The mere fact that you mention/compare Woody and T, to Hess and Guttman is scary enough.

My mention of Barton, Spencer and Trusnik was not regarding $$$$$, I know the last two are making squat. I’m questioning playing time to allow two Guys, Gholsten and Trusnick, that have tremendous upside to develop. We now have 8-9 linebackers and only, and with Rex you really don’t know, four can/should play at a time. I assume that Harris, Pace, Scott will get 70 to 80% of playing time with 5-6 others spliting about 20%. If you do the mth, that’s not really much time to do much. And we still have to address our Pass D BIG time !!

In answer to your question, to be honest, I would have loved to give Harris Trusnik for a while and Pace Golston for a while but now, we know Scott will be in the THICK of things.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Scott in the locker room, that’s where he will make his biggest impact !!!!

I definitely agree that the Front Office has some made some good moves but there definitely has to be a focus on age. Assuming Kemoeatu comes as well, the moves today are tremendous.

To get players that are very solid and get them at what should be their perceived prime- is a great win.

But these ‘regime’ still needs to prove a lot. Because there has been blunders on players, money, draft, etc. Been some key wins but you need to win more than you lost and both off and on the field- this group has yet to do that consistently. I think this can be the changing year and although I’m still skeptical- I’m not quite sure I’m sold yet but we’re off to a good start. A key DE signing followed by drafting a CB, or WR in Rd 1 and then solid depth in the later and I think we should have a positive year ahead. I love the coach and I also think Mr. Ratliff may have some magic.

I am not that young either, born months after the Jets only Superbowl appearance and victory unfortunately, I have been a season ticket holder for many inept seasons, believe me. I want results as much as anyone, but I guess we just have differing opinions of the front office and their approach, fair enough.

If you are as old as me you remember the the Leon Hess/Steve Gutman era? I know Woody isn’t the Mara’s or the Rooney’s but I consider this regime a major upgrade.

Nice retort.
Results in my opinion are only worth mentioning if team had something to show for it, I have been watching this team for 40 years.
I want to go to the Superbowl to watch the Jets, not interested in nice seasons anymore, my time is running out. Not sure how old you are, but yours might be running out as well. LOL

I really don’t get the gloom and doom from you. Jenkins will be every bit the player Ngata is and then some, what we really need is a player like Kelly Gregg (the other NT/DE) the Ravens use judiciously to keep the line fresh and consistensly stop the run.

As for the drunken sailor bit, stop believing everything you read, the Jets have always been portrayed negatively in the mainstream media (the very reason Bassett started this site) and last year was no different. The PLAN was to fill the holes we had in free agency and trades, our needs were LG, NT, OLB, RT, so we went out and got the best available players to fill those holes and paid them handsomely (Faneca, Jenkins, Pace, Woody). Did we overpay a bit? Sure, but we had needs and we addressed them, this was defined as “desperate” by the media, mainly because it was the Jets. All worked out to varying degrees by the way. Faneca wasn’t his pro bowl self, granted, but he was playing with a new guy to either side of him for the first time in his career, and he is still one of the best pulling guards in the game, a big reason TJ shined this year. Jenkins did get hurt and fall off (with the rest of the team) after 11 games, sh* t happens, can’t predict injuries, he was a beast when he was in there, and judging by what Haynesworth just got form the skins he is now officially a bargain. Pace started off well and dropped off in sacks reportedly because he was asked to cover alot more later in the year, I’m sure Rex will put a stop to that. Woody was adequate, all in all I was happy. This year we seem to be following the same plan, figure out what your needs are, target the players that can best help you and sign them early, even if you have to overpay a little. Bart Scott and Chris Kemeoatu both make sense to me, nothing desperate or drunken sailorish about it.

Maybe its just me.

Ngata is a stud in any system , he cannot be blocked one on one, and is as athletic for his size as anyone in the league.

Sorry for my incorrect age w/Woody.
My point is that the teams with a stable ownership/Front Office seem to have a plan. Our front office resembles a drunkin sailor at times. No rhyme or reason for some of the signings/cuts.

Love Scott, hope we have a Ngata to play in front of him, and a Lewis, and a Suggs to play next to him. That is why they call it a TEAM game. I hope the D plays well because our offense is going to hurt to watch. 1 Playmaker Leon, maybe Keller.