Ok I'm now officially freaking out. Do we actually know that the "dead money" from VG/Woody/Jenkins/Taylor is going to get accelerated and not count? I know NY jets cap says that and the site is pretty good but I haven't seen *anybody* else say that. If the dead money counts in 2011 then the Jets are already at about 120 million and close to the cap figures that ESPN/Brandt are throwing around.
I guess so. But for the team to compete for the Super Bowl he needs to work some magic and sign: -A really good wideout (Holmes/Edwards) -Another decent wideout. Sorry-Holmes/Cotch/Kerley/Turner/McKnight just isn't enough, you need a third good wideout. -Two veteran offensive linemen-Could be Woody/Hunter-you can't start Ducasse and have zero veterans/high draft picks as your depth. If Ducasse isn't ready then you need to add a legit starting RT. -Two safeties to replace Pool and Smith, both at safety and on ST -A veteran corner (two if Wilson doesn't really step up) to replace Coleman/Cromartie - Two or three veterans in the front seven for depth and STs (right now, assuming the start Wilkerson, the backups are Dixon/Kroul/Ellis/Ropati on the d.line, Westerman and nobody else who's ever played at OLB, and Mauga/Satele at ILB).
Remember those restrictive final 4 rules that Tanny pissed on last year? Until he completely fucks up he has shown that he can be trusted to make sold moves.
I don't doubt that he'll play his hand well, I just think he got dealt 2-7 offsuit. It's seriously like kraft and the other owners are trying to screw the Jets if the new rules that got leaked are true. A 120 million cap and no RFA for Cromartie/Holmes/etc?
The rules are gonna be the same for everyone and the jets aren't the only team with talent about to be on the free market. I don't trust your 120 million number, or any number, until we get something more official which is still a ways away.
1) One really good wide-out is a given. Don't know which one yet, but there's no way they both walk. 2)I'd say the longer the free agency gets pushed back the better shot we have of signing both of them back. Edwards may be a short-term deal with some wink/nod to get it done later. As for the rest, don't sleep on Kerley. Maybe not right away but the kid is a gamer. We went 3-1 without two world-class wide-outs on the field at the same time, we can get by til mid season when he gets a chance to develop. 3)The fact that Woody guest hosted NFL Live yesterday and did nothing but talk up the Jets tells me there's a good chance he's resigned. 4 & 5) D-Lo moving to safety helps address the safety issue. I doubt we lose both Smith and Pool. They're not going to be a priority for anyone in a shortened free agency period. Leonard looks like he's gonna make a full recovery. As far as corner, who knows if Cro's back or not, but where the hell is Coleman going? And when Kyle's getting ringing endorsements from Nacho AND Revis I'd say that's a good sign. 6) Add Pryce to the depth list, if he still wants to play. He's not gonna light the world on fire, but neither is anybody we bring in for depth. I think our two top picks did a ton to address front seven depth. People fail to realize that we were actually using Pace at end in some of the four man fronts because we had zero d-line depth. You get Ellis and Wilk on the field with any consistency and our LB's will look a lot more productive. Plus we'll add somebody at OLB. In Tanny we trust.
Sure. The deal could blow up and there could be no football so in that sense it's all premature. Also it's not my number-it's the number Clayton and Brandt have been using, and they're generally really, really good reporters and analysts.
What if we are in fact facing this doomsday scenario. What's the most we could save by having Sanchez and other restructure their deals? I assume they're not actually going to agree to take less money, so there are limits to what can be done, right?
This is where you need to be Tanny to answer the questions. The easiest thing to do is to convert salary to a signing bonus. You can decrease a players salary hit to roughly: [current 2011 salary-$1 million or so]/years left on contract. and prorate the rest of the 2011 salary over the rest of the contract. For example Sanchez has a 2011 salary of 13.5 million and three years to go; if his agents play ball he could convert most of it to a signing bonus, decrease his 8 million in 2011 and increase his cap hit by 4 million in both 2012 and 2013. The catch is you have a big cap value in the future (and if the deal is a long term deal you can't cut the player any time soon-you don't want the extra money to be accelerated). Sanchez is the best candidate by far for this kind of treatment; you could reduce Pace's 2011 cap hit by 2 or 3 million bucks but then do you really want to be paying even more for Pace in 2012 and/or 2013? The other thing they'll do-but I'm not sure of the limits-is to structure contracts to give players low salaries now and big bonuses/guaranties in year two. They did this with Pace and the Revis extension. Again you're creating future problems for yourself but it does help you win now.
1. If revenues increase 10% (from say 100) and costs increase 10% (from say 60) the net revenue also increases by 10%. 100 - 60 = 40 110 - 66 = 44 The cost of materials and wages DO NOT go up every year!!! They do go up every now and then but it isn't as drastic as you put it!!! 2. Yeah, because every business is a guaranteed success like the NFL right?
would anybody really give a shit, if we lost Drew Coleman? He can strip the ball, and hide behind the Dline to get 4 sacks...but that's all. He looks like a clown who won a contest when covering people.
Depends on the replacement. He's an ok, not great third corner and you need a third corner who's at least ok. If Cole is your third corner losing Coleman will be a big problem. EDIT: Rex plays five-seven DBs a lot. Right now they have Revis-Leonhard-Wilson-Lowrey-Cook-Cole and then practice squad guys so you really, really need to add a few decent players.
I'd like to keep him because: 1) He is a decent #3 and a good #4 CB 2) Value on ST 3) Value CBs have in Rex's D 4) Character-wise he's a good teammate. I like the back-end of our roster at CB with Coleman being #4 and Cole #5. Hoping Lowery makes the transition to FS or sticks as the nickel back (although I'm hoping Wilson plays there next year).
