Kalen Ballage

[LockeJET]

4 minutes ago, CTJetsFan said:

If that were the case and it was for a top WR (let's say Allen Robinson as the Bears lost Montgomery for a few weeks), what would guys think about that?

Would leave us with Gore, Perine and Ballage at RB

That would be an upgrade for us. We would be fine at RB without Bell. Start the Rook. We desperately need WRs. That and the sooner we play the youngsters the better on a non contending team. Adding a top WR won't stunt Mims growth. 

[jetstream23]

26 minutes ago, SR24 said:

Averaged 5.3 YPC with Gase in 2018 

[predator_05]

17 minutes ago, LockeJET said:

Bell is getting traded. 

Who'd want him?

[pdxgreen]

[JoeWillieWhiteShoesHOF]

30 minutes ago, SR24 said:

Averaged 5.3 YPC with Gase in 2018 

 

[#27TheDominator]

Ha!

[LIJetsFan]

31 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

I was thinking the very same thing, I hope not. 

I'd be happy just to get out from under Bell's contract.  

[jeremy2020]

JD and Gase bored since they cancelled practice and the Xbox was broke so they couldn't make trades on Madden

[RoadFan]

If they acquired this stiff and trade Bell...

I hate this franchise.

[pdxgreen]

Maybe Gore finally ran out of gas.  That's all I can think of.

[#27TheDominator]

I don't know any details, so this is pure conjecture, but...

My view on this trade are as follows: 

A little unusual to do this within the division, but this is a fairly standard thing.  Late pick, usually a 6th or 7th, usually conditional on being on the opening day roster.  We knew the guy was being cut, so this is not going to be for a real pick or likely to e obtained. 

The Dolphins get a lottery ticket for a draft pick for a guy that was on his way out the door for nothing,  They get to save a little face by looking like they might get something back, the way the Jets did getting that illusory pick from Gruden for Hackenberg.

The Jets get first dibs before anybody can pick the guy up off of waivers.  There are 10 teams ahead of us?  Gase and/or Loggains obviously liked the guy and he was presumably selected because he is a fit for them.

What usually happens in reality is that the Jets keep him through camp and cut him.  If he shows anything, they either add him to the practice squad or leave him on the street for a week.  Then they take him back and don't necessarily have to give up the pick.  If they make a big trade to move Bell, someone gets hurt or the guy is really balling they they keep him around and won't mind giving up the 7th.

FWIW, he played 50% of the special teams snaps for Gase in 2018.  He had a few tackles and a couple of kick returns.

[Greenbloodblitz]

54 minutes ago, LockeJET said:

Bell is getting traded. 

 I hope so...send him to the Steelers for a wide receiver or some Oline depth.

[LIJetsFan]

Regardless of how anyone feels about Bell, JD NEVER offers him THAT contract.  

[prime21]

Gase must be worried about Bell’s hamstrings.


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[heymangold]

If this move was made because they’re trading Bell or Gore just doesn’t have it (neither of which I think is true) then there are much better options to have explored. San Fran and Denver comes to mind, even signing Devonta Freeman.  This is some sort of depth move but I don’t get it.

[TNJet]

1 hour ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

Ballage is trash

I'm Tnjet and I approve this message.

[Obrien2Toon]

Cut Gore

[Jet Nut]

1 hour ago, Barry McCockinner said:

36 carries for 191 yards, 75 of which came on one play.

Yeah those annoying long plays don’t count.  Gase only called the runs stuffed at the OL

[Stark]

1 hour ago, choon328 said:

Maybe Bell getting pulled from practice wasn't about his hammy and was more about them trying to trade him. 

i literally had the same thought... possibly for a WR... who knows

[David Harris]

1 hour ago, #27TheDominator said:

Dolphins 4th rounder from 2018 being cut.  Had a fair rookie season under Gase/Loggains and fell of a cliff in 2019.  He was atrocious, 1.8 yards per carry over 70+ carries and I think there is a  video of him on JN  of him ducking when the ball comes at him.  

RB is one of the few places I am not looking for an upgrade and his lack of college production doesn't fit the general Joe Douglas (Donnell Pumphrey) mold, but I wonder what the coaches think of him and if think they can get anything out of him.  Being bad in pass pro was apparently a big issue and maybe he is just one of those knuckleheads that never gets it. 

Nice call

[Drums]

1 hour ago, jetstream23 said:

This might actually be more of a Special Teams move after the team let Trenton Cannon go...

 

Maybe some returning as well as kick and punt coverage?

This I can understand but still

[UnknownJetFan]

We will need to probably keep 4 RBs and the guy we just signed Guerria(sp?) likely is a PS squad candidate. And those guys can't really be counted on as 4th string in case of injury since teams are always pillaging players from you there.

[TexJet]

Bell held out of practice for a mystery hamstring injury. If he is back at practice tomorrow, this is just a depth move, add another body to the group. Cut him before final rosters are set, lose absolutely nothing. If Bell does not practice in the next couple of days, something is brewing.  

[Augustiniak]

1 hour ago, LockeJET said:

That would be an upgrade for us. We would be fine at RB without Bell. Start the Rook. We desperately need WRs. That and the sooner we play the youngsters the better on a non contending team. Adding a top WR won't stunt Mims growth. 

I was just writing yesterday that douglas is going to trade bell and got mocked here.  

Gase doesn’t want bell, he’s got gore and Perine and now Ballage.  They need wrs.

[Jetsfan80]

Do we have a 7th rounder to burn for a trade like this, even a conditional one?

We still don't know if the 7th rounder ended up coming our way from Seattle in the Parry Nickerson trade from 2019.  At least not according to this:

 

https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Future/Jets.htm

 

Round 7
Jets
Seahawks	Jets (conditional)   PICK MAY OR MAY NOT TRANSFER DEPENDING ON UNCONFIRMED CONDITIONS   Traded • Parry Nickerson to Seahawks for • 2021 conditional seventh round pick (?-?) on 2019-08-31   Conditions on pick are unconfirmed.

 

[Jetsfan80]

6 minutes ago, Augustiniak said:

I was just writing yesterday that douglas is going to trade bell and got mocked here. 

Adding Ballage does nothing to increase that likelihood.  4th string RBs are essentially special teamers.  Ballage is a poor runner.  

If we really needed a 4th string RB, we might as well have just kept or brought back Kenneth Dixon.

[JoJoTownsell1]

3 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Adding Ballage does nothing to increase that likelihood.  4th string RBs are essentially special teamers.  Ballage is a poor runner.  

If we really needed a 4th string RB, we might as well have just kept or brought back Kenneth Dixon.

It's insane how everyone is freaking out about scooping up a depth player for virtually nothing. The only way the trade is for something is if Ballage surprises and makes the team as a RB or a special teams player. 

[mrcoops]

It's a conditional 7th round pick in 2021.

Probably has to, at a minimum, make the opening day roster for the Jets to owe the pick.

[Augustiniak]

16 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Adding Ballage does nothing to increase that likelihood.  4th string RBs are essentially special teamers.  Ballage is a poor runner.  

If we really needed a 4th string RB, we might as well have just kept or brought back Kenneth Dixon.

I just don’t think gase wants bell and gore.  I could be wrong

[JustInFudge]

Probably could merge all these but still bizarre trade for a nothing player.

[Jetsfan80]

2 minutes ago, Augustiniak said:

I just don’t think gase wants bell and gore.  I could be wrong

He definitely wants Gore and definitely does NOT want Bell, but that doesn't mean there's anything he can do about the latter.

They'll have to wait until the end of the season when it becomes financially feasible for a trade of Bell to happen, OR they'll cut him.  

[kmnj]

under 2 yards a carry in 2019 definitely a reason to "sign the beast"

jets are going to dump bell the only credible proven guy on their team

they are going to "help sam" by taking away robby last year and bell this year-give him as little as possible to work with 

 

[Augustiniak]

1 minute ago, Jetsfan80 said:

He definitely wants Gore and definitely does NOT want Bell, but that doesn't mean there's anything he can do about the latter.

They'll have to wait until the end of the season when it becomes financially feasible for a trade of Bell to happen, OR they'll cut him.  

If they truly believe in Perine they may look to package bell to get a wr.  

[Jetsfan80]

1 minute ago, Augustiniak said:

If they truly believe in Perine they may look to package bell to get a wr.  

And I "look" to have a 3-way with my wife and either Rihanna or Zoe Saldana.    

Again:  No.  One.  Is.  Trading.  For.  Bell.

[Paradis]

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Jets acquired RB Kalen Ballage from the Dolphins in exchange for a conditional draft pick. 

Just ... why. Ballage is coming off one of the worst running back seasons in NFL history, but since Adam Gase coached him in Miami, he apparently had to have him in New York. Coach and executives' undying allegiance to players they either coached or drafted leads to many bad decisions. It's hard to see where Ballage could earn any work in the Jets' Le'Veon Bell/Frank Gore/Lamical Perine backfield. The conditional pick is likely contingent on Ballage making the 53-man roster, something we doubt happens.

lol, this fcking team. Ballage was a nice cinderalla draft prospect, but the fairytale is dead.