to the slot where he’s had success, especially in the red zone.

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

Manish is a pimp

[Prez33]

26 minutes ago, Gangrene said:

Getting media attention in a world of free blogs, webcasts and social media dictates that the biggest liar wins the game.  

If you write soap opera scripts, angry Jet fans will come out of the woodwork, wriggling, apoplectic, shaking their invertebrate shuffle. There is nothing to write about  this time of year, the dude has to pull phantom stuff out of a hat. I'm pretty sure he gets fired if he doesn't write about stuff going wrong. Who wants to read about stuff going right? That why the Patriots were so boring for a writer. Aaron Hernandez finally gave Boston beat writers a real life horror to write about.

I'm guessing that a Daily News sports editor sat Manish down not long after he arrived and said  "You need to make lots of stuff up. I want to read "franchise in eternal turmoil", I want internal strife, I want fights, I want rumors. I want dirt lots of dirt, real or imaginary....it doesn't matter"

Was it the last century when we had to subscribe to a printed paper delivered in the mail, "Jets Confidential" for some off season dirt (information was usually out of date by the time the paper arrived). Now we have the Jets football equivalent of the National Enquirer  pumping out "Adam Gase is an alien who was kicked off Uranus for being too weird even for Uranusians."

 

A sad reality about media in general. The National Enquirer made a lot of money off this type of “news”. Grab people’s attention, use anonymous sources, and try to be the first one to report it, so everyone can say “as Manish Mehta first reported...” 
 

Mehta is like Jerry Springer, Geraldo Rivera, or Maury Povich. Tabloid journalism. The only thing missing are skinheads throwing chairs in the studio or crazy ex-girlfriends attacking their cheating boyfriends after the pregnancy results come in. It’s complete garbage.