To his credit, he has backed up his claim of being in the top 10% of CBs, I’m assuming Mangini must still love him and hasn’t lost interest in trying to get him since last off-season. Plus with Revis, he’d be grinning at the opportunity to have two legit CBs in the Jets backfield for the first time since Houston joined the league and swiped our two.

Its too early to have had a chance to look in depth at the numbers but Moss and Samuels would both have to get paid in NE in order for them to stay, and both warrant contracts in-line with the highest paid players at their respective positions. I know NE has managed the cap situation very, very well, but can they afford two franchise-caliber players in the same year. Further, doesn’t every dollar the Jets use to lure players away from a division rival have more value than dollars spent acquiring similar talent from other divisions?

Its pretty clear to me that the Jets need to make sure both of these players know that they should check in with the Jets camp at the end of the season just to see whats what. At a minimum, we should do whatever we can to drive up the price (which is probably what the attempt to sign Samuels last off-season was about, anyway.)

While neither addresses one of our three biggest needs (DL, OL, LB) working these angles should still be top priorities in the off-season.

As for Hall’s mouth/personality, I’m thinking we need some of it. Or we can just throw stupid money at Samuels. I’d be happy with that too. Actually, I’d probably prefer that.

I’d prefer to retain him, am still not convinced he doesn’t deserve another chance to start behind a (hopefully) better line next year without the ankle problems and think he’d be one of the best backups in the league, but if he does want out, I think we owe it to him to give him what he wants.

There will be some kind of market for him though, so we must trade him, not cut him. Releasing him would be senseless, because the cap hit plus the cost of what would be an inferior replacement exceeds his salary anyway if we retain him, especially if he isn’t playing because he won’t be meeting the incentives in his deal (which is of course the main reason he wants out – along with his competitiveness, natch).

Back to the topic this, I agree with Sack. He really doesn’t have much trade Value but I think there will be a decent amount of interest, I just don’t think that the offers will be so great.

I do wish the best for Chad though. He was our guy but he just kept getting hurt. :-(

but sack…brady quinn will NOT be availabe.

to put him on a list with losman, pepper, and simms is absurd.

Harlan

The simple best way to maximize Chad’s value is to retain him. Notwithstanding the cap hit, having a capable backup qb is invaluable; particularly given the sorry state of the Jets’ o-line. Trading Chad for a 4th (or even a 3rd) round pick would likely be useless.