Comments on: Quick Camp Rundown: The Defense

By: Harvlis

Harvlis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:18:35 +0000

Ramble, You are right on the money. I have been to a couple of practices also. There is no serious hitting going on. No one could possibly know anything about our defense, at this point. Here is what I have taken away from the practices, concerning the Defense:

* Jenkins will be fine at the nose. He will be a force in the middle. Although, he is not going all out, he is still giving Mangold a workout. Please stay healthy.

* Revis is an amazing talent. With Jenkins forcing the issue, he should have a great year.

* Pace is a big boy with some fluid spin moves. I can’t wait to see him and Gholston line up together on passing downs. QB’s are going to be running for their lives.

* Defensive depth will not be a problem.

* Miami is in trouble

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:27:44 +0000

The number 4 is available? I’ll be right there…

By: john r

john r — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:35:40 +0000

i am really excited to see harris with a solid nose tackle. his speed is just great and putting him together with pace and gholstons is really something bright for the future.
i agree championships are built around great D’s and we finally have one.

By: nyckage

nyckage — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:30:21 +0000

u c as soon as we add jenkins everyone else gets better thank god the panthers r a bunch of idiots , this move will make everyone better and make thomas and pace’s job alot easier and within week 5 also gholstons

By: Dave75

Dave75 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:53:31 +0000

Yes, Defense wins championships and they look good. The new rookie cb Dwight Loweryloked pretty solid as well when i was there. I saw him make a nice break on the ball and break it up off the arm of Pennington. And one thought on CJ Mosely, I saw him ansolutely dominate aneca in 1 on 1′s. maybe Faneca was sleeping but ti was a good sign

By: ramble914

ramble914 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:35:33 +0000

Bassett,

When you look at who put that Dallas defense together (Parcells) it’s no wonder they are big. We can probably expect the same thing from Miami, so it’s a good thing we increased our size so we can stand up to them.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:28:26 +0000

Same exact feeling. Watchign Dallas, and especially Jacksonville (even though they don’t run a 3-4), I ask myself “why can’t the Jets LOOK like that?”

By: Bassett

Bassett — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:35:06 +0000

hey ramble thanks for sharing that. that was one of the biggest things I was frustrated with last year. I noticed it most remarkably during the Cowboys game. When you look at their front seven compared to the Jets, it was pretty obvious why the unit was getting pushed around.

By: BubbyBrister/shovelpass

BubbyBrister/shovelpass — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:22:19 +0000

While i agree with you , ramble…I do miss Vilma already. I hope he kicks a$$ in Nawlins, for his sake and for the Jets draft pick…

By: ramble914

ramble914 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:16:22 +0000

Another positive aspect of our defense is the overall upgrade of the size of the front seven. If you look at last year and this years additions, we have become a much bigger defense up front.

Kenyon Coleman – 6-6, 290 lbs.
Kris Jenkins – 6-5, 360 lbs.
David harris – 6-2, 248 lbs.
Calvin Pace – 6-4, 270 lbs.
Vernon Gholston – 6-4, 266 lbs.

The size of the hold overs:
Sean Ellis – 6-5, 285 lbs.
Eric barton – 6-2, 240 lbs.
Brian Thomas – 6-4, 265 lbs.

As you can see we seem to have pro-typical size players for the 3-4 defense. It can also be said that most if not all of these guys have exceptional quickness.

We should be a vastly improved defense this year.