yes, the ravens have really crumbled by WINNING THE SUPER BOWL a year ago. and the patriots have been crushed winning 12 games, the division, and going to back to back AFC championships. Broncos too crushed and only got to the superbowl man im glad we dont have any of those guys
Wrong. Probably the biggest misconception about the Jets. The Jets traded a first rounder for Jolley plus a second rounder (47th overall) and 2 6ths. So we basically traded down 21 spots for Jolley and 2 6ths. Not a great move, but not the"traded a 1st rounder for a shit TE worst trade ever" move that its made out to be.
I let the fact that he did DO something sway my emotions...as opposed to the number of Jets that have done absolutely nothing.
IIRC, what made it worse was that we used the 2nd round pick for Nugent ... so essentially, we traded a 1st for Jolley and Nugent and two 6ths - which both at the time and in hindsight looks god awful. Also, Jolley was about to get cut.
Yup, and this was the drat that got terry bradway fired. We we're supposed to go to the superbowl that year, all we needed was a kicker... Then priest holmes and Larry Johnson ass raped our d in the first game of the season.
Freeman Mcneill was a bad player and the fact that the giants drafted LT right before him makes it sting worse. If Lt fell 1 spot , our team would have a few titles under their belts!!!
Freeman McNeil was not a bad player. He was a borderline pro-bowler his entire career (went to three) while simultaneously playing behind a Bottom 5 offensive line every season of his career. People don't realize that, not counting the offensive line, there were seasons were the Jets had the best offensive talent in the league (O'Brien, McNeil, Hector, Toon, Walker, Shuler) - they were just screwed by playing with the league's worst OL most seasons.
Look at the bright side. At least Gholston is off the books. It could be worse. We could have drafted -- and just re-signed -- Darren "sorry coach, i felt my hamstring pop" McFadden.
If Bradway hadn't made this asinine move, we could have traded up just a few spots and drafted... Aaron Rodgers. Bradway traded away the 26th overall pick. Aaron Rodgers was taken @24. We could have had Roddy White also, who went one pick later @27. Jolley may not have been a "shit" TE, but trading up from 2nd into 1st round should have cost the Raiders a lot more than that. To do the move before the draft made it even more stupid, as you have no idea which players might slide in the 1st round. To classify it as merely "not a great move" is ridiculous. These are the sort of blunders that can alter a team's destiny for the next decade-plus. Imagine our 2009 team during that playoff run with Aaron Rodgers under center instead of Sancho.
Worst contract distinguished from a draft pick deal has to be the Sanchez extension. And that is for the entire history of the franchise. There's really no question about it. It got Tanny fired. Woody allowing it showed him to be perhaps the most clueless NFL owner.
The Saints drafted George Rogers (RB-SCar.) ahead of him. Rogers ddn't have a bad career, but still... This ^ McNeil was a good player, had over 200 yards in a Jet 44-20 playoff win over the defending AFC champ Bengals in Cincy the year they followed it up beating the Raiders in LA only to lose to A.J. Duee (and Don "the Plumber" Shula) in the Mud Bowl in Miami. He was a highly regarded "slashing" type back coming into the draft.
Since we're talking all-time: Joe Namath re-signed with the Jets in 1975 instead of jumping to the WFL. Don't remember the money but it was a lot for the time, as it always was for Joe. But he was 32 and done. Went on to win a total of 4 starts (?) in the next two years. Here's a bad contract because it was TOO CHEAP: John Riggins in 1973. He held out, got his Mohawk, etc but that didn't stop Weeb Ewbank (HORRIBLE contract negotioator) from squeezing him to submission. Bolted for the Redskins after his only 1,000-yard season in 1975. Great DE Verlon Biggs was able to play out his option and bolt for the Redskins after 1971 (I think). Went back to the Super Bowl. Don't know if that was a vote for the contract he was under or the contract Weeb failed to sign him to after that one.
They won the Super Bowl 'before' giving Flacco the big money and then losing guys like Boldin as a result. Peyton is different, he's Peyton Freaking Manning. If you're tying up $20+ million in a QB it BETTER be a current and future HOF'er.
Modern era bad contracts, mostly no surprise: Neil O'Dummy in 1996. Mark Sanchez in 2012 (the worst), Santonio Holmes in 2011 (the second worst). Those really stand out.
