Best / Worst FA Signings of 2022. Jets Reed #1 - Uzomah 10th Worst

[32EBoozer]

https://overthecap.com/the-best-free-agent-signings-of-2022

1. D.J. Reed, Jets- 3 Years, $33M, $21M guaranteed

While all of the attention on the Jets defensive turnaround has been focused on the great play of 1strounder Sauce Gardner, it has been the addition of Reed that has prevented the opposition from taking advantage of the matchups across from Gardner. Reed has been fantastic this year allowing under 9 yards per reception and building on his breakout season in Seattle last year and has yet to miss a snap. Reed is the 18th highest paid corner in the NFL and is ranked 11thin coverage by PFF and carries the 5th highest OTC CB valuation at just under $20 million. An incredible bargain paying immediate dividends for the Jets.

https://overthecap.com/the-worst-free-agent-signings-of-2022

 

10. C.J. Uzomah, Jets- 3 Years, $24M, $15M guaranteed

Most things have gone right for the Jets this year, but they missed on Uzomah who was targeted to be a receiver in the offense and has instead simply played the role of an expensive, average blocker. Uzomah had a career year with the Bengals in 2021, playing over 70% of the snaps and snagging 49 receptions. This year he is playing under 50% of the offensive snaps and may not reach 20 receptions. Uzomah has $7 million guaranteed next year and a cap hit of $10.3 million.

 

 

[Ghost420]

Did anyone expect uzomah to much more than a blocker?

[kevinc855]

Just now, Ghost420 said:

Did anyone expect uzomah to much more than a blocker?

At that price? Yes 

[Jetstream]

I would say it's hard to grade the TE's with the pass offense being so inept...I agree that Uzomah has been very active in the run game

[the Claw]

10 minutes ago, kevinc855 said:

At that price? Yes 

Have you seen the guy who’s throwing to them? Might want to reevaluate this little expectation…

[juxsta]

Fatukasi named 5th worst free agency signing.. Bullet dodged.

 

5. Folorunso Fatukasi, Jaguars- 3 Years, $30M, $20M guaranteed

Fatukasi left the Jets to join the Jaguars in free agency, but it has been a rough change so far for the defensive lineman. Fatukasi is grading under 60 on the year by Pro Football Focus. He has been credited with 15 tackles, none for loss, a big drop from last year where he had 46 tackles, 5 for loss with the Jets. You would expect these numbers from a sub $3 million player. He has provided similar pass rush numbers to last season but the Jaguars are looking for more overall consistency. He has a $12.8M cap figure next season and his salary is guaranteed.

 

2022 SEASON STATS:

 

SOLO TACKLES

12T-66th

 

ASSISTS

4T-90th

 

SACKS

0

 

FORCED FUMBLES

0

 

[ScarletKnight89]

Let's see how Uzomah looks with a QB who might be able to get him the ball now. 

[frankiepapa]

Let's see how Uzomah looks with a QB who might be able to get him the ball now. 

Absolutely... he's a great team guy and just hadn't gotten too many targets

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[Ghost420]

54 minutes ago, kevinc855 said:

At that price? Yes 

9th season never had more than 500 yards. That's on you. Both tight ends are jags we signed. Been saying this since the offseason.

[FidelioJet]

Uzomah has been the leader of this offense.

Doesn't show up on the stat sheet, but he's been a very good signing for a young team.

[Gastineau Lives]

54 minutes ago, ScarletKnight89 said:

Let's see how Uzomah looks with a QB who might be able to get him the ball now. 

Yeah man, Mike White is so underrated. He starts on like 31 out of 32 teams in the NFL.

Who's ahead of him? Mahomes maybe?

[Alka]

1 hour ago, juxsta said:

Fatukasi named 5th worst free agency signing.. Bullet dodged.

 

5. Folorunso Fatukasi, Jaguars- 3 Years, $30M, $20M guaranteed

Fatukasi left the Jets to join the Jaguars in free agency, but it has been a rough change so far for the defensive lineman. Fatukasi is grading under 60 on the year by Pro Football Focus. He has been credited with 15 tackles, none for loss, a big drop from last year where he had 46 tackles, 5 for loss with the Jets. You would expect these numbers from a sub $3 million player. He has provided similar pass rush numbers to last season but the Jaguars are looking for more overall consistency. He has a $12.8M cap figure next season and his salary is guaranteed.

 

2022 SEASON STATS:

 

SOLO TACKLES

12T-66th

 

ASSISTS

4T-90th

 

SACKS

0

 

FORCED FUMBLES

0

 

I'm not gonna lie.  I wanted the Jets to bring back Fatukasi, but not for $30M!  I guess that's why the Jaguars are the Jaguars, right?

[The Crusher]

1 hour ago, Ghost420 said:

Did anyone expect uzomah to much more than a blocker?

Nope, not me

          -Z. Wilson 

[The Crusher]

11 minutes ago, Gastineau Lives said:

Yeah man, Mike White is so underrated. He starts on like 31 out of 32 teams in the NFL.

Who's ahead of him? Mahomes maybe?

Too be fair he only has to be 31 to be better than what we have. 

[extmenace]

Not gonna write uzomah off yet. The jets have a talented group of pass catchers that can’t be utilized because of our awful qb play. Zach is benched now and while I think some people are making white out to be better than he is, white does appear competent enough to be able to hit the easy to intermediate passes that Zach struggled to hit. TEs could see an uptick in production as we do know that white is quick with his decisions.

[Charlie Brown]

1 hour ago, 32EBoozer said:

https://overthecap.com/the-best-free-agent-signings-of-2022

1. D.J. Reed, Jets- 3 Years, $33M, $21M guaranteed

While all of the attention on the Jets defensive turnaround has been focused on the great play of 1strounder Sauce Gardner, it has been the addition of Reed that has prevented the opposition from taking advantage of the matchups across from Gardner. Reed has been fantastic this year allowing under 9 yards per reception and building on his breakout season in Seattle last year and has yet to miss a snap. Reed is the 18th highest paid corner in the NFL and is ranked 11thin coverage by PFF and carries the 5th highest OTC CB valuation at just under $20 million. An incredible bargain paying immediate dividends for the Jets.

https://overthecap.com/the-worst-free-agent-signings-of-2022

 

10. C.J. Uzomah, Jets- 3 Years, $24M, $15M guaranteed

Most things have gone right for the Jets this year, but they missed on Uzomah who was targeted to be a receiver in the offense and has instead simply played the role of an expensive, average blocker. Uzomah had a career year with the Bengals in 2021, playing over 70% of the snaps and snagging 49 receptions. This year he is playing under 50% of the offensive snaps and may not reach 20 receptions. Uzomah has $7 million guaranteed next year and a cap hit of $10.3 million.

 

 

The lack of production by Uzomah IMO is a MLF problem.

Simply put, MLF has not shown himself capable of scheming game plans that integrates all of the Jets weapons. He has had crazy game plans that failed to feature Uzomah, Moore and Garrett Wilson.
 

Couple this with MLF’s bazaar playing calling, ie having a struggling Zach Wilson throw the ball 40+ times when the running game was fine in a game the Jets were in showed panic, plain and simple and something a guy playing Madden wouldn’t do   

Again, something is not right, and he better get it fixed immediately or he will be in trouble cause the so called problem in Zach Wilson is no longer there as his convenient and obvious shield. 

[doitny]

1 hour ago, ScarletKnight89 said:

Let's see how Uzomah looks with a QB who might be able to get him the ball now. 

true.

do we reallty think that Moore was the only one open and not getting the ball?

[extmenace]

3 minutes ago, doitny said:

true.

do we reallty think that Moore was the only one open and not getting the ball?

By now I think we’ve all seen enough video clips of balls that were never thrown to guys who were wide open. It’s why, in my opinion, MLF should not be criticized at this point. This team has guys that can get open, and they all should be frustrated that they are doing their job and they can’t do anything about their stats. All these guys have a chance to make life changing money and their qb is sabotaging that. Moore should have handled the situation a bit better but I can def understand why he was upset earlier in the season.

[Jetsfan4life90]

24 minutes ago, Charlie Brown said:

The lack of production by Uzomah IMO is a MLF problem.

Simply put, MLF has not shown himself capable of scheming game plans that integrates all of the Jets weapons. He has had crazy game plans that failed to feature Uzomah, Moore and Garrett Wilson.
 

Couple this with MLF’s bazaar playing calling, ie having a struggling Zach Wilson throw the ball 40+ times when the running game was fine in a game the Jets were in showed panic, plain and simple and something a guy playing Madden wouldn’t do   

Again, something is not right, and he better get it fixed immediately or he will be in trouble cause the so called problem in Zach Wilson is no longer there as his convenient and obvious shield. 

MLF has schemed guys open, it's not a him problem. It's dealing with the worst starting QB in the league problem. 

[Fantasy Island]

3 hours ago, 32EBoozer said:

https://overthecap.com/the-best-free-agent-signings-of-2022

1. D.J. Reed, Jets- 3 Years, $33M, $21M guaranteed

While all of the attention on the Jets defensive turnaround has been focused on the great play of 1strounder Sauce Gardner, it has been the addition of Reed that has prevented the opposition from taking advantage of the matchups across from Gardner. Reed has been fantastic this year allowing under 9 yards per reception and building on his breakout season in Seattle last year and has yet to miss a snap. Reed is the 18th highest paid corner in the NFL and is ranked 11thin coverage by PFF and carries the 5th highest OTC CB valuation at just under $20 million. An incredible bargain paying immediate dividends for the Jets.

https://overthecap.com/the-worst-free-agent-signings-of-2022

 

10. C.J. Uzomah, Jets- 3 Years, $24M, $15M guaranteed

Most things have gone right for the Jets this year, but they missed on Uzomah who was targeted to be a receiver in the offense and has instead simply played the role of an expensive, average blocker. Uzomah had a career year with the Bengals in 2021, playing over 70% of the snaps and snagging 49 receptions. This year he is playing under 50% of the offensive snaps and may not reach 20 receptions. Uzomah has $7 million guaranteed next year and a cap hit of $10.3 million.

 

 

Factor in that he went from the Penthouse : Burrow, to the outhouse: Wilson.

Prorated his 10 receptions to date are really 20 thus far.

[juxsta]

1 hour ago, Alka said:

I'm not gonna lie.  I wanted the Jets to bring back Fatukasi, but not for $30M!  I guess that's why the Jaguars are the Jaguars, right?

Same here.. But for me it was for the Far Rockaway connection ,but at that price?? Hell no.. Looks like that Jags historic spending spree isn't paying off.

[Charlie Brown]

1 hour ago, Jetsfan4life90 said:

MLF has schemed guys open, it's not a him problem. It's dealing with the worst starting QB in the league problem. 

We will see!

That is all I have to say, we will see....

And I like MLF, but we will see....

[BigRy56]

Uzomah is exactly what I expected him to be

[LockeJET]

2 hours ago, frankiepapa said:

Absolutely... he's a great team guy and just hadn't gotten too many targets

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Great team guy because he already got paid. Now, maybe he would still be a team player but let’s be real. The players who are getting fed up are the ones looking for their monster second contracts. 

[JoJoTownsell1]

3 hours ago, kevinc855 said:

At that price? Yes 

You think the jets sign Conklin if they viewed CJ as a pass catcher? 

He's barely running routes. He's pretty much doing what they signed him to do and Conklin is doing what he was signed to do. 

[32EBoozer]

1 minute ago, JoJoTownsell1 said:

You think the jets sign Conklin if they viewed CJ as a pass catcher? 

He's barely running routes. He's pretty much doing what they signed him to do and Conklin is doing what he was signed to do. 

Would you pay a blocking TE $8mil per with $15m guaranteed?

You get that in the draft

[Warfish]

5 hours ago, Ghost420 said:

Did anyone expect uzomah to much more than a blocker?

Yes, many people. 

I took several neg-reps for pointing out Uzomah was likely going to be no better as a receiver here than the guy we cut loose that was here before him (Ryan Griffin). 

Griffin in 2021 had 216 yards and 2 TD's.

Uzomah in 2022 has 82 yards and 0 TD's. 

I'm sure those folks are now in this thread, saying "he's what we expected him to be".

Some of us know better, lol.

[32EBoozer]

6 minutes ago, Warfish said:

9 TD's. 

Are you on drugs??

[ScarletKnight89]

2 hours ago, Gastineau Lives said:

Yeah man, Mike White is so underrated. He starts on like 31 out of 32 teams in the NFL.

Who's ahead of him? Mahomes maybe?

White likely sucks. Might still be the best option for the Jets at QB though.

[Warfish]

1 hour ago, 32EBoozer said:

Are you on drugs??

Lol, no, just a sloppy typist.  That was 0 TD's.  Fixed now. 

[DoubleDown]

Reed has been fantastic and deserves the recognition of the #1 FA signing.  He signed for very reasonable money, and he's been a big part of the shutdown defense the Jets have established.  He always graded out well in Seattle, so it's a bit baffling why he wasn't more sought after around the league.

Uzomah's production has been disappointing, but he is one of the top leaders on the team, and that is an important role for a young team.  It would be nice if his snap count increased and he started producing more in the passing game.  If I recall correctly, the same happened last year.  He really started to come on during the late part of the season and in the playoffs.  Conklin is and was always going to be a threat to cut into Uzomah's numbers.

[Alka]

21 hours ago, juxsta said:

Same here.. But for me it was for the Far Rockaway connection ,but at that price?? Hell no.. Looks like that Jags historic spending spree isn't paying off.

I was actually mad at the Jaguars for overspending on Fatukasi, because I wanted him on the Jets.  However, sometimes things just work out, and it certainly did for the Jets!!!