Ending an era on a good note
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- December
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I don’t know how many of you heard but in Coach Mangini’s press conference last night he announced that Special Team’s coach Mike Westhoff will not be back next year. I can’t say that I’m totally surprised; he’s been using the crutch for so long and I hope he gets better. He’s the best in the business and he will be definitely missed.
Sorry I didn’t post last night but things were pretty sloppy yesterday but a win’s a win and I’ll take it. Yes I know that it means that it compromised the draft position and as Jake put; we can kiss Darren McFadden good-bye when we draft at number 6. But where he and I disagree is that I don’t think that both of the Longs will be gone. One of the biggest needs for this team is offensive line help and a speed rusher. Many of the early mock draft boards I saw believe that one of the Longs, mainly Howie’s son will still be on the board for the Jets to get. But time will tell what will happen.
Anyway, back to the game… quarterback Kellen Clemens’s play was really unimpressive (13/25 for 115-yards). He didn’t throw any picks which was a good thing. But in all honesty; looking at the body of work, I’m not really completely sold on the kid. He has a great arm but his accuracy and some of his decision making need a lot of work. One other thing he has to work on is getting rid of the ball a lot quicker then he showed. As Ray Lucas has always said; if nothing’s open then throw it to your father in the fourth row. Basically, you don’t always have to take the sack, get rid of the ball.
Seeing the running game have a good day was an optimistic way to end the season; seeing TJ have 25 carries for 98 yards confirms to me that you really don’t need a running back in the draft. It was a good thing because it gives you a glimpse of what you can do with a good offensive line.
I understand where Jake is coming from when about trying to get the best player available in the draft but personally I’ve always been of the mindset of “Playing Hard to the whistle blows” paraphrasing from former Marshall coach Jack Lengyel. I was happy to see them get a win over the Herminator and the Chiefs. The Jets played the season out and the fought hard each game which was the right way to play out a tough season.
As Jake said, we’ll continue to update when moves happen… There’s a lot of things that the Jets need. And we’ll let you know when we know.
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Jane McManus 
I know it’s a pipe dream, but all the teams ahead of us except Atlanta and Oakland and ATL needs a QB more. I just Oakland goes a different direction because they have so many needs. We could end up with C. long (DE, S. Ellis (DT) or even B. Brohm (QB). So it is not horrible.
Let look
MIA: G.Dorsey (DT) R. Brown
STL: J. Long (DT) S. Jackson
KC: R. Clady (OT)L. Johnson
OAK: C. long (DE)J. Fargas
ATL: M. Ryan (QB) Dunn and Norwood
NYJ: D. McFadden (RB)
I was thinking about the post of a few days ago, and one line resonated : the fact that , no matter how bad this team was, it did play hard and that Mangini never lost the team.
I think one can only appreciate this fact if one has the opportunity to see the NY Knicks—a team that does not give any effort and that does not respect its coach.
—————————————————————————————The Mcfadden obsession is a bit much. Not even Superman can run if there is no hole to run through. At first, I thought the Jet running backs did not see the field well and were missing the openings.
But I came to the conclusion that there was just no place to go all season.
I think our first 4 picks need to be lineman on either side of the ball….
Maybe i would take Desean Jackson with our number 1 if Chris Long is off the board…. Unfortunately, it looks like Brick is our LT so the other Long is not so much an option.
Other than that though., we badly need a talented OG and NT— i could see us getting a really good OG with our second round pick that could come in instantly and play. And who knows, maybe Bender can reclaim his natural Tackle position (only on the right side) and flourish. His knock seems to be his pass blocking which is certainly easier from the right side than the left…. All food for though- -i greatly look forward to this off season.
Happy New Years
The offensive line should be our first priority. If we can keep the offense on the field for more than 3 plays most of the time the defense won’t be worn down by the end of the 3rd quarter. The 2nd most important thing we need is a deep threat wide reciever. Somebody who will make the defense give us a cushion to run on. We had nobody who could go deep this year. This year we should have our full allotment of draft choices, not just 4 like last year. On our schedule we only play 5 games against teams with winning records. Everyone else we play had loosing records this season. Only NE (2), San Diego, Seattle and Tenn. had winning records. Buff, Miami, Kc, St.L, Cincy, Oak, San Fran, Ariz and Den all had loosing records.
Michael,
I completely agree. Thomas Jones is a great running back. He got 1,000+ yards for the season without a good offensive line (and that’s being nice about the o-line). Leon knew how to find those holes when he got them. We don’t need Darren McFadden.
Mangini misused Thomas Jones miserably this year. It would still be nice to have McFadden even though Jones is still competent. The offensive line can be fixed via free agency. I just don’t want to see them draft a guy who will have an imediate impact.
Draft him at second round If you were Jets
Roy Schuening
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OG | (6’3”, 315, 5.35) | OREGON STATE
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/player?id=11963
Scouts Grade: 83
Strengths: Takes sound angles to blocks and generally gets into good position when drive blocking. Tough and works from the snap to the whistle. Big enough to engulf undersized defenders and can wear defenders down over the course of a game. Footwork is sound when combo blocking defensive lineman up to a linebacker and flashes the ability to get into position at the second level. Shows adequate range for size and flashes the ability to pull effectively. Gets adequate knee bend in pass set and holds ground against bull rushers. Doesn’t have an explosive first step but is efficient and gets into pass set quickly. Keeps head up and shows good awareness in pass protection.
Weaknesses: Doesn’t get great hand placement, frequently fails to extend arms once in position and struggles to sustain blocks. Fails to deliver a violent initial punch, doesn’t roll hips upon contact and isn’t going to knock many defenders back. Plays too high at times and could struggle to drive two-gap defenders off the ball at the NFL level. Plays with a narrow base, struggles to adjust to the moving target in space and can lose balance. Can’t change directions quickly and struggles to adjust to double moves.
Overall: Schuening arrived at Oregon State in 2003. During the next three seasons (2004-’06) he started 37 consecutive games. Schuening lacks ideal athleticism and explosiveness but he is a relentless drive blocker who can hold his own in pass protection.[/quote]