this is an example of jets fans making mountains out of mole hills. We were among tops in the league in sacks allowed all year. Let's not invent issues because we have idle hands. Is there room to improve the run blocking? yes of course. But the OLINE is not a massive issue. Plain and simple. Lots of teams last year would have killed for our unit.
We were tops in the league because of scheme and good pocket awareness from our QB. Fitz didn't have a lot of time to throw. Our tackles had a very tough time winning their matchups all year.
Who cares? We were tops in the league and the system is in place. Why spend money on something that isn't broken? Fitz didn't have a lot of time to throw but broke a franchise record in TD passes. So, again what is the problem?
To be clear, I'm not against drafting OL...I think we should to be forward looking, but the OL isn't a problem where we need to spend limited cap money on it in FA. Bigger things to chase. If anything we should approach Brick and Mangold to restructure to help us with the cap and use that money elsewhere.
The problem is exactly what you said. Fitz didn't have a lot of time to throw. As good as he was he did it throwing behind a below average O-Line. Just because something doesn't hurt us in the end, doesn't mean the problem should be ignored.
I don't think a problem exists relative to cap space available. And it doesn't. Draft some OL for the future sure.
So we draft some replacement offensive lineman in the later rounds? And given the draft history of this team that will be no problem. A pick in the second round will probably do nicely. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
The offensive line is the second most vulnerable area on the Jets right now after the LB's. If Mangold had gone down for the season in the Raiders game the Jets would have finished 7-9 at best. The problem on the offensive line is not talent and it is not age and it is not fragility, it's a combination of all 3. Next year going into camp 3 of the Jets offensive linemen will be 31 or older and the RG position is still not firmly settled, although Brian Winters took a step in that direction this year. The only guy that I am sure will play at a high level next year is James Carpenter, which is ironic given the normal state of LG for the Jets over the last decade or so.
Brett Favre anyone? He's gotta be pretty bored out there in the country after changing the shaving game.
My point is that I see the OL as a key issue. Have for the last couple of years; actually. I think we got lucky with the but why take a chance. Use a first round pick on finding Brick's replacement. Why look for talent buried deep in the draft? If there is a top lineman, get 'em! Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
That's really all I'm advocating. I'd like to see this team start to address the O-line in the draft. And hopefully restructure Brick
At the end of the day our o-line needs to get younger. Breno is one of the worst tackles in the games right now. Winters, while he does okay pulling and run blocking is still a liability in the passing game. Brick is slowly but surely getting beaten more often, and he's set to be one of, if not the highest paid at his position next year. Carpenter looks like he'll be good for us for a few year. Mangold is still playing at a high level, but we need to develop his replacement, because like Brick, he's not getting any younger and we don't know when the decline will start. Colon can't stay healthy. I'm not satisfied with 3 of 5 spots on the line.
I think that Mac is just blowing smoke. I would be totally surprised if he doesn't see the OL as a major concern. The problem is that there are only 1-2 elite LT prospects in this year's draft, and the RT prospects aren't so hot. As far as I know, there are few, if any, great OG prospects either. When you combine that with Mac's philosophy that great OLs can be built with mid and lower round picks (except usually the LT spot), then it doesn't appear that the Jets will be using a high draft pick on an OL, unless they've seen one they really like, and that could be the case since Mac is saying that he thinks the OL is good.
