{"id":24401,"date":"2014-03-18T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=24401"},"modified":"2022-04-01T03:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:56:35","slug":"john-idziks-master-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2014\/03\/18\/john-idziks-master-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"John Idzik’s Master Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a>Jetsfan80 started this thread in the JetNation forums<\/a>. \u00a0It breaks down how Seattle put together their starting lineup. \u00a0I felt it was worth sharing, because it clearly illustrates the importance of the NFL draft. \u00a0Many Jets fans and beat reporters are saying John Idzik is sleeping at the wheel. \u00a0Looks like Idzik is wide awake and is just following his master plan, which doesn’t involve over spending on free agents.<\/p>\n

Here is the post:<\/p>\n

Every successful team can pick out a few key signings.\u00a0 Which is why Decker and Giacommini are nothing to spit at.\u00a0 Those are good signings.\u00a0 So was the trade for Chris Ivory.\u00a0 But you don’t just say “We have needs\/wants at 8 positions.\u00a0 We’ll fill those with 6 or 7 free agents and call it a day” like the Browns or Raiders are doing.\u00a0 They’re trying to win with other people’s players because they failed so miserably at drafting their own talent.<\/p>\n

Look at the Seahawks starters and you tell me if it looks like the type of roster Idzik is looking to build:<\/p>\n

[NOTE:\u00a0 For our purposes, I am assuming Sidney Rice is headed elsewhere.\u00a0 If he doesn’t, he takes Lockette’s spot on the depth chart]<\/span><\/p>\n

QB:\u00a0 Russell Wilson (3rd round pick)<\/span><\/p>\n

RB:\u00a0 Marshawn Lynch (trade:\u00a0 2011 4th round pick, 2012 conditional pick)<\/strong><\/p>\n

WR:\u00a0 Doug Baldwin (UDFA)<\/p>\n

WR:\u00a0 Percy Harvin (trade:\u00a0 1st and 7th rounder)<\/strong><\/p>\n

WR:\u00a0 Ricardo Lockette (UDFA)<\/p>\n

TE:\u00a0 Zach Miller (Signed 2011 to 5-year deal)<\/strong><\/p>\n

LT:\u00a0 Russell Okung (Top 10 pick)<\/p>\n

LG:\u00a0 James Carpenter (1st rounder)<\/p>\n

C:\u00a0 Max Unger (2nd rounder)<\/p>\n

RG:\u00a0 JR Sweezy (7th rounder)<\/p>\n

RT:\u00a0 Michael Bowie (7th rounder)<\/p>\n

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LDE:\u00a0 Michael Bennett (UDFA)<\/p>\n

DT:\u00a0 Brandon Mebane (3rd rounder)<\/p>\n

DT:\u00a0 Tony McDaniel (UDFA, bounced between Jaguars and Dolphins, signed in 2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

RDE:\u00a0 Cliff Avrill (Signed as RFA in 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

OLB:\u00a0 Malcolm Smith (7th rounder)<\/p>\n

MLB:\u00a0 Bobby Wagner (2nd rounder)<\/p>\n

OLB:\u00a0 Bruce Irvin (1st rounder)<\/p>\n

CB:\u00a0 Richard Sherman (5th rounder)<\/p>\n

CB:\u00a0 Byron Maxwell (6th rounder)<\/p>\n

FS:\u00a0 Earl Thomas (1st rounder)<\/p>\n

SS:\u00a0 Kam Chancellor (5th rounder)<\/p>\n

Of all Seattle’s starters on offense, only 1, Zach Miller, was a free agent signing.\u00a0 Much like the Jets traded a 4th rounder for Chris Ivory, the Seahawks did the same to get Marshawn Lynch.\u00a0 Harvin was a pickup via trade as well, but his health has prevented him from making any impact on a team that won the Super Bowl largely without him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of their starters on defense, only one, Cliff Avrill, was a significant free agent signing.\u00a0 McDaniel was a scrap-heap pickup that worked out.\u00a0 The rest they found via the draft.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks entire back 7 was found via the draft.\u00a0 Their entire offensive line was drafted.\u00a0 That’s impressive stuff.\u00a0 You cannot even come close to arguing that this Seattle roster depended on free agents.\u00a0 They depend on the draft.\u00a0 Period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If the Seahawks are the model we’re looking to duplicate, Idzik is right on target so far.\u00a0 He’s accumulating talent via the draft, filling a few needs where he can via free agency.\u00a0 This is how you build a winner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jetsfan80 started this thread in the JetNation forums. \u00a0It breaks down how Seattle put together their starting lineup. \u00a0I felt it was worth sharing, because it clearly illustrates the importance of the NFL draft. \u00a0Many Jets fans and beat reporters are saying John Idzik is sleeping at the wheel. \u00a0Looks like Idzik is wide awake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18342,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Idzik-podium.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-6lz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24401","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24402,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24401\/revisions\/24402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}