P.S. the CB was Antoine Winfield.

Ellis, Thomas and Bowens is not making me forget the Sack Exchange. That is not the kind of pass rush from the outside that’s going to scare anyone. Subpar in my opinion. Assuming the Faneca deal goes through (don’t forget about that Buffalo CB that stiffed us last minute a few years ago – forgetting his name) the remaining priorities in order as far as I’m concerned are:

Pass Rushing OLB
Right Off Tackle
Pass Rushing DE
3rd Wide Receiver

I read one post about Javon Walker being a potential target. That doesn’t sound depending on the money. They can’t get all of the above in the draft and rookie WRs don’t tend to pay dividends in Year 1.

Draft a pass rusher and an offensive tackle, sign a WR and a sign a cheaper vet offensive Tackle to backup/compete. They might have to make due with D Rob at DE if they can’t unload him. If they do use the pick on another pass rusher.

We need to expose that overrated Offensive Line in Foxboro like the Giants did.

Still, the sheer amount of wheeling and dealing is impressive, we’ll get to the net net on the defense later this weekend … it’s been something we’ve been kicking around in our heads for two days now.

Jenkins is arguably better equipped to play the nose than Robertson (also a 4-3 DT), so that’s an upgrade, right? – at a lower cost. Alternatively, there are lots of guys like Jenkins that play the 3-4 DE position well.

I agree we need pass rushers, but I’m sure the front office is well aware of that and is reportedly pursuing Calvin Pace, as well as having the option of using one of their first two picks on such a player.

To say we’ve no pass rushers, when Ellis, Thomas and Bowens have all had pass rushing success in the past is a bit harsh, although I would agree that none of them covered themselves in glory last year.

If Vilma returns to pre-injury form, we should end up with a 2nd rounder, and his contract was due to be up anyway. If not, then that’s just bad luck that the injury happened when it did and at least we got something for him. Under the circumstances, that’s about the best you can expect. Maybe we should have traded him last year, but hindsight is always 20-20.

I don’t think the job is even half done yet, so it’s way too early to judge one way or the other, but there’s plenty of reasons to be optimistic that the Jets are on the right track.

Then there’s Jenkins. He somehow solves our problem at NT? Isn’t this guy a 4-3 DT? Didn’t CArolina’s defense suck last year? What am I missing here?

We still have NOT ONE pass rusher on this team. Not one. And we just gave up Vilma and two picks. Faneca is good for maybe 2 years so clearly we want to win now. Tell me how that’s happening with the defense we currently have.

Vilma didn’t sign an extension, and the conditional 2009 2nd or 3rd rounder from the Saints comes only if he does so, according to Rock.

That could still happen, but if Vilma was committed to NO (and the Saints to him), wouldn’t he get an extended deal now? Smells like one-and-done to me.

Vilma to the Saints for a fourth rounder in 2008 until further notice.

“I know there’s a lot of rumors out there about Dewayne,” Tannenbaum said. “Dewayne’s 26, he’s done a lot of things for us as well. I don’t want to comment on any rumors. But depth on the defensive line is important, there’s nothing imminent, and Dewayne should be here.”

i think if something is gonna happen with d-rob it will happen within this week…and we still have to make rhodes a happy jet soon to…and randle gay is coming for a visit…but i would rather go with justin miller as are CB opposite revis…anyway,just my thoughts…