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The Jets Are Winning Free Agency, But Will It Even Matter in 2019?


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I used to say loading up on FA doesn't work and then the Rams came along and proved that theory wrong, I like most of the moves the Jets made, they improved both sides of the ball but still have glaring holes at CB, DL, TE and OL although matt Paradis would be a great pickup for them if he goes there which I hope he doesn't.

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3 hours ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

Maccagan must be feeing the hot seat.  He’s gone all out in Doug Whaley-like desperation to sign big names in Free Agency to phat contracts including:

 

Anthony “The” Barr

CJ Mosely

Jamison Crowder

Josh Bellamy

 

The retaining of Robby Anderson and Big Quince Enunwa.

 

And they may not be done as rumors are flying they are interested in Matt Paradis and possibly L’evion Bell.

 

Its easy to say that so far the Jets have “won the offseason” like Rex Ryan would say.  

 

But will it matter?  It’s not hard to throw around guaranteed cash and sign players to big contracts.  We saw Buddy Nix and Whaley do this as Bills fans.  Loading a team doesn’t work unless they are properly utilized.  For that to happen you need good coaching in place, which comes down to Adam Gase and Greggggggg Williams.   Gase has been accused by Miami fans of squandering talent on several different rosters, and didn’t do very much to reclaim Ryan Tannehil.  

 

Do you worry about the Jets next season after these splashy FA moves?

Barr and Mosely are quality adds, Crowder excels in the slot where Enuwa was already a best so that to me not a great move. Bellamy is a depth WR at best. So there LBs look better yet they still have questions along the D-line and at CB and RB and to a degree outside WR. I'm not too worried yet. 

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3 hours ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

Maccagan must be feeing the hot seat.  He’s gone all out in Doug Whaley-like desperation to sign big names in Free Agency to phat contracts including:

 

Anthony “The” Barr

CJ Mosely

Jamison Crowder

Josh Bellamy

 

The retaining of Robby Anderson and Big Quince Enunwa.

 

And they may not be done as rumors are flying they are interested in Matt Paradis and possibly L’evion Bell.

 

Its easy to say that so far the Jets have “won the offseason” like Rex Ryan would say.  

 

But will it matter?  It’s not hard to throw around guaranteed cash and sign players to big contracts.  We saw Buddy Nix and Whaley do this as Bills fans.  Loading a team doesn’t work unless they are properly utilized.  For that to happen you need good coaching in place, which comes down to Adam Gase and Greggggggg Williams.   Gase has been accused by Miami fans of squandering talent on several different rosters, and didn’t do very much to reclaim Ryan Tannehil.  

 

Do you worry about the Jets next season after these splashy FA moves?

 

Winning?  Huh?  

 

They signed a couple LBs, the WRs were meh.  Crowder was meh with cousins throwing him the ball.  Not exactly a game changing signing.  Bellamy?  I mean he’s not even worthy of his own thread, yet someone started one.  

 

They haven’t won anything yet, I mean FA hasn’t even really started yet.  That was a bad defense, going to take more that 2 LBs to fix it.

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3 hours ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

Maccagan must be feeing the hot seat.  He’s gone all out in Doug Whaley-like desperation to sign big names in Free Agency to phat contracts including:

 

Anthony “The” Barr

CJ Mosely

Jamison Crowder

Josh Bellamy

 

The retaining of Robby Anderson and Big Quince Enunwa.

 

And they may not be done as rumors are flying they are interested in Matt Paradis and possibly L’evion Bell.

 

Its easy to say that so far the Jets have “won the offseason” like Rex Ryan would say.  

 

But will it matter?  It’s not hard to throw around guaranteed cash and sign players to big contracts.  We saw Buddy Nix and Whaley do this as Bills fans.  Loading a team doesn’t work unless they are properly utilized.  For that to happen you need good coaching in place, which comes down to Adam Gase and Greggggggg Williams.   Gase has been accused by Miami fans of squandering talent on several different rosters, and didn’t do very much to reclaim Ryan Tannehil.  

 

Do you worry about the Jets next season after these splashy FA moves?

Cap hell is coming for the Jets. They likely have eaten up 45 of their 80 mil in cap space, if you take the average per year as the cap hit. You think they're going to sign Bell and Paradis? Doubtful. They also will have a $5 mil cap hit with their #3 pick, let alone signing their other picks. Too much, too soon.

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2 hours ago, Golden Goat said:

Doesn't change the fact that Darnold went to USC. The Jets don't scare me in the slightest.

 

Injuries ruined Palmer unfortunately.

The other guys are a nice long list that define the term "bust"... And I don't mean the bust that winds up in Canton ??

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7 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

If you look at it objectively at the moment they are probably the team that has improved the most since the start of FA. They added, Mosley, Barr, Osemele, Bellamy and Crowder. They are a much better team today than they were 2 days ago. The Bills are a better team than they were 2 days ago too. The Jets, at this point, have improved more than the Bills. That can certainly change but it is perfectly reasonable for both teams to improve.

 

Just checking in on the status of this one.

 

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12 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

Just checking in on the status of this one.

 

You might want to read it again. You are missing a few key words “at this point.” FWIW, Barr was the worst of their signings IMO. As I said, both teams have improved. I’m not sure what you are debating? 

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Yeah, um...The Jets are NOT winning free agency.

Crowder is a good get, as is Bellamy. Not world shattering.

And Mosley is an AWESOME player, but paying that kind of money to an off-ball linebacker? No thanks.

And then Barr backing out on them?

Also, their need for a center was/is as big as the Bills, and they missed on both Morse and Paradis, and it's well known that they went hard after Paradis.

Not impressed with the Jets' offseason at all. But then, that's not surprising, because I think Mike McCagnan is a terrible GM.

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1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:

You might want to read it again. You are missing a few key words “at this point.” FWIW, Barr was the worst of their signings IMO. As I said, both teams have improved. I’m not sure what you are debating? 

 

More of a playful jab given their abject failures with paradis and barr

 

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3 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

More of a playful jab given their abject failures with paradis and barr

 

I LOVE that Barr backed out. I can’t believe that they didn’t get Paradis at that number. That feels like it should have been an easy one. From the sounds of it Bell isn’t dying to go there either. He may end up there but...

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5 hours ago, eball said:

 

I don't know, I don't recall thinking either of those teams "spent wildly" but I may be wrong...as noted in another thread, only Denver's spending spree the year they brought in Peyton really comes to mind...

 

The Rams traded for Cooks, signed Suh, traded for Dante Fowler all last year, Not all FA deals necessarily but they went all in. Also extended Gurley and Donald but thats signing their own players

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1 minute ago, whatdrought said:

 

AHAHAHA! This is actually the best Free Agency thing to happen to the Bills. 

 

Although this is really the problem with the tampering phase- players don't have time to make decisions that respect their desires. 

I love that the thought of playing for the jests is this emoji:

:sick:

 

It's even green

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49 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

Why is this still a thread?  OP should delete it, I mean Jets are a mess in FA right now.  Had two expected signees bolt on them too.  

 

We have had by FAR a better FA than the Jets right now, not even close.  

 

Shh, you'll ruin ScottLaw's high...

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9 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Jets are a team on the rise. It may be as soon as this year. They are loading up around their young QB. We will see how it plays out but if you are a Jets fan you should be thrilled with what’s going on.

jets are on the rise. just more chum tho for the cheats.

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Does somebody want to rethink the thread title?  If the Jests don't sign Bell this FA period has suddenly become a disaster.  Overpaid for Moseley, lost Paradis, had-and-then-lost Barr.

 

Oh wait, they got Jamison Crowder.  Yay.

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52 minutes ago, eball said:

Does somebody want to rethink the thread title?  If the Jests don't sign Bell this FA period has suddenly become a disaster.  Overpaid for Moseley, lost Paradis, had-and-then-lost Barr.

 

Oh wait, they got Jamison Crowder.  Yay.

 

I wonder how much Gase and Greg play a factor in players wanting to/or not wanting to play there.

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I find it funny that probably both the Jets and Dolphins were laughing at us believing AB didn't wanna go to Buffalo. Now as it stands, Barr wanted nothing to do with the Jets, Paradis signed with Carolina, Bridgewater turns down more money from Miami to stay in NO. LOL what a day

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On 3/12/2019 at 8:30 AM, dave mcbride said:

They have a good QB, so yes, Bills fans should be worried when a team like that loads up on bona fide talent. Gase, who I don’t like overall, calls good offensive games (unfortunately). Williams, who I despise, has had some occasional success over the years coaching good defenses. 

 

 

EJ Manuel had a slightly better rookie season than Darnold going by QB rating ;-)     And EJ's rookie year was average at best.

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16 hours ago, Warcodered said:

I'm beginning to think calling this on the first half day of Free Agency was a mistake.

One of the Winners/Losers of FA list Ibsaw this morning had the Jets as one of the winners.......because of the Barr deal. Guess they wrote that list a little too quickly......

16 hours ago, whatdrought said:

 

AHAHAHA! This is actually the best Free Agency thing to happen to the Bills. 

 

Although this is really the problem with the tampering phase- players don't have time to make decisions that respect their desires. 

Actually ,I would say the opposite, players have more time to make decisions because they cant sign anything official yet. Your agent can contact all the teams, get ideas and numbers and you have a few days to make something official.

 

Once FA starts and you agree on a deal, a team will have tou signing the contract as soon as you can get to their facility.

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