Sanchez...Francesa
Sanchez...Francesa
"Owning the Yankees," Steinbrenner once said, "is like owning the Mona Lisa."
Leon told Michael Kay on Wednesday that he's ahead of schedule and that he should recover completely. He said that it was simply a break in his leg and there was no ankle of knee damage.
He also said he's spoken with Tanny and while you can never say so until he signs his name on a contract, both sides want to get something worked out and he's pretty sure he's coming back.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/p...urn=nfl,217347
Jets looking at CFL sack leader
Actually they have already signed to Montreal players from last years Grey Champions........Originally Posted by CallOfTheCrow
Jets signed Mark Carrier to be the D-Line coach.
Yeah, bizarro.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
Kiper's latest Mock has them taking Devin McCourty. Berry, berry interesting.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
I saw one on scout.com a month ago by Chris Steuber. He has the Jets picking Dan Williams in the 1st, Dexter McCluster in the 2nd.
I like McCluster's talent a lot but his size would really worry me at the next level.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
Found this on scout.com
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cwxCLPpeiP.../CB_Rating.jpg
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
What's everybody think of signing TO?
Fistpumping like a champion.
Change the blue stuff to a yellowish/green.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
No. That man ruins teams, not the opposite. We have such a great chemistry and team spirit going right now, that the addition of this cancer would do nothing be detract. Pass x 1,000.
I think that the chemistry thing is overrated. Braylon was a supposed cancer too.
Even if it were true and it ruined the Jets' chemistry, there is always the cut thing.
Regardless, I don't think he would accept a contract from us unless it was an overpay due to the fact that we are a run oriented team with 3 other good recievers. And he is definitely not worth an overpay.
Fistpumping like a champion.
Per Cimini, Travis LaBoy is meeting with Jets officials.
Give Braylon time, it could still blow up. And I think any player would be a malcontent thrown into that mess in Cleveland. But if TO wasn't an issue in the first year, he would be sooner or later. It's just a matter of time with that douche.
I don't see TO coming to such a heavy run first offense, and I'm ok with that.
238 more runs to score 1000.
2010 GT record: 8-5 (including two near no-hitters)
Jets signed Nick Folk.
I eagerly await the FOLK HERO backpage after a GWFG next year.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
Per Cimini:
Rex Ryan showed up for his scheduled session with the media today at the scouting combined and delivered a 30-minute stand-up routine. He joked about his recent wardrobe malfunction at a hockey game ("I'm working on those abs") and addressed his unfortunate middle-finger incident in Miami. We'll get to that stuff a little later. For now, let's hit the football nuts-and-bolts.
Highlights from Rex:
1. VERNON GHOLSTON: He blamed Gholston's disappointing season on himself. Well, the coaches, really. He said the coaches did a poor job of using the former No. 1 pick.
“That’s still a work in progress but I will say this: When we are going back
and looking at our cut ups and things like that, I think this young man deserves
a better chance than we are giving him," Ryan said. "We need to give him more playing time."
A noble gesture by Ryan, blaming himself, but let's be honest: This was just another way of talking around the truth, and the truth is that Gholston can't play. Ryan agreed that 2010 is a make-or-break year for Gholston.
2. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: Like GM MIke Tannenbaum the day before, Ryan offered what amounted to a eulogy for Thomas Jones, who is expected to be released.
"He is a great player, (but) there are tough decisions that our organization is going to be faced with," Ryan said. "So we have some time but clearly Thomas is an outstanding football player.”
If the Jets were thinking of keeping him, he would've said so.
3. FUTURE JETS?: Citing the tampering rules, Ryan refused to take questions on Raiders CB Nnamdi Asoughma and Patriots LB Adalius Thomas, a former Raven. There's been a lot of Nnamdi-to-the-Jets buzz, and there's speculation that Thomas, an old Ryan favorite from Baltimore, will be released. If that happens, the Jets will be on him in a New York minute. Ryan loves Thomas, who also is close with Bart Scott. If they were to sign Thomas, you have to wonder how that would impact Bryan Thomas, who is due to make $3 million in salary.
4. THE SANCHISE: Ryan talked about how Mark Sanchez's late-season improvement will impact the offensive philosophy in 2010.
"We will still have a belief in the ground-and-pound system, but we may throw the ball a little more than we did last year," he said.
5. MORE SANCHISE: Ryan said Sanchez, recovering from knee surgery, is staying mentally on top of things.
"The thing I am really proud of with Mark right now, he is sitting in with our offensive coaches going over all the cut ups and everything right now," he said. "He can’t work out with his rehabbing from his knee operation and things like that but he is in there and trying to find a way to get better. This really is his offense. He is trying to learn the defenses, the communication, whatever it is. I really think he is going to have a huge year for us this year.”
6. THE MONOLOGUE: This is how Ryan opened his session. Vintage Ryan.
“I don’t even know what to say, gosh, it’s been a while since I get to talk about my football team, brag about my football team if you will. I appreciate everybody’s interest in making sure that I was still in the papers and all those other things - the video. Hey, I am working on those abs a little bit I think (laughter).
"The problem that happened with that wardrobe… I was at the hockey game - and
first off all I would like to say USA, let’s go take care of business, really proud of the way they are playing - but what happened, I thought I had the fighting strap attached to the t-shirt. Apparently I didn’t. Big mistake. But I appreciate everybody having such a special interest in that."
7. SEXY REXY: A little later, he talked again about his ... um eventful offseason.
"I am watching ESPN and I’m like, ‘Ooooh! That is not a real good shot,'" he said, referring to his exposed belly during a shirt change at a Carolina Hurricanes game -- prompted by Hurricane cheerleaders. "I mean, don’t get me wrong, I get hit on all the time by women. But, nah, it is kind of funny."
8. FLIPPING THE BIRD: And, finally, on his obscene gesture to an unruly fan at an MMA bout in Miami.
“I mean, I got to be, regardless of the circumstances, I made a mistake and I
realized that," he said. "I have made a bunch of mistakes in my life. There is no question
about it. Just add that to a big list. But I’ve got to, I have to take responsibility for my own actions and I have to make sure I am doing the right things and I am trying to do the right things and avoiding making mistakes like that. I will learn from it, there is no doubt. I am no Boy Scout and I don’t pretend to be. But I am certainly trying to mature a little bit more.”
1) Asomugha?
2) Rex Ryan
238 more runs to score 1000.
2010 GT record: 8-5 (including two near no-hitters)
Not surprising, but Jones is pretty much gone:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4952941
Can someone explain to me why we wouldn't trade him instead of just outright releasing him and getting nothing?
He was due a $3M roster bonus on March 9th. Any potential trade partner would have had to pay that as well.
Don't tease me, you know what I do for a living.
Asomugha's contract is ridiculous. He didn't want to stay in Oakland before he signed it, and to get him to stay they gave him terms that are almost unbelievable. Although I'd LOVE to see it, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for another team to take on the contract.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
I hope it was just an insurance signing.
Feely want's to return, hopefully Tannenbaum can work out a deal for him. He is more then just a kicker to this team.
2010 Regular Season Record: 88-57
It's an uncapped year and if he wants to be a part of this team he can restructure it the way Pennington and Manning have in the past to help their teams. If the Raiders are willing to let us have him for anything less than an arm and a leg I don't think you can pass it up. You're talking about the chance to make it virtually impossible for teams to pass against an already top ranked defense. Can you imagine what Rex could do to teams knowing that both sides of the field are basically locked down? The opposing QB would have to be given a bible before the start of every game.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/blog?...26id%3d4938666
The contract is totally whacked out, to the point that what a team would be willing to give up to acquire it would be almost nothing in comparison to what the Raiders are looking for.
Asomugha is scheduled to make a 100 percent guaranteed $16.59 million for the coming 2010 season.
As if that contract weren't problematic enough in a difficult economy, Asomugha has an $8 million roster bonus that is due on the first day of the league year -- next Friday -- meaning that a trade would have to be agreed to in the next 10 days and consummated before the Raiders paid that bonus. On top of that, Asomugha also has a $7.83 million option bonus due on March 19.
And what makes a potential trade for Oakland's Pro Bowl cornerback even more difficult is that, after his contract expires following the 2011 season, Asomugha's team is forbidden from franchising him -- or it must pay him the average of the top five quarterback salaries, which this year would be $16.4 million.
But in the coming months, new blockbuster deals are expected for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady; this means the price to keep Asomugha beyond 2011 will be astronomical.I'm not arguing any of this. I'd pass out if the two of them anchored the secondary.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
Exactly. Its an
uncapped year so it will be what the Jets have to give up, not so much his contract which will make it a near impossibility BC Oakland will want Harris and rightfully so.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
Wow I didn't realize it was that bad. I definitely know that you aren't against the idea of having him, I just feel like there's a chance it could still be done. I still feel like he'd restructure it to play for a good team with his friend Revis but who knows. If anyone in football can afford it though it's Woody Johnson. You take a shot next year and worry later as long as you don't have to give up an important piece to make it happen.
I hope you're right.
We'll know if anything is going down by this Friday.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
I guess Kerry Rhodes didn't raise his stock enough with his good play late in the year...I'd never give them Harris, he's a rock solid tackling machine
Dem ol' grimy Jets...
Don't worry, Harris isn't going anywhere.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
- http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/Jets confirm Jones pink slip »
By Rich Cimini
This is the way it goes now in the NFL. You rush for 3,800 yards in three seasons, score 31 TDs, never miss a game, capture an AFC rushing title, make a Pro Bowl, get voted "most inspirational teammate" twice by your peers ... and get a pink slip with a two-paragraph statement from your bosses, thanking you for all your efforts.
The Jets released this statement this afternoon, confirmed the release of RB Thomas Jones. It includes quotes from GM Mike Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan. They provide no insight into what went into the decision.
Tannenbaum: “We have informed Thomas Jones and his representatives that we will release him on March 5. Thomas joined us three years ago and has been a productive, passionate leader both on and off the field who has served as a positive influence for our younger players. We were fortunate to acquire Thomas and wish him the best.”
Ryan: “When I got here Thomas immediately became one of my guys. He had one of his best years last season - might have been his best. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a player and a person. As I said the other day, this is one of the tough decisions we had to make for our organization.”
The team had no statement from Jones.
Would 1 year more of him really be a hindrance to this team from going the extra step to the Super Bowl?
I'm not sure if I like this release so much.
2010 Regular Season Record: 88-57
I don't think losing TJ kills the Jets on the field, but definitely a blow to locker room chemistry fwiw. Jones was good, but put any other decent NFL halfback behind our o-line and he will prosper. And Jones was too easily tackled, it seemed like he would take one hit and hit the ground.
Dem ol' grimy Jets...
We are clearly going to need another RB now. I also wouldn't be surprised if we make a strong run at Adalius Thomas.
“I mean, people knew that Brown was out there, and that Randy was ornery all the time. And Pavano is whoever he is. But if you’re their manager, you can’t go out and write about them like that.”
This is a TERRIBLE decision IMO. TERRIBLE.
Jesus Montero since June 1 (286 at-bats):
.325/.386/.605/.991
July 1 (182 at-bats):
.348/.417/.658/1.075
This draft is so, so deep at RB that the lack of picks likely won't hurt.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
To no surprise to anyone, Lito will be released on Friday (Cimini).
Step off the ledge, guys, you're talking about a 31-year-old running back who's lead the league in carries for several years. It's probably much sooner than later that that's going to catch up with him.
If they ask who was our star, give them twenty five names, and if you forget our names, just tell them we were Yankees.
Relax. If Jones wasn't willing to restructure his deal the Jets' hands were tied and they had to cut him loose.
"I see Jesus Montero as a potential once-in-a-generation force on offense."
What happens if Washington takes awhile to get back to 100% (very likely since his injury was major), and Greene's running style means alot of nagging injuries--also meaning he cant handle a huge workload?
Greene's running style reminds me alot of Brandon Jacobs. He isnt as big as Jacobs is, but he has that same way of trying to run over and thru people. The problem w/that is you cant run that way and carry the ball 250-300 times a year for very long. Even Jacobs toned it down this past season...which also limited his effectiveness.
With the uncapped year coming up, Jones should have been held onto. Would have formed a nice three-headed RB tandem that would have given other teams problems.
Jesus Montero since June 1 (286 at-bats):
.325/.386/.605/.991
July 1 (182 at-bats):
.348/.417/.658/1.075
According to Bart Scott, Adalius Thomas wants to be a Jet.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jet...wants-rex.html
A RB you could get in the 4th or 5th (possibly third after the combine is said and done but he did miss this year) is James Starks out of UB. I'd love for the Bills to scoop him up. He is going to be a very good RB.
From Rotoworld:
Buffalo RB James Starks ran an official forty time of 4.50 at the Scouting Combine.
The time ranked seventh among running backs. Starks is a major sleeper with starting-caliber potential for the middle rounds. He's been a full participant all week after missing 2009 with a torn shoulder labrum.
From Kiper:
Kiper also was very high on James Starks, the University of Buffalo's career rushing leader, who missed the whole season with a shoulder injury but could be a steal.
"He's right now back to where he needs to be physically or close to it," Kiper said. "He would have been a second- or third-round pick had he played this year with Buffalo, so James Starks, if you can get him in the fourth or fifth round, the kid's got a lot of ability."
Buffalo Bills 2010 "Oh"-Line
The RB position is so freaking deep this year.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
Yes, you did say that........care to elaborate?
Don't tease me, you know what I do for a living.
Given the RB options in the draft, Jones' lackluster performance towards the end of this season (which, at his age and wear and tear, indicates an impending decline), and his contract, I'm okay with this release. He would've been 2nd on the depth chart behind Greene and had a high chance of severe regression. Would it have been nice to have 3 good RBs? Of course, but with the risks involved with Jones and his contract, it was a reasonable move to release him.
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Per Cimini, Washington & Brad Smith received second round tenders.
A 2nd rounder for Smith is a pipedream, but if someone wants to give a 2nd rounder for Leon in this draft, sign me the hell up.
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
I know the draft is deep but how many guys can do what Leon does? He's a gamechanger. There's no one else except Edwards (when he actually catches the ball) we have that can be a dynamic offensive weapon.
Dem ol' grimy Jets...
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