{"id":2609,"date":"2009-07-30T22:38:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2009-07-30T22:38:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:38:12","slug":"ny-jets-offseason-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/07\/30\/ny-jets-offseason-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets OffSeason Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Brian Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With training camp just around the corner, it&#8217;s time to examine the roster changes that occurred during the 2009 offseason for the New York Jets. I&#8217;ll breakdown the changes by position, then take a look at what we gained, lost and an outlook to the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarterback\u00a0 A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained:<\/strong> Mark Sanchez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost: <\/strong>Brett      Favre and Brett Ratliff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook:<\/strong> Although I was a Brett Ratliff fan, you cannot argue with getting a      potential franchise quarterback for relatively little to move up and get      him in the draft.\u00a0 His arm strength      will be of no concern, and he should have little problem adjusting to the      New York Media.\u00a0 If he can win the      starting job in training camp, with the team and gameplan, he could just      be a \u201cgame manager\u201d and the team will be fine with him at the helm.\u00a0 Although you cannot expect amazing      results from the start, you have to give credit to Sanchez to      understanding his role, as he is the only 1<sup>st<\/sup> rounder besides      Stafford to be coming to camp on time and with a contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Running Back\/Full Back\u00a0 C+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained: <\/strong>Shonne      Greene<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost: <\/strong>Noah      Herron<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook: <\/strong>Adding      Shonne Greene to the roster adds depth to the position (look for Greene to      be the power and goal line type guy for now) and provides a great player      for the future as well. With Tony Richardson serving as a blocking full      back, the Jet&#8217;s running game of Jones, Washington and Greene will be one      of the best in the league. \u00a0\u00a0The      biggest question mark is the inability to take care of the potential      running back contract situation with both Jones and Washington.\u00a0 Many fan believe that Jones should not      receive anything additional and suck it up, especially considering his      contract was paid out up front.\u00a0 In      regards to Leon, no fan wants him to sit out, and have issues.\u00a0 Although I know that the Jets hold all      the cards in regards to his contract, with him making little money this      year and having an uncapped year next year, the Jets front office has      rewarded players in the past for their positive performance before their      contract ran out (Cotchery and Rhodes for example).\u00a0\u00a0 This might be one of those situations      where a bump in money with a lot of it guaranteed would secure him, and      keep fans happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wide Receiver\/Tight End\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained:<\/strong> n\/a<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost:<\/strong> Laveranues      Coles and Chris Baker<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook<\/strong>:      Going into the draft the Jets knew they needed to beef up their WR      corps.\u00a0 Well, they didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Although you can say that they have      plenty of potential with Stuckey (who I am huge on), Clowney (who can be a      decent threat, but not as dangerous as many fans perceive), Brad Smith (JAG),      and Wallace Wright (would like to see him in that 4 spot over Smith), they      really have little threat at the position.\u00a0      Cotchery is at best a strong number two, so the inability to      address this need really hurts.\u00a0 good      news is that Jerricho Cotchery and Dustin Keller are both starters. The      bad news is that the Jets are a little empty when it comes to a starting      receiving corp. As of right now, one of the reserves, either Chansi      Stuckey, David Clowney and Brad Smith, will need to step it up as a starting      wide receiver.\u00a0The Jets\u00a0need to sign a better wide receiver      soon, or\u00a0they could regret it in the season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Offensive Line\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained:<\/strong> Matt Slauson and Mike Kracalik<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost: <\/strong>n\/a<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook: <\/strong>Getting      Slauson will create competition for a backup role, as Bill Callahan had a      strong influence in this pick.\u00a0 With      the Jets having one of the best o-lines in football there was little      needed to be added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Defensive Line\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained: <\/strong>Marques      Douglas and Howard Green<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost: <\/strong>Kenyon      Coleman and CJ Mosley<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook: <\/strong>Coleman      will not be missed.\u00a0 Mosley was a      great \u201cquiet\u201d player for the Jets, but was needed to get Sanchez, so its      worth it.\u00a0 Adding Douglas will add      another guy familiar with the system, and create some unity between the      current players and the new regime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Linebackers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained: <\/strong>Bart      Scott and Larry Izzo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost:<\/strong> Eric Barton, David Bowens, Brad Kassel and Cody Spencer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook<\/strong>:      Scott will be a great voice in the middle of this defense and makes him      one of the best additions of the offseason.\u00a0 Izzo will add special teams help and LB      depth and experience.\u00a0 Getting rid      of Barton who was getting up in age will not affect the Jets in the long      run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Secondary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gained: <\/strong>Lito      Sheppard, Jim Leonhard and Donald Strickland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost: <\/strong>David      Barrett, Abram Elam and Hank Poteat<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook<\/strong>:      Gaining a former pro-bowler with something in Sheppard, and another former      Raven in Leonhard were both great pickups.\u00a0      Strickland will quietly compete with Lowery for the nickel      cornerback spot and could win it out by the end of the year.\u00a0 By Getting rid of Barrett that made me      happy on a personal level.\u00a0 We will      miss the big play ability of Elam, but once again, you needed to give up a      JAG safety to get a potential franchise QM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Coaching\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love\u00a0 the attitude and the \u201cswagger\u201d of the Rex Ryan era.\u00a0 He is fun, challenges the Patriots and Dolphins, and will bring an attack first defense to this team.\u00a0 I think that Mangini got a raw deal with getting fired, especially considering the play of Favre over the past 5 games, but I can\u2019t complain with the new coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Front Office\/Organization\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PSL\u2019s will ruin the Jets.\u00a0 They are already through the waiting list and cannot even sell all the PSL\u2019s.\u00a0 Right now they are alienating their true fan base, and they refuse to budge.\u00a0 A \u201cfan appreciation\u201d game at the end of the year will not be enough to make it better for the fans.\u00a0 Winning will help, but some major changes need to be made to address the PSL\u2019s and the ticket prices for 2010 and the future.\u00a0 Imagine what it will be like when this team goes 4-12 in a year\u2026there will be 20,000 people in the stadium.\u00a0 Just a scary thought for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Clark With training camp just around the corner, it&#8217;s time to examine the roster changes that occurred during the 2009 offseason for the New York Jets. I&#8217;ll breakdown the changes by position, then take a look at what we gained, lost and an outlook to the future. Quarterback\u00a0 A- Gained: Mark Sanchez Lost: [&hellip;]<\/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":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jets-preview","7":"category-jets-report-card"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-G5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609","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=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}