{"id":2158,"date":"2009-02-28T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2010-08-21T04:53:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T04:53:27","slug":"welcome-to-thunderdome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/02\/28\/welcome-to-thunderdome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Thunderdome"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Doug Cantor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, here we go. \u00a0Hello Jetnation, this is my first post here in this fabulous new blog offered to me by Max, and there’s really not much to explain. \u00a0It’s a draft blog, and I’m a draft writer. \u00a0I’ve written for a few sites, been on the radio a few times, and now I’m here. \u00a0Over the next several weeks, I’ll be going through prospects, rounds, picks, and needs of the Jets. \u00a0If there’s anybody in particular you’d like to hear my opinion on, by all means, ask away. \u00a0If you’d like to inquire as to how any free agent signing or trade of ours might affect the possibilities of us drafting for any position, post away. \u00a0 Any suggestions for the direction of the blog, by all means, feel free to give them.<\/p>\n

Just a heads up as well, sometimes I post stuff unrelated to the draft. \u00a0I’ll do it because I still think it holds relevance, , couldn’t think of something to post that day, or just out of boredom.<\/p>\n

And with that, away we go…<\/p>\n

I suppose the best place to start is evaluating how the Scott addition impacts what we’ll be doing in the early rounds. \u00a0 Truth be told, it impacts it tremendously. \u00a0Scott’s addition brings a new dimension of versatility to the linebacking core, simply due to the fact that they now have versatility in the middle to go along with the versatility on the outside. \u00a0Pace is going to flourish in Ryan’s system, and Thomas should be able to show more consistency. \u00a0Inconsistency has plagued his career, but there’s no doubt that the guy is an impact player when he’s on his A-game. \u00a0Scott’s vocal mentality should play a large role in bringing consistency to his game and also take coverage pressure off him and Pace, allowing both to do what they do best, getting after the quarterback.<\/p>\n

Another bonus that comes off of this is that, barring injury, his addition solidifies a foursome that should be effective on the field which Gholston should be able to continue to learn under. \u00a0Mangini’s “read and react” scheme was never a fit for him, but Ryan’s attack philosophy is, and Scott’s played what Ryan will hope to be his role in it eventually; at an All Pro level no less.<\/p>\n

Thus, the addition of Scott allows the Jets maneuverability in the early rounds in the fact that they can chase depth, but they won’t have to do so until the second day. \u00a0David Bowens has been released, and outside of Gholston, there is now zero depth on the LB front. \u00a0While the Jets have more pressing needs in terms of starters (namely wide reciever, safety, and cornerback), the fact that the strength of this defense is going to be built on its linebackers (as it was for Ryan in Baltimore), stresses the need for depth immediately.<\/p>\n

That’s about it for today, I’ll try to mix it up with need posts like this one, ranking posts…etc. \u00a0You get the point. \u00a0Enjoy the weekend folks, and please say a prayer for Johan Santana’s elbow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Doug Cantor Well, here we go. \u00a0Hello Jetnation, this is my first post here in this fabulous new blog offered to me by Max, and there’s really not much to explain. \u00a0It’s a draft blog, and I’m a draft writer. \u00a0I’ve written for a few sites, been on the radio a few times, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nfl-draft"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-yO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4934,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/4934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}