Jets Looking North
The Jets are going to be trying out a two Canadian Football League players over the next few days. One a defensive pass-rush specialist and another is a kicker.
DE Ricky Foley (6-2, 245 lbs) — Foley won an award for being the best Canadian player in the league, and had 12 sacks in 2009, in replacement of Cameron Wake, who was a great player for the BC Lions and went on to play with the Dolphins last year (and is much the source of J-Peezy’s current discontent). According to his agent, Foley will also visit the Pats and Rams. Foley seems a little small for the Jets scheme to be an outside pass rusher, so we’ll see how this progresses.
K Damon Duval — Duval has been working out for a number of NFL this week, including the Falcons yesterday and Cincinnati and Houston along with the Jets in coming days. Duval has impressive leg strength, and can punt the ball as well I believe, so could potentially save a roster spot, or allow the team a backup plan should the team’s other kicking specialist get injured. The Jets really like Jay Feely, but his performance in the Championship game has to force the team look around some and see who’s on the market. In this article Duval made the point that it comes down to the signing bonus he’ll receive from teams as it’s a truer measure of just how interested they are in him.
11 Responses to Jets Looking North
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I read where Foley’s agent even admitted he is no where near as good as Cameron Waker and will probably translate to a very good special teams player….not really a starter
Its always good to look at kickers. They are so hot and cold having a guy that can be called in during the year do to injury or struggles is nice….. example: 2009 Dallas Cowboys and Nick Folk
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Cold_Old_Steeler_Fan says:
The CFL had already lost a dozen players this year to the NFL. These two would make it 14. That is a lot to lose from an 8 team league.
I guess they will restock in 2011.
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The one guy I’m interested in seeing this spring and summer is Larry Taylor, who we signed last month. He’s a Fort Lauderdale kid that went to UConn and played for the Montreal Alouettes this past year. He’s a punt return demon who scored 3 TDs for them. He’s in 3 of these top 20 Alouette plays doing what he does best.
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patpat says:
werent these two guys looked at by the jets some time over the summer? I cant help but think these names sound familiar…
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steviek says:
they said guys like sam mills were too small too.
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BubbyBrister/shovelpass says:
Sam Mills was so small I didn’t even see him when I threw that God-Awful shovel pass….
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KenEB says:
The Jets are more likely to find an impact pass rusher in Jamaal Westerman that in Foley.
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jameson says:
I would not be surprised if we went for a pass-rushing specialist in the first round. I like Jerry Hughes over Brandon Graham, but both have that relentless motor that you’d like to see out of a rush-backer position.
And both are considered “undersized”; and that is at 6’3, 260.
At 6’2, 245 you’d have to think the Jets are looking at Foley as a potential ILB.
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Gregory Rasputin says:
We’re not going to sign any new kicker.
Feely will be here for a very long while.
We should sign that Ike Broflovski kid I’ve been hearing so much about