{"id":18063,"date":"2013-02-11T11:50:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T15:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=18063"},"modified":"2013-02-11T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:34:46","slug":"ny-jets-potential-fa-signing-schwartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2013\/02\/11\/ny-jets-potential-fa-signing-schwartz\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets Potential FA Signing Schwartz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets offensive line might be going through a transition next season as both guards Matt Slauson and Brandon Moore<\/a> are set to become unrestricted free agents.\u00a0 2010 round two draft pick Vladimir Ducasse was being groomed to replace Slauson playing part-time at left guard in 2012.\u00a0 Moore will be 33 going into next season but has been a solid player who seems to have some productive years left.\u00a0\u00a0 With the Jets having tight finances they may not be able to retain Moore as he would be an attractive option for a team in need of a veteran lineman.<\/p>\n

With center Nick Mangold, left tackle D\u2019Brickashaw Ferguson under contract, and right tackle Austin Howard a restricted free agent, it appears the Jets need to focus on replacing right guard Moore.<\/p>\n

Big name high priced free agent guards like Andy Levitre or Louis Vasquez will be out of reach for the cash strapped Jets so they\u2019ll need to look at cheaper alternatives.\u00a0 Former Carolina Panthers and Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz<\/a> is set to become a free agent.<\/p>\n

During 2010 Schwartz started all 16 games for the Panthers 5 at right tackle and 11 at right guard.\u00a0 Unfortunately a hip injury sidelined him for the entire 2011 season.\u00a0 Signed to a one year deal in 2012 with the Minnesota Vikings Schwartz was hit with another injury this time a sports hernia <\/a>which cost him the early portion of the season.<\/p>\n

Second year lineman Brandon Fusco<\/a>\u00a0emerged as the Vikings starting right guard since it took time for Schwartz to return from his injury but even though Fusco was starting Schwartz began to take on a larger role later in the year.\u00a0 There were even games when Schwartz played more than the starter Fusco.<\/p>\n

Just like the Jets did last season with safety LaRon Landry they could give Schwartz a reasonable one year \u201cshow me\u201d deal.\u00a0 Before coming to the Jets Landry\u2019s past few seasons were marred with injury making him a risky signing but ended up playing in all 16 games while being named to the Pro-Bowl.<\/p>\n

Schwartz will be 27 by the start of the 2013 season and can played tackle or guard on the right side of the line.\u00a0 He’d be eager to show his 2010 form on a one year deal opening up the possibility for a future longer term contract as Landry is doing now.<\/p>\n

There is always a risk in signing a player who had some injury problems but even obtaining health players isn\u2019t risk free.\u00a0 The Jets will be looking for \u201cdiamonds in the rough\u201d hoping to get great production at a bargain price just like what happen with Landry.\u00a0 While Schwartz does come with health concerns he has the ability and experience to be a very good addition at a position of need, so if the price is right the Jets would be wise to give Schwartz an opportunity this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets offensive line might be going through a transition next season as both guards Matt Slauson and Brandon Moore are set to become unrestricted free agents.\u00a0 2010 round two draft pick Vladimir Ducasse was being groomed to replace Slauson playing part-time at left guard in 2012.\u00a0 Moore will be 33 going into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":18067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1337],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-home-slider"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Geoff-Schwartz.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-4Hl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18063"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18086,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18063\/revisions\/18086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}