He was inactive today, and I don't expect him to stay on the Jets for long, but Thank You, Guss Scott. He was cut by the Texans a few days ago, and the Jets signed him in the middle of the week. Obviously he was signed to get an inside look of the Texans play books, (just like Derrick Strait and the Bears). I'm guessing he was of a help So thank you once again Guss Scott. Your time with the Jets, however long it may be, will be truly appreciated.
I think that the NFL has to find a way to stop this. This may have helped us this week but its not something that should be met with mass approval. I hated the thought of it last week against the bears so im not going to change my mind because we may have got some advantage from it this week.
I can't really see how they would fix this. However, the gameplan changes so much each week that I don't think it would be a huge adavantage.
I agree, I think its a cheap tactic. The NFL should make a rule where a player whos cut by a team(like the Texans) cannot sign on the same week with the team that the previous team is facing currently(Jets). You can sign on the week after Id say though.
or at least u can sign with the team, but can't report or be included in team activities until after the game in such circumstances.
As we discussed last week with the Bears and Strait: there's only so much that a marginal player can tell you that the game films can't. The move of picking up a recently cut player is very overrated. The Jets won today's game because of planning and execution from watching and studying game films and working out the details in week's worth of hard work and practice.
You can get a lot out of a player than film won't tell you. Who's hurting and who's not, what the progression has been in practice over the last few weeks, who is bitching about not getting the ball enough in private, etc. It may not all add up to a lot but it's definitely a glimpse inside the team you are about to play. I agree that it's a cheap tactic and I think teams should not be able to sign a player who has been on a current opponent's roster in the last 3 weeks or so. The NFLPA would go ballistic if they tried to make that rule but I think it's worth doing anyway.
Not trying to be a smart a$$ or bash you either but that wouldn't work. Who will be there to watch the players every move. I don't think its a big deal and I am sure this is something that has been goin on in the Nfl for a while. Just that some teams probably do it more then others like the pats.ats_suck:
I think a player can give alot of insight as to what is going on in the locker room but a player like Scott knows exactly why the Jets are signing him and next week he may be with whoever the Texans play next for the same purpose. I don't have a problem with this as you can't deny who can sign a guy based on that principle. You never know maybe Guss Scott was a guy Mangini wanted and by not allowing him sign with the Jets maybe he went to the 49ers and the Jets lose out on his lack of playmaking ability.
I don't think you should be prevented from signing players on the other team right before the game, but I do think that if you do sign a player within a week before the next game, the team must be forced to keep the player for 3 games or so.
Guss Scott didn't have to sign the contract. He will be getting paid for his services, whatever they were. He has the right to provide for himself like any other normal person. -X-
Hey, Guss Scott gets a game check out of the deail, and all he has to do is give away some information. Not earth shattering in terms of morality, but perhaps a little more than bribery.
Even though Andre Maddox was cut in camp, dont you think he would have some info to give the Texans on the Jets????
I agree. Football is so complicated -- (there were 45 non players and 65 players in that Jet photo given out yesterday) -- that a former player can tell you about defensive sets -- what they run out of each one -- what they dont do -- etc. I think its actually MORE valuable than you think. The fact that a player is marginal shouldnt matter at all -- especially if he was there for a while.
