Guys who I can root for...

I have been pretty disgusted with a lot of the guys on our current roster and the rosters of the past 3 or 4 seasons. I suffered through guys like Santonio Holmes who make you wonder why anyone would ever pay to buy a jersey with the name and number of a selfish diva. To be clear, I'm not referring to guys who were injury prone, didn't live up to expectations or who were wildly inconsistent.

This thread is about attitude and personality. To some fans it means nothing. They simply want the players to show up and play hard on Sunday, and I get it. But for me as a fan who lives and dies with this team, who truly bleeds green, the public persona of these players matters to me. I don't just root for a player because they are on the roster. I also don't, for a minute, think I know who they really are as people. I just know their aforementioned public personas. It matters to me because everyone I know associates me with the Jets and these players represent what this organization is all about.

One of my all time favorite players was Chad Pennington. I loved his intangibles and I could really root for this guy. He was a polarizing figure in Jet land, and I admit that I wasn't reasonable regarding the fact he was never going to get us to the promise land. He was limited physically in too many ways. But only hindsight has shown me that. When he was on our roster I had 100% faith in him.

Our current team, led by a self obsessed, immature overrated DE like Richardson who can't stop mouthing off on social media and an undedicated, lazy QB who flips off his own fans in his home stadium is hard to root for in general. These guys have done nothing since 2010 that has inspired me personally. But, instead of focusing on them I wanted to shout out a few players who's passion for the game is displayed ever time they step on the field, and who I can truly say I am a fan of.

This list has gotten shorter and shorter over the years. Parcells squads in the late 90's had a host of players who were root worthy. Our 2004 squad was overflowing with guys I was excited to see play and truly rooted for as individuals. Not so much today, it's a much shorter list.

Demario Davis. Loved him as a draft pick, high motor, loves contact and violence, fast, smart... and he was one of the few players who called out Rex and his teammates last season when the loses started to pile up in 2014. He's a winner and I am excited to see him take David Harris's job this season as an every down ILB.

Chris Ivory. He's pretty quiet off the field but his voice is heard when he's on it. He plays hard, works hard and combines speed vision and pure power. I love power backs like him who can find another gear when they see some daylight. This guy embodies the approach of "shut up and do your job". Very few players like that on this squad.

Jeremy Kerley. Even watching this guy at practice is exciting. His route tree is elite, not afraid to go over the middle and he has earned his nickname Mr. 3rd down. He suffered some weird decline at the end of the 2014 season that coincided with his getting a nice contract extension. I hope that was some weird fluke. High hopes for him in 2015.

Eric Decker. Another guy who practices hard. He's a guy you can be proud of as a fan. Great representation of what you want on and off the field. And the hot wife doesn't hurt his image at all.

Nick Mangold. Is there any dude you would want to have a beer with more than Nick? His consistent dominant play is obviously why Jet fans love him, but I am confident he adds a lot of chemistry to the locker room. He's funny and now he's a savvy vet who I am sure commands the respect of every player on the team. There have been a lot of highs and lows since he was drafted in 2006. But this guy has been a source of pride for Jets fans since the day he became a Jet. I'd rank him a top 5 draft pick in our teams history.

Finally... Brandon Marshall. If you told me 4 years ago that I would have this guy on my list I would have laughed so hard I'd piss my pants. But this guy has courageously found help, turned his life around, become a role model and a leader. I am truly inspired by his transformation. He's a game changer on the field and hyper competitive. He survived that epic collapse in Chicago last year with out losing it and saying anything too stupid. I also love him calling out Revis and Cro on twitter before OTA's this past week. Healthy competition breeds success. He will be a big help with getting this roster to bond with one another. I am proud that he is a Jet.

My top 5 players who I can't stand based on attitude are Geno (not committed), Richardson (ignorant child), Milliner (delusional), Revis (selfish disloyal douche), and David Harris.

Harris is a good guy on and off the field and has been pretty underrated as a top ILB throughout his career. The reason I don't root for hi is because he is simply not a leader. The Jets have needed a vocal leader at his position since he was drafted. he's done us a disservice by being as quiet as a mouse. I admire his production and durability, but this is the one guy who we don't need to shut up, and instead w e have a mime as the QB of our defense for the past 8 years.

Roger and Robert sitting in a tree.... K I S S I N G

1. Everyone on earth, including Patriots fans, know that Belichick is a low life that will break any rule to win.
2. Everyone on earth knows that all coaches and players bend rules and stretch them wherever they can.  
3. Everyone on earth knows that no equipment guys would ever do anything like this without being told to.

 

That being said... No team has every won a Super Bowl without

 

1. Having some serious luck fall their way
2. Cutting corners and cheating

 

Example:

Bill Walsh once told the officials his headphones weren't working during a home playoff game vs. Parcells. By rule the Giants had to shut their headphones off. This was an advantage because it was at the start of the game and the 49ers scripted their first 15 plays. So they didn't need to communicate. Once the 15 plays were up miraculously their electronics started working again. Parcells warned Walsh the next year that if he pulled that sh*t again he would expose him.

 

Everyone does it. HOWEVER, when you get caught you have to pay the piper. When you get caught TWICE, (spy gate/deflate gate) you start at the top and crack heads. We've been down this road already once with the Pats. They violated league rules by signing Belichick when he was under contract with us, they were caught in spygate and the evidence was destroyed, now they broke the rules again in the second biggest game of the year, which tainted the Super Bowl ....

 

If you look at what happened with the Saints and bounty gate, anything short of Brady and Belichick being suspended for the entire 2015 season is clear favoritism. 

 

The owner is a proven cheater going back to stealing Belichcik. The head coach as been fined $500,000 for cheating. Even a 5 year old can tell that Brady is lying. It's time to send a message to their organization, and more importantly to fans that this is not professional wrestling... It's a real sport and when cheaters are caught the penalties will make other teams think twice about how far they will go to tip the tables in their favor and cheat all of us.

 

I would not be as upset if it wasn't for Krafts response into all of this. He knows he is above the rules and he has gotten to the point that he flaunts it. My only hope is that he ends up dating some skank that audio tapes him saying something racist so he can be forced out of this league.        

Folks, Robert Kraft drew up that punishment himself. He's not mad. If anything he's closer with his piss boy Goodell.

He told Rodger:
 

• I am only giving up Brady for 2 games, so suspend him for 4 and we will appeal.
• I will save about $900,000 by not paying Brady for 2 games so fine me $1,000,000
• We know who we want to draft this year and our board is set, so hold the "investigation" off until 3 days after the draft ends so I won't lose our 1st rounder in 2015.
• And make sure my coach receives absolutely zero consequences. Even though you ass raped Payton in New Orleans.
• Let's make sure we tell the press how upset I am and how we hate each other. That will seal the deal.

 

 

And that's exactly what happened!
 

Ted Wells complained about how this organization didn't cooperate and how the ball boys weren't made available for follow up interviews. SO WHY DID IT TAKE OVER 100 DAYS TO RELEASE this report ?? All that time to check some god damn text messages and say "we think they did it on purpose"????
 

At this point the WWE is more legitimate than this league.
 

In any other league, or if any other NFL team was caught cheating during a post season run the guilty team would be forced to vacate their title and involved parties banned. Imagine if this was the Jets for a second. Any chance we get this treatment?
 

Brady should be the Pete Rose of the NFL.
 

Instead he will be a first ballot HOF'er. Ridiculous.

Macc's 1st draft is in the books...

The New York Jets selected 6 players in this years draft. We also traded our original 5th round pick for Brandon Marshall a couple of months ago, and traded our 7th round pick, which was originally traded to Houston for Ryan Fitzpatrick (and later traded back to us along with a 3rd round swap and WR DeVier Posey) to move up in the 4th round to get a QB. We traded another 7th rounder for disgruntled RB Zac Stacy from St. Louis. So we netted 9 players from our 2015 draft picks.

My first overall impression of our new GM and front office is that they performed in a savvy way for a bunch of rookies. Their 2 big highlights were taking the 2nd best player in the draft with the #6 overall pick, even though we have an embarrassment of riches at that position already, and 2nd... trading up one position to box out the Browns and land Bryce Petty in the 4th round.  They preached for weeks that they would go best player available in this draft and not reach for players because of need. Its an old school philosophy that takes discipline.

Landing a top 2 talent with the 6th pick is a sick value. It also creates a culture of competition. Richardson, Wilkerson and Coples are confident guys, but when they saw that pick each one of them didn't think about where they want to vacation during the bye week, they thought about what they ate for dinner that night and making sure to hit the gym the next morning. The new leadership has no ties to any of those guys, and if they want to stay starters they are going to have to work. Hard.

Our 2nd pick was speedster Devin Smith from Ohio State. he's a Desean Jackson clone, and he s exactly what we were missing in our WR corps. He was a 1st round graded player we picked in the second. I would have taken Green-Beckham, but I didn't spend months vetting him like our front office did. He is one of the best game changers in the draft, but he is a mess off the field. They obviously passed because they were not trying to take any head cases, at least not in their first draft. One thing that stands out about this draft class is character and effort.

Round 3 was the one blunder of the draft for Macc. He traded out #6 pick in the 3rd with the Texans and moved down 12 spots. We essentially gained an additional 5th round pick. By moving down 12 spots we missed out on Duke Johnson and Eli Harold. Two guys who would have been outstanding fits for us based on value, BPA and need. These were 2nd round talents who slipped a bit.

Instead we took Lorenzo Mauldin. He's a 3/4 LB with nice size and great character. I saw someone of the net write "if this was a guidance counselor draft he'd be a great pick." LMAO. I like the kids back story, he overcame a lot to make it to the NFL. I'll be rooting for him, but he has a lot to learn and he's slow. This pick was unquestionably a reach. I think he was more of a mid 4th/ early 5th round talent. Mid 3rd was too early.

However, I reserved judgment until I saw what Macc would d with the additional 5th rounder we picked up. I'll get to that after I touch on our 4th round pick. Macc traded up one spot in the 4th with Jacksonville to essentially box out the Browns from taking Bryce Petty. Petty was the 5th QB taken in this draft but I think he is the 2nd best QB prospect that was available. So, I like the player and how we landed him. Macc used the 7th rounder that we gained via the 3rd round swap with Houston. Well played. More about Petty later.

Our 5th round pick we acquired from the Texans yielded us a fat lazy Guard named Jarvis Harrison. He is big, strong and aggressive. he should have been a late 2nd round pick. Sadly most other teams understand that guys don't outgrow lazy. Lazy zebras don't change their stripes. This guy was a reach and not a high effort, high character guy like the other players we took.

2 picks before we went in the 5th Jay Ajayi went to the Dolphins. One of my favorite players in the is whole draft went to Miami. Very disappointing. Guys like Nick O'Leary and Kyle Emmanuel were still on the board, and we went with Harrison. In retrospect I wish we would have just stayed put in the 3rd and taken Harold. Oh well...

Finally we take the athletic nose tackle Deion Simon in the 7th. Don't know much about him besides he's big. I have to wonder if he makes the roster considering the players we already have on our D-line.

We also acquired Marshall, Stacy and Posey as I mentioned earlier via trades involving our other 2015 draft picks.

I'd give this draft a B-, with the potential of being upgraded to an A+ depending on how many of these picks become starters. We know Marshall is an automatic starter at WR. It's hard to see how Williams isn't a starter for a long time for us. Smith will have time to move up to a #1 or #2 WR as he plays behind Decker and Marshall for the next 2 years. I don't see him starting anytime soon. The big question marks are Stacy, Mauldin, and Jarvis Harrison.

If one of those 3 steps up in 2015 and becomes a solid starter this draft is a huge win for Macc and Co. If guys like Smith, Stacy and Mauldin become solid role players this is also a good first outing for our front office. But... if all we really net is Marshall as our #1 WR and Williams transplants Wilkerson and we end up trading Mo, it's hard to see how these 9 players made us a better team.

For the record my draft would have played out like this....

Round 1- OT Flowers
Round 2- WR Green-Beckham
Round 3- OLB Eli Harold
(No Houston Trade)
Round 4- QB Petty
Round 7- Trade for Stacy
Round 7- Used to move up for Petty