Jets Lose Greene, Bell and Landry to Free Agency
What once looked like an off-season bent on retooling a broken team, is now a total rebuilding project for the New York Jets.
The Jets lost three more players to free agency on Wednesday, making GM John Idzik's job that much harder as he tries to piece together a football team in his first year as general manager.
The Jets watched Mike D'Vito sign with Kansas City earlier this week, a loss that the Jets won't regret. D'Vito, while he was a nice clubhouse guy was not a great defensive tackle, and a bit undersized for the position. The Jets can replace his. New York then watched running back Shonn Greene bolt for the Tennessee Titans.
Like D'Vito, Greene will not be missed. Greene had an underwhelming career in green and white. Even though he ran for 1000 yards in each of the last two seasons, watching Greene was like watching someone try to run through cement. He was awful; only averaged 3.9 yards a carry in those two years, and his longest run was 36 yards. That's it. He never truly developed into the breakout back who lit up the playoffs back in 2009. Greene will now be a career back-up running back behind Chris Johnson in Tennessee.
However the bigger lumps for the Jets this week has to be losing their two safeties, Yeremiah Bell and Laron Landry. A year ago, the Jets were desperate for safety help and acquired Bell from Miami and Landry from Washington. Both players had a big hand in keeping the Jets secondary one of the best in the NFL, even with Darrelle Revis on the shelf. Both players will be missed -- and New York will be hard pressed to find players as good as them in both free agency and the draft.
Losing Bell, who signed with the Cardinals, and Landry, who went to the Colts, should change minds in the Jets front office about dealing Revis. The Jets are in serious talks with the Buccaneers about dealing the corner. If New York gets rid of Revis, they will have lost 3/4 of their starting secondary. That is totally abysmal, and absolutely ridiculous.
The Jets are now $15 million under the cap with the losses they have already taken in free agency; if the Jets are smart, they take that as a chance to give Revis what he wants, and pay the man! If the Jets are without Revis next year, this team will be a total disaster, and could be the worst in the NFL.
The Jets watched Mike D'Vito sign with Kansas City earlier this week, a loss that the Jets won't regret. D'Vito, while he was a nice clubhouse guy was not a great defensive tackle, and a bit undersized for the position. The Jets can replace his. New York then watched running back Shonn Greene bolt for the Tennessee Titans.
Like D'Vito, Greene will not be missed. Greene had an underwhelming career in green and white. Even though he ran for 1000 yards in each of the last two seasons, watching Greene was like watching someone try to run through cement. He was awful; only averaged 3.9 yards a carry in those two years, and his longest run was 36 yards. That's it. He never truly developed into the breakout back who lit up the playoffs back in 2009. Greene will now be a career back-up running back behind Chris Johnson in Tennessee.
However the bigger lumps for the Jets this week has to be losing their two safeties, Yeremiah Bell and Laron Landry. A year ago, the Jets were desperate for safety help and acquired Bell from Miami and Landry from Washington. Both players had a big hand in keeping the Jets secondary one of the best in the NFL, even with Darrelle Revis on the shelf. Both players will be missed -- and New York will be hard pressed to find players as good as them in both free agency and the draft.
Losing Bell, who signed with the Cardinals, and Landry, who went to the Colts, should change minds in the Jets front office about dealing Revis. The Jets are in serious talks with the Buccaneers about dealing the corner. If New York gets rid of Revis, they will have lost 3/4 of their starting secondary. That is totally abysmal, and absolutely ridiculous.
The Jets are now $15 million under the cap with the losses they have already taken in free agency; if the Jets are smart, they take that as a chance to give Revis what he wants, and pay the man! If the Jets are without Revis next year, this team will be a total disaster, and could be the worst in the NFL.
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