The FO has obviously identified guys coming off injury as a place where you can get a guy with more talent at a cheaper price. Ridley, Bowen, Lattimore, etc. I like the idea of adding high upside depth guys on low-risk deals. If they hit, great. If not, doesn't affect anything.
I'm also not sold on Mariotta and would much prefer someone else moves for him and we take whoever they have cough Bradford cough (not saying he's the savior but in the right system and healthy he could get the job done). But with this signing a flyer on a BPA late round back as appose to "having" to take one early when we could take say an olineman or use a third rounder for a qb trade. Essentially i am saying i love this pick up purely for how much it opens up the draft purely by making one need less immediate.
Ok, thank you. I stand corrected. I guess it was the impression made by actually watching the guy's fumbles, Belichick benching him, and then the subsequent media attention. 4 of Ivory's 8 came in his rookie year. Ridley had 0 fumbles in 6 games last year so perhaps he has turned a corner. It shows how much of a relative zero tolerance policy Belichick has for guys that turn the ball over compared to other head coaches. I don't remember the last time Rex benched a RB for fumbling.
You make a good point, I can't disagree on anything you said here. I agree I am not sold on any of the QBs in this draft. I would love Bradford here as well. I think he could turn his career around still. Tons of flexibility this coming draft. I still would love to get Cooper or La'el Collins from LSU - those are my 2 favorite prospects in this draft in round 1.
Talking to a Patriots fan, he said Ridley's fumbles have been greatly exaggerated. People made it a big deal because he was benched by Belichick. If he is healed from his injury, he should be a solid addition and a pleasant surprise this season.
Yeah, my one Pats friend really liked Ridley and is almost as pissed he joined the Jets as Revis. He seems like a good character guy with good experience so we'll see. No problem taking flyers on these types of guys.
His fumbles got attention because they came in streaks. in 2012 he fumbled 2 games in a row then went 7 without another, fumbled 2 more in a row, finished the season with 0 more. Fumbled in 2013 opener and not again until November when he had a non-catch ruled a fumble as Troy Polamalu blew him up before he completed it. BB even said it wasn't Ridley's fault as he never actually caught the ball but still got called a catch+fumble. Fumbled the following 2 games then not again the rest of the season. It also got attention because it was in NE, BJGE never fumbled a single time, went to Cincy and fumbled like 5 times and nobody ever heard a thing about it.
didn't realize Ridley was such a high character, well liked player. that does make it a more appealing signing. still, if we draft a guy (and we should), where would that leave Ridley? can he play some FB? or do we carry 4 RB's instead of a FB? still need an explosive receiving option out of backfield, which i hope they find in draft.
i do. i dont think you can waste a draft pick more then taking a runningback earlier then round 6 or 7. other then punter there is no position id rather not draft. HBs are a dime a dozen, super easy to find, and not very important in todays league.
ridleys fumbles weren't exaggerated, they just all came in a short stretch. but during that stretch he had a bunch and a few of them were at critical times in the game.
not really a fan of the Ridley signing. Injured, fumbles alot, and doesn't supply the explosive back the Jets need. They need to draft a RB mid-round. Now having powell, ivory, and ridley discourages that.
RBs may be a dime a dozen these days but the good ones aren't so easy to find. There's a big difference between Matt Forte or Jamaal Charles and Matt Asiata. If you don't have a stud who can do it all you at least need a nice complement of guys with various skills. Otherwise it limits what you can do offensively and renders your offense more predictable. Right now if Bilal Powell goes down you don't have a RB on the roster that can be counted on to catch a pass.
If Ridley is healthy and back to form. Guarantee he will start. The man is a beast and has low miles. Pats were pass first remember. Blount was cheaper and they have a new stable of RBs that's y they didn't resign him. Even if he didn't get hurt they wouldn't of resigned him. Hell they didn't resign Vereen who helped them win the SB
Good move. Makes a lot more sense than signing an underachieving WR like Denarius Moore. We are set at WR, but we can use competition at RB, with only Ivory and Powell, so adding a talented back like Ridley is a good move (provided he can cure his fumbilitis, but it's a low risk-high reward bet)
Not at all. Ridley is on a one year deal. You don't derail draft plans for a guy coming off major surgery on a one year deal.
Ridiculous. This is the deepest Rb draft class in the past decade. You should draft a rb in the first round, I admit, but finding our Bell or McCoy in the 2nd or 3rd round would be so worth it. Plus, the run game is still extremely important in this league. Rb by committee may be more popular, but super bowl teams run a lot. It sets up the pass, play action, etc. Just look at the last 5 super bowl winners. 4 of them had solid to elite rb play the year that they won.
Might be easy to find. But saying they're not very important is a false statement. You don't think the Colts would rather have Levon Bell than the guys they have?
