That chart of '10 cheap players' I put up in the other thread could easily have been 15-17 'cheap players' if I included them all. Point is Idzik will maintain that list of 10-15 young cheap talented players. He'll add 3-4 every draft and 3-4 will fall out the bottom, with fat 2nd contracts here or elsewhere. Knowing Idzik is hell bent on keeping the Jets well stocked with young, cheap talent will make it easier when we have to let someone go.
While we're playing the "what if" WR game, recall that we drafted Stephen Hill ahead of Alshon Jeffery, who made the probowl.....and made me sick every time I think of the 2012 NFL Draft. And if you want to feel sick about the 2011 draft....Jeremy Kerley one spot ahead of Richard Sherman. (of all the times for Rex go offense over defense....It was the 5th round, hindsight always 20-20, but still) But anyway... #OffSeason
I really think Sherman is very overrated. He is a decent NFL level cornerback who has a knack for making plays, but he is playing in a perfect system for him, where he is asked to play a very limited role, flanked by arguably the best safety tandem in the league. Like Patrick Peterson said in their spat recently, Sherman plays like a Cover 3, where he has a lot of backup, and can take great gambles on most plays, knowing someone else will have his back if he gets beat. I seriously think if Sherman played in Rex's system where corners are placed on an island, he would get murdered. He s not very fast at all (4.50+ speed at the combine). I really don't think it's fair to compare him to guys like Revis, Peterson, or even our Milliner, who are just asked to do so much more.
That was one of my first thoughts. They're only spending 5 million in TOTAL on the position. So I can only imagine (or just look it up I guess) what his salary is. Crazy how he can't really hold out for more, which he obviously deserves.
I wanted Cooks BAD. Once he's become fully acclimated, I believe he will be a better version of DeSean Jackson. I have no doubt he will have an immediate significant impact as a rookie.
It was basically between Cooks or Pryor for me. It was basically do you want a potential top WR, or top S? Jets management chose Pryor over Cooks, and I think it was the right move given the WR talent in this draft, and the safety talent depleting very quickly. That said, I believe Cooks will be very good, and even more so playing in that Saints system with Brees. Good chance he wins offensive rookie of the year.
I don't see why everyone is thinking Saunders was brought here to replace Kearly? We can only dream Kearly would have a season that would warrant a big payday but he's not a break the bank kind of receiver. We also can't make the same mistake with Geno as was made with Sanchez, you need continuity with a young QB.
If you believe in how the team is heading, believe that the better talents in their eyes will carry on to the 2015 roster.
Cooks may have been awesome and I'd have had no issue if he was the guy over Pryor. But you have to ask yourself one question: Which player will the Jets get the most out of? Calvin Pryor, a young Monster of the Midway in the making under a Rex Ryan tutelage; or Cooks with Geno Smith under center (or in the shotgun running for his life as it may be)? Of course Cooks would be exciting and may even add 3-4 pts/game to our season avg., but I guess Idzik feels Pryor will be pretty exciting too and keep more than 3-4pts/game off the board.
Some criticisms of the chart. No explanation of the graphic and how the statistics were compiled is provided. It probably was included on the related article. But it should've been included on the graphic as well. It would be more interesting to see the salaries listed as a percentage of the entire active roster. Does this graph include dead money that was spent on WRs? I don't think it does. Also, assuming that this was compiled recently, it is difficult to relate to won-loss records. You can't related it to 2013 because many transactions have occurred since then. It doesn't matter if my assumption s incorrect because cbs sportsline should've provided more information on the graphic. I give CBS sportsline an F.
Leading up to the draft itself, I was personally more focused on Cooks and the WR position as opposed to the Safety position and was not very familiar with Pryor until after we drafted him and I had an opportunity to do some research about him. If he performs to expectations, he will definitely have an enormous impact. We still, however, don't have a true no. 1 receiver, which I am hoping against hope, we will somehow acquire sooner rather than later....
We were all transfixed on the 3 WR possibilities. I remember someone making a post "Don't be surprised if Idzik goes DB" and it was heresy at the time.
Not necessarily a straight up replacement, but a backup plan kind of. Thinking one step forward. Kerley will become a FA, the Jets didn't really have a slot receiver when Kerley was hurt, try to be one step of ahead. I'm sure the plan is to bring Kerley back, but if for whatever reason that doesn't happen in theory Saunders could be a young player that helps fill the void and the Jets won't be scrambling to find someone to do that
I like the Pryor pick a lot. However I would have loved the Cooks pick as he was my guy leading up to the draft for months. It looks like he's proven out to be everything I thought he would be. Let me caveat that by saying he hasn't played a single game yet but when you have veteran teammates gushing over a guy's speed and hands the way his Saints teammates are, then you know this guy is legit. Especially when that guy is a rookie who's never played a real NFL game yet. On a side note, if you play fantasy football, Brandin Cooks is going to be a fantasy monster this year!! But as long as Pryor does his job this year, plays a strong centerfield, lets nothing get behind him, gets a few picks and knocks a few guys out, I'll be happy with the pick. If he doesn't...well that's a different story.
Cooks was my first choice also but after watching film on Pryor and thinking about how desperate we are for a playmaker in the secondary I'm pretty stoked to see what this kid does come September .
Kerley is a guy the Jets could get a comp pick for. If they see him as a good player but in a limited role as a slot receiver they might let him test free agency to set his market. Either some other team bites on a multi-year contract, giving the Jets a chip in the comp pick game, or they get him back at a reasonable price after he has determined that a big deal is not out there. Assuming they have a viable slot replacement for him by the end of the season that's probably the best way to play things. The 2011 rookie class has three guys in Ellis, Powell and Kerley who could all factor in to the comp pick equation. All 3 of those guys might convince another team to sign them to a multi-year contract and none of them plays an indispensable role for the Jets, with Kerley coming the closest.
The 2014 draft was chock full of favorite son WR's. It was a deep and talented class at the position and likely to produce two or three future stars, maybe more.
It'll be interesting to see how the Jets use Pryor. Polamalu had a similar skill set and the Steelers just put him at strong safety and let him figure out where he has to be to make the biggest impact on a given play. I'm going to guess that Pryor is listed at strong safety but roams more than the typical Rex Ryan strong safety. It's going to be key to get a reliable guy behind him so that his roaming is effective.
