Comments on: Only When We Win – Part VIII

By: ganggreen4ever

ganggreen4ever — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:25:53 +0000

hahahhaha this is hilarious i look forward to this i like the david barret and chris baker one in the tunnel hahah

By: Bent

Bent — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:13:34 +0000

To “are you kidding me?”:

Please don’t take my omission of Favre as any kind of slight. I was merely making a direct comparison on some past trades where one was available and you can’t do that with Favre until you know what pick the Jets will end up with. However, we are grateful to have him and in the holiday spirit, I will extend a big thank you to Green Bay too!

I have been enjoying the Favre era, which I decided I would do from the outset, despite the financial risk the Jets were taking on board. So far, it has been well worth it (although there is more to this team than Favre, so I take exception to the assertion that there’s no way they’d be .500 without him…they were already not that far off being a .500 team last year (4 wins and at least 6 or 7 near misses) and had already significantly upgraded before he arrived.

By: Robert Mueller

Robert Mueller — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:43:23 +0000

I still find it hard to believe that Green Bay “decided” to trade Brett Favre to the Jets. I mean, for him to be playing in Green Bay this year was never in the cards–and not because of Green Bay. So the writer is correct, why show gratitude to them for a favor they didn’t do when you really look at it.

By: are you kidding me?

are you kidding me? — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:56:55 +0000

Yo Mr. Bent, I think you left out a big thanks to Green Bay. Are you kidding me? Did you “forget” to put that in there? If it wasn’t for Green Bay the Jets would be a .500 team AT BEST. Enjoy Favre while you have him.

By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:03:40 +0000

Bent, great piece by the way, but I think you’re being a little harsh to Abram Elam!

How about: was hidden from view for a few seconds by Eric Smith. Then, when Smith tripped, Elam caught him, only to throw Smith into a trash pile and swagger walk down the rest of the tunnel.

By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:56:40 +0000

I think the Jets only have to make the SB, not win it, to forfeit a 1st-rounder to GB. Still not a bad deal, though I hope we close the deal if we do get that far.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:04:13 +0000

Terrance Cody is a beast among boys in the NCAA. Listed around 6’5″ and 360. The man just eats the middle of the field. If we could get him I would jump at that.

By: john l

john l — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:32:11 +0000

anybody hear anything on clowney?

By: JustAGreenGuy

JustAGreenGuy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:09:35 +0000

If Terrance Cody comes out, and he is all that they say he is, we need to make moves and get him. He could learn from Jenkins before taking over for him. It gives us depth at a very critical position in a 3-4. It is worth the picks to move down in the draft.

By: Andrew Weiss

Andrew Weiss — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:57:28 +0000

Nice recap, thanks. A few additions.

John Abraham came as compensation for Belichick so that one should be HC of the NYJ for Nick Mangold.

Vilma has already resulted in Dwight Lowery. Not a bad exchange on its face but we get a 3rd or a 2nd, probably a 2nd, next year also, not bad at all.

Kendall gets us Washington’s fourth rounder next year.

We will lose at least a 2nd for Favre. If we go to the SB (and win), it’s a first rounder.

We will not get any compensation for Robertson. He would have to get 65% of the snaps and he’s only playing about half of the time.

Incidentally, next year’s draft will be stacked. The NFL is rumored to be working on a rookie salary cap (long overdue) so most underclassmen with a chance of being drafted should come out before their earnings will be curtailed.