Kwon Alexander in for a visit with NYJ

[Copernicus]

Ian Rapoport justed tweeted we signed him 1 year deal 

[SickJetFan]

5 hours ago, #27TheDominator said:

People see 3 LB as starting positions.  I do not believe they see it that way.  I think that is why they drafted these S tweeners.  If they play 3 LB, at least one will be more S than LB.  I think that is why early in the season you saw more 4-3.  Because a 4-3 with Nas or Sherwood is actually a nickel.  When those guys got injured and seemed to fail you end up with more DBs on the field.  It also may have contributed to the safeties dropping like flies.  

it was a 4-3 on 1st and 2nd in carolina game

mosely, sherwoob and nas were LBs

its somewhat symantics as far as their size and alignment but go back and look at the coaches tape they were def playing LB

[Dunnie]

8 hours ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Alexander is an ok at best linebacker.  If stopping the run is going to be a huge problem, it will still be a huge problem with Kwon Alexander.  Signing Kwon Alexander is not solving our run stopping issue if that is even going to be a problem this year.

Kwon Alexander is the latest guy Jet fans have zoned in on.  In reality, he a free agent right now because he is an average at best linebacker looking for above average money.  And the days of the Jets falling for that trick re long gone.

 

Its a one year deal brah ... maybe average at best is better than what we currently are fielding ?? maybe ??

 

[slats]

4 minutes ago, Dunnie said:

 

Its a one year deal brah ... maybe average at best is better than what we currently are fielding ?? maybe ??

 

You should forward that image to the Jets. Saleh will be wearing it at their next presser. 

[Joe W. Namath]

22 minutes ago, Dunnie said:

 

Its a one year deal brah ... maybe average at best is better than what we currently are fielding ?? maybe ??

 

Yes, him being better then what we have was never the question.  The question was the contract value and length.  Sounds like Joe D got him at the price and contract length he wanted.  Go Joe go!

[#27TheDominator]

46 minutes ago, SickJetFan said:

it was a 4-3 on 1st and 2nd in carolina game

mosely, sherwoob and nas were LBs

its somewhat symantics as far as their size and alignment but go back and look at the coaches tape they were def playing LB

Thanks.  Do you know if any of the DBs were playing "LB" later in the season?  I would be interested to know.  They were so short by the end at S that probably not. 

[Green Ghost]

It’s tough to follow a Joe W. post with a positive one of your own, but this signing makes so much sense for this team, how can I not?

It seems like things are finally starting to turn around here. I really hope it happens. The fans deserve a decent football team, it’s been a while.

[SickJetFan]

2 minutes ago, #27TheDominator said:

Thanks.  Do you know if any of the DBs were playing "LB" later in the season?  I would be interested to know.  They were so short by the end at S that probably not. 

well it also depends on who they were playing but if you go game by game snap counts looks like they were spending most of the time in nickel and dime with mostly MCII and Guidry coming in.  They went through a lot of safeties during season but not because they were playing 3 safeties but rather they all sucked and got injured - not that they could not have had 3 in there at times

of course can always go back and watch every game with coaches tape but im not that ambitious

[SickJetFan]

On 7/28/2022 at 5:34 PM, #27TheDominator said:

Thanks.  Do you know if any of the DBs were playing "LB" later in the season?  I would be interested to know.  They were so short by the end at S that probably not. 

Thought this was pretty good on the subject

https://jetsxfactor.com/2022/07/30/ny-jets-dl-john-franklin-myers-edge-dt/

 

First off, it’s important to understand how often the base defense is utilized in the modern NFL. This particular defensive package is named as such because it truly was the “base” defense utilized by most teams throughout most of the sport’s history, but that’s no longer the case. It’s actually the secondary defense in today’s NFL.

Generally speaking, a base package includes 7 defensive linemen and 4 defensive backs. This means it includes 3 defensive linemen and 4 linebackers for teams that run a 3-4 scheme or 4 defensive linemen and 3 linebackers for teams that run a 4-3 scheme, as the Jets do.

According to Football Outsiders, in the 2021 season, NFL defenses used their base package just 24% of the time. Nickel packages (6 DL, 5 DB) were by far the most popular at 60%. Dime packages (5 DL, 6 DB) came in third at 15% while the rest of the pie was made up of goal-line packages.

The Jets actually ran base even less often than the average NFL defense. Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich had the Jets at 25th in base usage with a 20% rate. They loved using nickel packages, ranking sixth in the NFL as they used nickel packages on 73% of their defensive plays.

Why are NFL teams putting their base packages on the backburner while promoting the nickel defense to their primary look? Well, it’s simply the requisite response to what NFL offenses are doing.

In 2021, NFL offenses ran 11 personnel (1 RB/1 TE/3 WR) on 61% of their plays. Against 11 personnel, the only logical option for the defense is to sub out a front-seven player for a defensive back in order to match the speed of the offense’s three-receiver set.

This is reflected by the numbers. Against 11 personnel in the 2021 season, defenses ran base only 3% of the time. Nickel was the dominant package at 77% while dime was a distant second at 20%.