According to Adam Schefter, the Jets were able to come to an agreement with former Browns safety, Brodney Pool. The deal will keep him in New York for at least one year at $1.3 million.
Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the New York Jets reached an agreement on a one-year, $1.3 million deal with Pool on Thursday night.
Pool has played his entire five-year career in Cleveland but wasn’t tendered by the Browns. That means the Jets won’t have to send any compensation to the Browns, even though Pool was technically a restricted free agent.
I think this is a good pick up by the Jets. While his health history will certainly be a cause for concern, Pool is a good safety that can really thrive in the league as long as he remains healthy (and being under the direction of Rex Ryan will no doubt help as well). The good part is the Jets don’t have to send anything to Cleveland in return so this could potentially turn into a low risk, high reward deal depending on how the season plays out.
Glad to see the Jets are trying to build up the roster early though I still believe safety will still be a priority in April mainly due to the uncertainty of Pool’s health. Regardless, welcome to New York Brodney!
Joe C – only way we should go get Marshall is if we can trade him same day to Sea for pick #14 (as suggested several times over the past several days by that Ahole Florio)
reality jet fan- Also
Its Tanny’s job to evaluate the team year by year, make the neccessary additions and subtractions, while trying to win now without sacrificing the team’s future
You would be hard pressed to find ANYONE around the NFL that will say that Mike T has done anything but a great job as Jets GM
Tanny doesnt play the games, he doesnt coach the team, so the guy cant win a Super Bowl by himself.
However, somewhere along the line you forgot that the Jets were trying to BUILD a winner and that there is no shame in not winning a Super Bowl 4 year into a GMs tenure when he has taken the team from the gutter and turned them onto the cusp of being a Super Bowl contender
Im a Yankee fan too, but just remember, you cant do it in baseball like you do in football so save the Yankee-comparison
He aint no Kerry Rhodes…..
we need a real bonafide number one safety…Pool is a backup
Makes me sick to hear that that the Pats have 3 2nd round picks??? Especially this year, with the talent up front.
Pats picks:
1st Round (22nd Overall)
2nd Round (Jaguars 44th Overall)
2nd Round (Titans 47th Overall)
2nd Round (53rd Overall)
I hope we can do some wheeling and dealing again with the Browns, if we need to.
i like that cleveland has been reduced to our AAA squad
ok move
Pool a backup? Really? Pool has started at BOTH FS and CB since 06 and was an early 2nd rd pick in 05
Check Kerry Rhodes numbers as compared to Pool’s in 09
Rhodes- 63 tackles 0 sacks 3 INTS 16 games
Pool- 50 tackles 1 sack 4 INTS 11 games
Seem Pool was a little more productive huh?
You miserable people wanna knock the move, give me something better then “ok move”…typical miserable Jets fans who knock the move only because others endorse it
Don’t draft Vernon Mays!!
hopefully the picture on top isnt how poole got his 3rd concussion then we have problems
Eddie, I can have my OWN opinion without you trying to put me down
I didnt knock the move bc others endorsed it. Thank you very much. I call him a backup because he cant stay healthy. Next time you wanna lash out on someone do some exercises.
They’re probably going to draft another safety, but I like the signing. It’s for one season at very little cost. There’s the potential that he thrives in this system and puts up good numbers. I’ve warmed to the idea of our corners being good enough that our safeties don’t have to be great in coverage. I wouldn’t mind a 2nd round safety like one of the two Jones boys, but Pool is solid.
When’s Joey Porter coming to the Big Apple?
Good move, low risk and high reward. For the record, Pool’s agent disputes Cleveland’s claims about his concussion history (he says Pool has only 1 documented concussion) and he is only 25. If he doesn’t get concussed, he’s a steal. As for the draft, unless the Jets sign Porter, the biggest hole on defense is still pass rushing WILL/DE hybrid.
Ok move
Sure you can have your opinion…
But when you post it for all to see and it is wrong based on the FACTS I presented…I have the right also to state mine
Your arguement was weak and I wasnt refering to you alone -if you look above I was debating “reality jet fan” about the same thing.
I dont know what to tell you either grow some thicker skin or get your facts straight before you post falsehoods
BTW, Kerry Rhodes hasnt been the Kerry Rhodes that you are referring to since 06, for accuracy’s sake
I’m thiking about it this wway he can’t have a worse yea than kerry rhodes had and we were still the number 1 defense last year wit our safety underperforming so I do not see a downgrade even though I haven’t seen a lot of this guy
Project safety later in the draft? If they’re there, then heck, draft them……..it’s a single year deal…..good safety?
Wasn’t tendered by the Browns?…Its Holmgren and company, this dude suck if he wasn’t tendered. Even OAK knows when players suck………Javon Walker, etc…..well they made one of the dumbest move in a while with Fabian Washington.
Marshal? What will we do with Braylon then? He was tendered you know.
I really don’t see us getting Marshall. We run and play defense. We’re obviously VERY curious as to how good Braylon will be with a full year to work with Sanchez, evidenced by the 1st & 3rd round tenders we gave him. Marshall is well worth the 29th pick, but it doesn’t make sense financially should a capped season ever return.
We have guys we need to re-sign and frankly, I’d rather trade our 1st and an additional mid-round pick for a very good RB. Since I don’t think any top-tier RBs are on the market, so I think the best route to go is draft BPA and add a RB later in the draft.
Hell, I wouldn’t even mind a pass rusher in the 1st and a RB like Joe McKnight in the 2nd. I watched him at USC and with a little bit of coaching, the guy can be an excellent change-of-pace back.
HEY GUYS,
DID ANYONE MENTION THAT POOL PLAYED FOR REX’S BROTHER ROB RYAN. REX HAD AN INSIDE “SCOOP” ON THE KID AND ROB PLAYS A SIMILAR TYPE OF DEFENSE AS REX. I THINK THAT IS A BIG REASON FOR GETTING POOL.
LOL, I gotta say, if we win an SB next year, I think I’m going to go to Cleveland and spend a few bucks there in appreciation for all that they’ve done for us!
@JetMetVet
Don’t worry, the Pats have the Raiders 2011 first-rounder too.
If this kid is better than Rhodes, why would Cleveland not tender him?
Bent and I and others covered this ground on another thread:
Pool’s stats are quite good. He’s a solid cover safety.
The one major concern is Pool’s history of concussions.
But as I said on another thread. now that we’ve traded for Pool, it’s highly unlikely that we’ll trade way up on the draft for Eric Berry, or trade up a bit for Earl Thomas.
Seems more likely now that we’ll draft a quality safety who falls to us in the second round, like Reshad Jones, for instance.
If we do pick up R Jones—and I hope we do—he’s a monster run stopper, a solid tackler, and the man can hit. So we could use him in tandem with Pool who can play center field like Rhodes, which isn’t RJ’s strength.
Anyway, the Pool signing is a low risk/high reward signing, and if he stays healthy, he can fill the hole left by Rhodes’ departure.
Very happy today! Solid pickup, excellent gamble. I am sure a few GM’s are thinking they would like to have Pool at 1.3 and 1 year. Happy the Jets moved quickly on thuis after the trade of KR.
Concussions are a scary issue , esp. In the NFL. That being said, this is the type of young talent you doooo take that chance on. Especially if he’s willing to take a 1 year deal with low in NFL standards contract. Bottom line Tanny will end up being able to play pokerface come draft time and that’s a HUUGGEE advantage. Esp when they finally sign Adalius or Porter. Although Pats are playing hard since they know he wants to go to the Jets. I think theu are hoping Jets sign Porter and no longer want AT…..and are waiting…..
@ Matt M
Thanks for the reminder on the Pats having the Raider’s #1 draft pick as well…
Sorry to have to bring this up, but can we get confirmation on the Pats picks ? Let me get this straight, they’ve got TWO #1′s and THREE #2′s ?
Brodney Pool in 2009 was in on 693 plays made 36 tackles had 4 INTs and had a 45.5 completion % against him
Kerry Rhodes in 2009 was in on 909 and made 50 tackles had 3 INTs and had a 66.7 completion % against him
http://profootballfocus.com/by_posit…=25&numgames=1
SFJ – Good stats (although they moved the page, so the link doesn’t work any more!)
However, I’m not sure they can be directly compared. The numbers for catches and yards against refer to when the player catching the ball was either being covered man to man or was in that player’s area against a zone. They do not take into account when the CB was playing man and the safety was helping out deep, although the coverage ratings do.
Since Rhodes had a better overall grade in coverage, this suggests to me that he must have been better at roaming deep (because his other numbers against were inferior to Pool.) The fact Rhodes was apparently thrown at more perhaps suggest that Pool played deep more of the time, even though Rhodes spent most of his time doing that, until late in the season.
The higher average yards per catch also would suggest Pool was deeper than Rhodes on average.
The reason I think this is good is that, instead of having Rhodes play part of the time in the box and part deep and getting frustrated with playing deep because he can’t make as many play (which, as we saw, caused some errors), they can use Pool exclusively deep and Smith/Digs/Rookie in the box. Pool won’t be under the same pressure to make impact plays and can dedicate himself to playing a disciplined role.
The fact they’re likely to play exclusively man coverage with Cromartie on board will probably mean that the defense looks more like it did early in the season than in the playoffs, but I think that could free up Leonhard to be used in a more flexible manner.
jetmetvet
the pats have the raiders 2011 1st
As A Browns fan I wish him well.
We all hope he can stay healthy and avoid another concussion which could not only end his career but his life (he’s had many).
Good luck and God speed.!
Dont love or hate it…..if he didnt have a concussion issue he would have been tendered and/or would have got a better deal than 1yr at 1.5 million. I dont care what he or his agent says.
This is a move that will get better depending on the next one. If a legit prospect is drafted then this move is a good one. if we ignore the safety position in the first 2 rounds. I dont like it.
Seems like a good deal to fill Rhodes spot. However, I would have liked to use that $$ instead on keeping TJ and then draft for a safety. Its a little dissapointing that we let TJ leave for all the work and stats he’s put up for us.
Digio, everyone is entitled to have an option and post an opion, but when you post things like “You miserable people…” you’re coming accross as an angry jackass.
I meant to say “opinion”
decent move…..atleast we didnt give him much….but 4 concussions , doesnt sound promising ………..time to draft a pass rusher…….and id bring back Marques Douglas as welll….
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Pretending to be a woman? lol
Rob Ryan totally told Rex this guy is worth it. I trust the the Ryan brothers, they know what they are doing on defense.
I dont know if this has been mentioned but Pool was the guy involved in that infamous play against the Browns a few years ago where a Baker catch at the end was ruled no TD because it was not considered a forceout. Pool was the one who made the supposed non-forceout on the play according to the Jets website.
probabaly already discussed in the comments – but i assume this takes us out of the running for sharper, correct?
i like it – there was no way we were going into the season with smith/digs as a starting safety
Obviously the concussion history worries me as I’m sure it does all of you.
SD99 mentioned above that Poole’s agent disputes the concussion history, saying he has had only 1 documented. This is the first I’ve heard of this and there’s a big difference between 1 and the 4 or 5 that I’ve been reading about.
If anyone has any more info on Poole’s concussions and what the actual # of documented is I’d be very interested to learn more. (I don’t know why they feel the need to write “documented”, it implies that there are many more that they know about but weren’t acknowledged. Or it implies that there may have been more that weren’t recognized as concussions, which I assume is the same for all players) As someone pointed out, the fact that he wasn’t tendered makes it seem likely that the # is closer to 4 or 5 than 1.
and while “expert” is not gender specific, I am not pretending to be a woman!
Mel…i remember that play and that still irks me to this day. It was a blatant force out and was the driving force to the rule-change.
Whew! Thanks bent – I can still go commando, then…
:-)
Does anyone else wonder why the Browns didn’t take advantage of this whole Low risk/High reward opportunity with Pool, especially in light of the fact that Rob Ryan’s defense is similar to Rex’s? Something doesn’t add up to me on this, and i can’t put my finger on it…
It has to be more than just concussions.
Looking at the Browns roster with Elam(a mangini favorite and Adams with experienced backups , i have they probably didn’t feel the reward/risk meant as much to them as other positions. Still a risk, but what did we lose, and if he gets close to his best….thats some reward.
thanks OJF – that makes some sense.
But , gun to your head, who would you rather have as your safety..Elam or Pool? No brainer to me…Pool.
BC..Thats all well and good.I dont care what you think I come across as to you as
And not for nothing, but some of the people who post on this site knock everything the Jets do and call me a “cheerleader” because I generally agree with this regime’s moves. It works both ways
Its not my fault I posted facts and you and “ok move” fem’d out and got all Lifetime original movie on me
call me a wambulance
NYCPE,
Here’s the AP wire:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/87420607.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiU9PmP:QiUiacyKUUs
“He is healthy and ready to go,” Dogra [Pool's agent] said. “Despite reports to the contrary, Brodney only had one known concussion. He is excited about the opportunity to play for the Jets and making a contribution to the No. 1 defense in the NFL.”
Isn’t Pool the guy top rated safety that Andre Maddox said couldn’t tackle back before the 05 draft? Funny that we drafted Maddox and now have Pool.
I didn’t like Rhodes trade but this signing helps make up for it. If healthy, Pool gives us 90% of what Rhodes gave us. Health is a risk but with a 1 year deal, it’s not a big risk. I agree with the comment above that this pick up puts us in BPA land in the draft, which is where you want to be.
Rhodes supporters – did you watch him closely last year? I can think of at least one reason why he didn’t have a concussion – contact is required. I almost threw up on the guy sitting in front of me 2 or 3 times a game watching him wiff on ‘tackels’ He looked more like a matador to me than a safety.