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He’s a Jet

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The Jets have just announced a 4 p.m. teleconference with newly-acquired running back Thomas Jones.

So while the team is not officially announcing the trade until 4 p.m., it’s now a done deal.

Now, maybe general manager Mike Tannenbaum will have time to also complete a deal with a defensive end – David Bowens or Kenyon Coleman – and possibly a right tackle – Marc Colombo.

The Jets do need one from column A and one from column B.

Working to get final numbers on the deal and I’ll certainly check back after the teleconference.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at 3:28 pm by Andrew Gross.
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9 Responses to “He’s a Jet”

Mark March 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Excellent!

Just a thought: if the Jets do sign a RT and a DE, what do they do come draft time? They won’t have any major holes to fill, except for a solid shutdown CB which they most likely won’t get. Do they go FB and take Brian Leonard? That seems too early for him though.
Andrew Gross March 6th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Even if the Jets do sign a defensive end, I still think they need defensive line help and that’s probably where they’ll go at No. 25. I don’t think they’ll go offensive line again after grabbing Brick and Nick last year. I agree Leonard would be a nice pickup, but certainly not at No. 25.
wayne March 6th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
No meeting scheduled for Columbo, pure speculation at his point.

The DE’s interviewed today are more situation pass rush types, not starters.

Carriker is the target, I hope they get him.
Richard March 6th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
No way Carriker will fall to 25. Hes a monster and a lot of teams ahead of the Jets are into him … Jets would have to trade up.
Greg March 6th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Busy Day… They just signed Kenyon Coleman and re-signed Hamilton.
Mark March 6th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Richard is right. Lots of teams want Carriker. No way he falls to 25. Unfortunately.

Greg: where did you see they signed Coleman? I can’t find it.
Mark March 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Nevermind, I just saw it on their website.

They should have went after Bowens instead. Coleman has 6 career sacks in 57 games! Bowens had 6 last year. Certainly not a pass rushing threat, but it’s a good depth move. Hopefully, they can land a real pass rushing threat at #25.
Harlan Lachman March 6th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Andrew, I hope you can get the accurate contract details. I don’t have any interest in the totals. I want to know the guaranteed salary and how it breaks out. It has appeared that almost all of the big deals were three year deals with multiple team options for successive years and to make the agents look good. I wonder how this deal stacks up. If we can get out after three years without a Curtis Martin cap hit or keep him another year or two more without getting killed.

Also, it seems to me that Coleman is JAG. Why else sign him and Hamilton other than to see which body is the less worst. I would be curious if you could find out anything credible to convince us otherwise. I so badly want to be convinced

harlan
Phil March 7th, 2007 at 1:35 am
How ‘bout Greg Olsen, if Carriker’s not there?

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