Comments on: Buzz: Tannenbaum is Staying Busy

By: KevT

KevT — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:15:30 +0000

OK, fair enough…good comments. My Frank Okam obsession has been satiated.

By: Bent

Bent — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:42:32 +0000

At least you have the pedigree for it – we’ve all seen the picture of when you made a wrap-up tackle on a screen…

*crickets*

By: droseatwork

droseatwork — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:37:56 +0000

i could put on 130 lbs and be our new nose tackle!

By: Bent

Bent — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:27:31 +0000

Okam was 320 in college and his main attribute was his burst. He would have been awful as a NT. Now he is 347 apparently, which would mean that the burst is probably gone too.

If he could get back to 320 he might not be a bad option at DE (and he supposedly has good intangibles so don’t rule it out), but he is simply not cut out to play as a two gap tackle. There’s a lot more to being a 3-4 tackle than simply outweighing DeWayne Robertson. Fans of Rogers and Jenkins need to take this into account too.

By: seanmac

seanmac — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:42:25 +0000

Shaun Rogers was a much, much better player at UT than Frank Okam.

By: KevT

KevT — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:39:23 +0000

We need Jenkins, not Rogers, I am realizing. Barring that, use a third rounder on Frank Okam, who is the same physically and motivation wise as Rogers but cheaper and younger…(I know — I sound like his fan club president)

By: sec108

sec108 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:48:55 +0000

Santana Moss was traded for Coles, a trade that benefited both teams, but arguably the Jets won that one. Lamont Jordan and Kareem McKenzie left as free agents, both signed lucrative contracts that the jets couldn’t compete with for different reasons. Mckenzie was solid, not great RT that signed with the Giants for great LT money, just didn’t make good economic sense to spend that kind of money on a RT at the time, and it still doesn’t. (see Flozell Adams). Lamont Jordan signed for 5 years $25 million with the Raiders and the Jets couldn’t afford that even though they would have liked to because they had already rewarded Curtis Martin with a ridiculous contract based on past performance and not present an future value as they should have. (see Laverneus Coles).

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:15:15 +0000

Santana Moss, Lamont Jordan, Kareem McKenzie. While all excellent picks were traded or released, which makes you question the priorities here. Also Randy Thomas was also snatched up by those DAMN! redskins

By: JustAGreenGuy

JustAGreenGuy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:02:08 +0000

What I meant to imply was their long term value to the team. Thanks to the way he handled money and trades they are almost all gone. I did forget about Justin Miller tho. I only counted Vilma, because he was so good that he was worth mentioning even on his way out. Moss and Jordan have had ok careers since they left.

By: seanmac

seanmac — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:51:44 +0000

Santana Moss, Lamont Jordan and Kareem Mackenzie were all excellent picks, Victor Hobson, while no star, managed to hold onto a starting spot for his entire time here, Justin Miller has gone to the Pro Bowl as a return man, etc, etc. Bradway’s failures as a talent evaluator are pretty overstated. The reason he was somewhat of a failure as a GM (not a disaster, mind you) is that he did a poor job of managing the cap- he paid out too much money to older players in recognition of their past service, and he overpaid some guys who hadn’t earned big money yet like McCareins. But I can think of a lot of GMs with lesser eyes for talent.