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It’s time for a heaping helping of Friday Night Website Whispers with a few different notes for you tonight. Let’s get it started . . .
The New Orleans Saints signed Kyle Wilson, who is great young man.
But he struggled during his time with the Jets, and if weren’t for Rex’s world-view, or as J.P. Pelzman called it, “Rex-Ray Vision,” he probably wouldn’t have made it to a fifth-year with the Jets.
But sometimes Ryan, who is a wonderful man, has a hard time with reality (like loading up on weapons in Buffalo to prop-up E.J. Manuel. Doesn’t work that way dude).
And the reality is, the NFL cornerback landscape is so barren, Wilson got another job.
Good for him, he’s a great guy.
But when Rob Ryan called from New Orleans, did Rex did with reality in the phone call?
You have to wonder.
Rex has an inability to deal with the reality at times, thinking believing in somebody enough can elevate their game. This isn’t the Jets problem anymore. That is for Terry Pegula to deal with . . .
Josh Freeman to the Dolphins makes a lot of sense. Mike Tannenbaum and the Jets really liked him in the 2009 draft, and he was in the conversation, but they ended up trading up for Mark Sanchez.
As first reported here, the Jets had Freeman in for a workout recently, but passed on signing him.
Freeman is yet another quarterbacks destroyed by the clueless handling of young quarterbacks by most teams in this league.
I have two words four you on how young quarterbacks should be handled – AARON RODGERS.
Freeman was thrown into action too quickly, had myriad play-books thrown at him, and then was chucked to the curb by Tampa Bay. He goes Minnesota, and they start him like five minutes after he gets there, not knowing the system, and he gets concussed in his first game, and never plays another game there.
The NFL is the best league in sports, but they have a HUGE problem they refuse to acknowledge – a shortage of good quarterbacks, and a lot of teams have nobody by themselves to blame.
What the heck is wrong with sitting young quarterbacks, not letting them play for a year or two, especially ones that come out of colleges spreads. Why not develop them properly? The position is so darn hard – so much to learn.
If I was running a team, and I picked Marcus Mariota, he’s not seeing the field in Year One under ANY circumstances . . .
I know this might be considered a little high for him, but if the Jets stay at six, they need to take a long, hard look at nose tackle Danny Shelton.
He is the best 3-4 nose tackle in the draft, and having a dominant nose tackle in this system is huge.
I constantly here comparisons to Vince Wilfork.
Let me ask y’all a question? If he’s the second-coming of Vince Wilfork, don’t you think picking him at six is okay?
This guy has a powerful lower-body, is really good at taking up double-teams, and is surprisingly athletic for a 6-2, 340-pounder.
He’s also a great kid, who was an Academic All-American last year.
Ideally, it might be better to trade back a few spots and pick him in the, let’s say, 10-15 area, but if you can get a dominating nose tackle, to line-up in-between Sheldon Richardson and Mo Wilkerson, would you do it?
I’m not writing off Damon Harrison, but as you all know, but he was somewhat inconsistent last season. He was handled by single blockers too often. That is a no-no for 3-4 nose tackle, Perhaps he was playing hurt, but he wasn’t as good last year, as he was in 2013.
April 3, 2015
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