Jets Bring Back OL Connor McDermott. Release RB Zonovan Knight

[Warfish]

22 minutes ago, Neilos said:

Yeah it's not as running backs ever get injured! ?

And if they are we’ll bring him up from the PS or sign another edge-of-roster type guy. 

[freestater]

6 minutes ago, jetstream23 said:

Now we know why we needed to restructure Mosely's deal.

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

I just don't understand JD and his offensive line management. I don't want to start feeling like I did when I twisted myself into a pretzel trying to understand Mike Maccagnan. 

[bostonmajet]

Wow - the complete over reaction to an UDFA. It is a numbers game and the practice squad isn't what it used to be. You can pull up players now and put them back; if he makes the practice squad he can still make the active roster come game day. It is more about who you think is least likely to get plucked from the practice squad? a mediocre OL or an UDFA RB with a lot of potential? The truth, IMO, is that it is the OL - there is such a high demand for backup OL with any real game experience.

I hope no team poaches Knight, but how many posters have been begging for another OT on the team? I would imagine if a new slot opens up they may pull him back in. Or, more likely other players at the bottom of the team may be dropped to make room for other Vets.

We still have 8 rookies on the team which includes an UDFA. Many of the guys who played hard were re-signed to the practice squad as well. Pre-season standouts are great, but we need OL. I would have preferred us to drop a DL instead, but ...

Finally, while Saleh said that, JD makes roster decisions. Sure Saleh has input, but ... And many of those players who worked their butts off that were released were signed to other teams. So playing hard in pre-season helps one way or another.

[C Mart]

21 minutes ago, genot said:

I would have preferred Brandon Shell. If healthy, a much better option than McDermott.  If healthy. ?????

Don’t think Shell fits ZBS. 

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

23 minutes ago, slats said:

I understand how you might feel, but these guys -front office and coaches- put a lot of value in athletic scores. Zonovan had an RAS score of 5.85, Ty scored a 9.75. I was a little surprised about their interest in Knight in the first place, but I don’t know what Joe Douglas is looking at with RBs. Perine was the first guy he drafted in 2020 that didn’t test well. 

I understand your understanding, but this team has 13 wins and 36 losses under Joe Douglas and another 9 wins and 22 losses the two seasons previous to the beginning of JD's tenure. When this team starts winning, I will pretend that RAS score means anything. Ty Johnson is an AWFUL football player. My leash for the JD plan is getting shorter and shorter. 

[IndianaJet]

56 minutes ago, Jimmy 2 Times said:

Ty Johnson is the one that should've been cut. 

He adds nothing. 

Except for the occasional dropped pass or two

[Jimmy 2 Times]

Just now, IndianaJet said:

Except for the occasional dropped pass or two

And the horrific pass pro. 

[C Mart]

59 minutes ago, mrcoops said:

Jets coaches value McDermott, and he was always likely to return one his knee was healthy. Just Mitchell in reserve wasn't enough.

Seeing Knight cut at this point is painful, but 4 RBs is unnecessary. Hopefully, cutting him this late lessens the chance of him being claimed and he makes it through waivers onto the PS.

Bingo!

So in your opinion, is Douglas making the decision to re-sign McDermott in a vacuum or has got the opinion of the Jets OL coaches? 

In other words, would he re-sign McDermott if OL coaches voiced that they can’t work with him and don’t want him on the roster? 

[C Mart]

5 minutes ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

I understand your understanding, but this team has 13 wins and 36 losses under Joe Douglas and another 9 wins and 22 losses the two seasons previous to the beginning of JD's tenure. When this team starts winning, I will pretend that RAS score means anything. Ty Johnson is an AWFUL football player. My leash for the JD plan is getting shorter and shorter. 

Continue to be short sighted. Changing GM will result in a new coaching staff and result in another roster churn like the Vikings are doing and Giants will do once player contracts and their cap allow. 

[munchmemory]

2 hours ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

I understand your understanding, but this team has 13 wins and 36 losses under Joe Douglas and another 9 wins and 22 losses the two seasons previous to the beginning of JD's tenure. When this team starts winning, I will pretend that RAS score means anything. Ty Johnson is an AWFUL football player. My leash for the JD plan is getting shorter and shorter. 

My JD leash is the size of a lanyard kids do at Summer camp.

[Bronx]

1 hour ago, JTJet said:

The JD method of building O Line. It's so elegant it's almost Macagnesque. 

Hilarious!

[Neilos]

1 hour ago, Warfish said:

And if they are we’ll bring him up from the PS or sign another edge-of-roster type guy. 

Of course, and far be it from me to claim to know better than anyone, let alone 1Jets Drive, But seems to me that Knight offers more than Johnson. He looks decent on kick returns and on the goal line, Ty Johnson looks good at....

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

39 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

My JD leash ios the size of a lanyard kids do at Summer camp.

LANYARD! Thank you for reminding me. I need to find my lanyard for my glasses. Good looking out!

[hmhertz]

1 hour ago, slats said:

I understand how you might feel, but these guys -front office and coaches- put a lot of value in athletic scores. Zonovan had an RAS score of 5.85, Ty scored a 9.75. I was a little surprised about their interest in Knight in the first place, but I don’t know what Joe Douglas is looking at with RBs. Perine was the first guy he drafted in 2020 that didn’t test well. 

Johnson caught the ball well at Detroit and in college, was also an explosive

kick returner as was Knight. The tackle  is not good but not as bad as the

board sees him. I would have cut Hardee, no place on my roster for a exclusive

special team player.  I like Mitchell as well as Hermanns. Not my liking holding

a spot for a special team player

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

43 minutes ago, C Mart said:

Continue to be short sighted. Changing GM will result in a new coaching staff and result in another roster churn like the Vikings are doing and Giants will do once player contracts and their cap allow. 

Maybe you should wait for me to call for any changes in the front office or coaching staff before calling me shortsighted. Losing patience for continued losing and asking for regime change are not the same. Another two or four win season would at least get me to purchase the tar and feathers. 

[Warfish]

12 minutes ago, Neilos said:

Of course, and far be it from me to claim to know better than anyone, let alone 1Jets Drive, But seems to me that Knight offers more than Johnson. He looks decent on kick returns and on the goal line, Ty Johnson looks good at....

I'd have been fine with retaining Knight over Johnson.  I'm not a Johnson fan.

But the only two I truly care about is Hall and Carter.  If anyone else has to play , we're in trouble in the run game.

[UnknownJetFan]

2 hours ago, dbatesman said:

I know these bottom of the roster moves don’t mean a lot in the long run, but this one sticks in the old craw a bit. Knight played really well this preseason and McDermott is ******* terrible.

Agreed, but we need a swing tackle for the Oline and McDermott along with Mitchel will have to do right now. McDermott knows the O so that is why they brought him back even though he is not the ideal OT to have.

[Neilos]

 

22 hours ago, Warfish said:

I'd have been fine with retaining Knight over Johnson.  I'm not a Johnson fan.

But the only two I truly care about is Hall and Carter.  If anyone else has to play , we're in trouble in the run game.

Agreed.

Still likely or at least possible we'll get Coleman back after week 1 as well.

[JetBlue]

1 hour ago, JTJet said:

It fits the JD/Saleh team building philosophy. If you play well in the pre-season, you ain't making this team. 

If you're mediocre to terrible during the regular season, you'll get 400 shots. 

White, Mims, McDermott, Davis, etc.

Mims played okay his rookie season and last year was bad for all the reason that has been discussed over and over.  He also had a very good preseason.  Why would you want to cut him????   The Mims hate knows no bounds.... 

[SickJetFan]

JD was right, they better win now and have meaningful games after thanksgiving cause some of these moves are odd and can easily backfire and if they do I will be calling for his head as well.

[pointman]

2 hours ago, JTJet said:

It fits the JD/Saleh team building philosophy. If you play well in the pre-season, you ain't making this team. 

If you're mediocre to terrible during the regular season, you'll get 400 shots. 

White, Mims, McDermott, Davis, etc.

Cut The Strev. Keep Ashtyn. Comical. 

[pointman]

2 hours ago, AFJF said:

USC CB Mekhi Blackmon to the Jets on draft day.  Book it.

No more anything Mekhi for me, thanks. Becton, Phifer, etc.

[pointman]

37 minutes ago, hmhertz said:

Johnson caught the ball well at Detroit and in college, was also an explosive

kick returner as was Knight. The tackle  is not good but not as bad as the

board sees him. I would have cut Hardee, no place on my roster for a exclusive

special team player.  I like Mitchell as well as Hermanns. Not my liking holding

a spot for a special team player

Your format is making me mad.

[Irish Jet]

Just sad to see so many proven failures on the roster.

People were pointing to the waiver claims and how it showed off our depth and yet we still have McDermott, Curry, Shepherd, Davis - Absolute trash. 

[GandWFan]

The good news?  None of you clowns have any influence with the Jets powers that be.

JD is here for the long term.  We finally have a GM that knows football and football players.

[SickJetFan]

https://www.newyorkjets.com/video/the-official-jets-podcast-2022-jets-roster-breakdown-with-assistant-gm-rex-hogan

even Eric Allen must be scratching his head after this interview

[JTJet]

54 minutes ago, JetBlue said:

Mims played okay his rookie season and last year was bad for all the reason that has been discussed over and over.  He also had a very good preseason.  Why would you want to cut him????   The Mims hate knows no bounds.... 

I didn't say anything about cutting him, but we could have traded him for a bag of footballs and been better off. 

[JustInFudge]

[Larz]

Knight will only play in a catastrophic injury avalanche. 
 

1 oops and the swing tackle is in the game. 
 

not sure why the hand wringing for knight. 

[Skeptable]

My god... you guys are such blow hards... this is of sourse what was going to happen... they kept him as long as they could so that the rest of the NFL would have a hard time bringing Knight in to an active roster. They are hoping to slip him through waivers.

[LionelRichie]

losing a guy like knight stinks but it’s not like he’s the difference between super bowl and not.   It does suck that we still have guys like McDermott on the roster at this point of the JD tenure 

[section314]

Brought back the worst OL guy in the league. Solid move. This is fu** in stupid.

[pointman]

1 hour ago, GandWFan said:

The good news?  None of you clowns have any influence with the Jets powers that be.

JD is here for the long term.  We finally have a GM that knows football and football players.

I was going to save this post to throw it back in your face but the reality is, I won't remember you in a year when I already forgot who you are.

[JoeNamathsFurCoat]

Ty Johnson is trash