Just when you thought the only people who used video game ratings to grade an NFL team’s talent were fringe lunatics who may need to get outside a bit more, Bill Barnwell of ESPN emerges.<\/p>\n
In a piece that purportedly took a look at every team’s offensive weapons and graded them from 1-32<\/strong><\/a>, Barnwell shows himself to be either grossly misinformed, or wilfully ignorant.<\/p>\n Barnwell’s “assessment” that placed the Jets dead last in the NFL went as follows:<\/p>\n Former undrafted free-agent wide receiver\u00a0Robby Anderson<\/a> leads the way, but the secondary targets are low-ceiling veterans such as\u00a0Jermaine Kearse<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Terrelle Pryor<\/a>. General manager Mike Maccagnan let\u00a0Austin Seferian-Jenkins<\/a>\u00a0leave, but the duo of former Raiders backup\u00a0Clive Walford<\/a>\u00a0and fourth-round pick\u00a0Chris Herndon<\/a>\u00a0form the majority of one of the league’s worst tight end depth charts. The move to spend $4 million per year on anonymous Browns back\u00a0Isaiah Crowell<\/a>\u00a0doesn’t move the needle. The Jets will be investing in skill-position talent next offseason.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So Barnwell starts his analysis by pointing out the obvious, that Robby Anderson “leads the way”, but throws in the fact that Anderson is an undrafted free agent, as if that has any impact on how well he’ll play three years after the fact.\u00a0 So in analyzing the offense, it’s important to mention the fact that Anderson wasn’t drafted, but no need to mention the fact that no wide receiver in the NFL had more touchdowns on receptions greater than 20 yards than Anderson in 2017.\u00a0 Not DeAndre Hopkins, not Julio Jones, not Tyreek Hill, but Robby Anderson. This is only the beginning of the “analysis”.<\/p>\n Barnwell follows up by saying the secondary targets are “low-ceiling”, while not even naming the most complete receiver on the roster in Quincy Enunwa.\u00a0 The incredibly physical Enunwa, who runs a 4.45 40 and led all NFL receivers in catch rate on passes over 20 yards in 2016 doesn’t isn’t mentioned as coming back for an injury or being in a new offense, he just doesn’t get mentioned at all, as if he’s not even on the roster.\u00a0 Hard hitting stuff, right there.<\/p>\n We then see Jermaine Kearse and Terrelle Pryor listed among the “low-ceiling” receivers who are one half of the four receivers the Jets have on the roster who have posted at least 800 yards at least one time over the course of the past two seasons.\u00a0 Something that no other team in the NFL can claim.\u00a0 And of course, I’m sure many teams would hate the idea of being stuck with an under 30 year old receiver coming off of a season in which he put up over 800 yards and 5 TD’s.<\/p>\n Barnwell also calls the Jets tight end group the worst in the NFL, but at least that’s based on\u00a0something<\/em>, as the level of inexperience is notable to say the least.<\/p>\n Then, as if leaving out Enunwa wasn’t enough, Barnwell glosses over the fact that the Jets have Bilal Powell in their backfield, a running back who has average 4.8 yards per carry over the past two years while hauling in 71 receptions for 558 yards and a pair of touchdowns.\u00a0 In all, Powell has stacked up 2,052 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns over the past two years.\u00a0 Clearly not worth a mention in evaluating the team’s offensive weapons.<\/p>\n It’s not uncommon for writers on the national level to be unfamiliar with a team’s personnel on either side of the ball, but if that’s the case, there’s no point in evaluating the rosters of all 32 teams.\u00a0 Just pick the three or four teams you know, and write about them instead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just when you thought the only people who used video game ratings to grade an NFL team’s talent were fringe lunatics who may need to get outside a bit more, Bill Barnwell of ESPN emerges. 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