Well, here it is. The Jets are abandoning Joe as an RB and moving him to CB. Does this mean no Chris Carr? This has bean counter Tanny and Rex outsmarting himself written all over it. I'm tellin ya, this better work out or else this will be the nail in the coffin for Tanny IMO. http://rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/242389/joe-mcknight-to-see-extensive-time-at-corner No depth at RB No depth at WR No depth at RT Getting cheap at CB early in the season No blocking TE
McKnight hasn't been working out at RB. He's been working out as a kick returner. We signed a RB with a similar skillset to McKnight who, unlike McKnight, showed some promise during the preseason. I see no problem moving McKnight to a position he's capable of playing and I don't see why it would be the final nail in anyone's coffin. It's pretty damn crafty if you ask me. You sign a developmental guy who showed some promise and you move one of the guys you already have to a position you need. And didn't McKnight play some corner last year? I'm pretty sure he made a few nice plays too. Or was that on punt coverage?
It takes a lot of effort and investment in resources to move a player to a new position once they get to the NFL. Occasionally the move works *after* a lot of investment has been put into it. Brandon Moore is your poster child here. Most of the time the move fails *after* a lot of investment has been put into it.
You can call it crafty. I choose to call it providing no depth at RB and trying to make up for the loss of Revis with depth by a project move with money under the cap. If we were later in the year and it wasn't looking good, I'd say go for it. But it's going into week 4 and we are 2 - 1. This move is ridiculous and utterly laughable if this is being considered the solution in Jets HQ.
That's just the way you're choosing to look at it. You're saying it's ridiculous and laughable because you think it's going to fail miserably. If Grimes turns into a solid RB throughout the course of the season and McKnight is serviceable, that's absolutely crafty. Staying in house and signing of a practice team is smart. Now I'm not saying it will work. I'm just saying, it's a little ignorant to say right off the bat it's not going to work and that it's ridiculous the FO is trying it out as a possible solution. Again, didn't McKnight play decent on defense last year?
Ding ding ding! Use what you have in front of you. If he turns out to be serviceable at best, that's a win and a smart move considering he was doing NOTHING more than returning kicks.
At least he's played it before, if he never played it before I would be a lot more scared than I am...and I'm kinda scared. He's obviously not going to replace Revis but as long as he does a decent job and it's not like the man he's on is getting a TD on every throw then we can't expect much more of him. Expecting more of the FO is a different story. That being said, I don't buy the "no depth at CB" thought process. Cro would be a #1 CB on a number of teams and even Wilson would probably be a starting CB on a lot of teams. I won't argue about the other stuff the OP brought up though, we clearly have depth issues. Hopefully Hill picks up his game or at least develops into a good #2 guy.
Its already difficult as it is to play CB in today's NFL, let alone switch to that position from offense. CB is arguably the most difficult defensive position to play period. Since we are making these video game type moves, I think its time we play Cromartie at WR2 and Tebow at DE/OLB
1) You're writing as though if (hopefully not though) Greene or Powell gets injured that they can't just move McKnight back to RB. Marginal difference to his effectiveness (if any) given that he wasn't taking RB reps before anyway. 2) This move may deter the Jets from signing a CB but that's yet to be determined.
Wow, THIS move is going to be the nail in the coffin? McKnight was a 4th round pick who never contributed much at RB, so why not try him elsewhere? He has prior CB experience and it's a position of need. He can still make big contributions on special teams where he's been very valuable. I think you're severely overreacting. If the Pats did this Belichick would be honored with a parade.
I'm interested to see how this plays out. I've heard it said that McKnight has a certain potential at CB; it's not like we're converting a complete stranger to the position.
Reminds me of a little experiment during the Kotite era called "Vance Joseph". Anyone else remember that game against the Raiders on National TV?? My most embarrassing moment as a Jets fan. Still haunts me this day!
Probably means no Carr and this is just a surprisingly stupid move. I don't care if he practiced a little at CB the last few weeks or that he played a little CB at USC practices, the guy is a RUNNING BACK and he WILL get burnt when he's put into a game, if he is put into the game seeing as he'll be the 5th CB. Just a dumb, fly by the seat of our pants move by the Jets. I don't get it. I really don't. Does this mean they think Powell's a three down back or that he won't start even though he should because we need him for third downs? Mind boggling.
Exactly. If it turns out that he sucks at corner, then you've lost literally nothing -- he just goes back to being the 4th string running back instead of the 5th string corner.