TJB Chat Hijack: ESPN Post Draft Edition
From time to time, commenter zenlaw will send me chat transcripts from ESPN and other places. Although no one is asking me these questions (and thus probably don’t care whay my answers are) it dawned on me, that as insightful as some of the answers the pundits give, it would be more fun for me to pile on with my reactions or own answers to the questions. If you want to send questions or chats you might see onto me as well, please feel free to do so as I will try to make this a semi-regular part of my posts, as long as you are scouring the chats, I waste enough time as it is.
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Justin (Queens, NY): Hey Todd, in your best/worst pick article you tabbed the Jets worst pick as being Revis. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t you comment on ESPN the other night that the Jets had a great draft? Do you feel Revis will be an impact player this year?
Todd McShay: Good point. I HAD to offer a worst pick. The only reason I wrote Revis is b/c they gave up so much to move up. In reality, I loved the Jets draft. Big upgrades at two positions of need with Revis and David Harris.
Brian Bassett: So you loved the draft but you picked Revis because of the move up, yet somehow Ted Ginn and Craig Davis escaped … fair enough. Would the Jets sitting on their butt and picking a guy they don’t deperately need in Greg Olsen at #25 been better? Please.
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Fireman Ed (NYC): Please don’t tell me the drafting of Harris means the writing is on the wall for Vilma. All this speculation of a trade has me worried.
Todd McShay: I don’t think so at all. They should play next to one another at ILB in the 3-4. Victor Hobson is the one that should be loosing sleep at night.
Brian Bassett: Is this the real Fireman Ed? I hope our de facto mascot wouldn’t really think that … for real ?? If anything, I think this is an endoresement of Vilma. Harris provides a more physical presence on the inside, something that Barton wasn’t exactly best suited for, he’s better outside. This isn’t to say that Harris doesn’t add some nice depth to ILB should negotiations with Vilma break down, or he just doesn’t want to re-sign with the Jets when his contract is up. If a guy like Kimo hasn’t gotten the axe (yet) what makes you think that Mangini & Tannenbaum don’t appreciate the intangibles that Vilma brings to this team?
As far as Hobson losing sleep? Hardly. Barton is the odd man out in Hempstead now.
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SCOTT(SYRACUSE): Right now the Bills if they get any production from rookies had to have jumped the Jets in AFC East agree?
KC Joyner: Yes and no. I’m not sold on the Jets being a great team and Buffalo is more solid than generally thought. Even so, NY has more upside than Buffalo in my opinion.
Brian Bassett: Is that your goal? Second place? Sounds about right from a Bills fan.
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SCOTT(SYRACUSE): Wow we are better at every position except #2 WR and corner but our D doesnt call for lockdown corners plus we destroyed them last year
KC Joyner: Two reactions to my Bills/Jets comment. Scott, don’t forget that I was referring to the overall record of each team, not if the Bills could beat the Jets head to head.
Brian Bassett: Every position? We’ll get to that. Your D doesn’t call for lockdown corners? Looking at Football Outsiders, your pass-protection was 6th best in the league, while your run defense was just about as bad as the Jets … but your team’s defensive didn’t rely on locking down coverage … of course.
As far as better at every position, let’s start with the offensive line. Although both our run blocking was about the same (the Jets were better) the Jets let up 13 less sacks than the Bills did. Need I move on? Pennington is a better thinking QB than Losman (who don’t get me wrong, has a cannon), and was rated as such in terms of efficiency even though their stats weren’t that different. In Thomas Jones, the Jets get a *proven* NFL back versus a *prospect* in Lynch. I don’t have time to address every position on this team, but just because you think you have a better team, doesn’t mean you do.
9 Responses to TJB Chat Hijack: ESPN Post Draft Edition
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Ah, I stand corrected. I thought he meant had to offer one worst pick for the draft.
One of my college friends worked for George Allen (former VA Governor) and brother of Bruce Allen (current TB GM, former Raiders GM).
I won\’t say I know anything, but in my opinion, that job is a glorified secretary/nurse for Al Davis.
If Mayock takes the job, you know those Raiders won\’t be taking any of those lousy \”heavy legged waist benders!!!\”
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Bent says: Is that Jacob’s nickname? Jacob “Heavy legged waist” Bender.
I’m sure giving Al a sponge bath isn’t exactly what Mayock had in mind when he set off on his current career path!
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Zenlaw says:
Love your idea Bassett. I will try to chime in with my comments when inspired. As far as the Jets/Bills comment is concerned, I think the two teams match up very well and only time will tell which of the two teams comes out on top.
As for the Patriots, I am hoping that this year’s Patriots follow the pattern of almost every year’s Redskins. Lots of high-profile signings in the off-season with huge expectations leading up to a completely mediocre season and missing the playoffs. Is that too much to hope for?
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wayne says:
Bill lost McGahee, Clement, and the ILB whose name escapes me, and they somehow improved?
Gimme a break.
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Bent says:
Takeo Spikes?
Funny stuff, but I think the McShay article broke down the best and worst picks for every team, so the Revis pick was only the worst out of the Jets picks. The other three were value picks, so that’s hardly surprising (although in pure value terms we gave up more to get Harris…McShay should know this). So, I expect he did rip on the Ginn pick, although maybe he liked the pick. Who knows?
Did you see Mayock has been linked with the Raiders GM job? He’s just a better paid version of me with more time on his hands. I promise that if the Dolphins tap me up in future I’ll take the job and screw their franchise up on purpose.