No, Easterbrook has always been a ****ty football writer.
Here's another example.
Maybin wouldn't have made a difference on this team, that's a fact and anyone with some semblance of objectivity would know that. My beef is with his "saving their jobs" statement, it's horseshit. With or without Maybin they're fine, they have bigger issues than that scrub.
We got 10 sacks against the Redskins, they have the worst line in the league. And Maybin's other 3 sacks have come against ****ty tackles as well, including our beloved Pears, also Scott Chandler who can't block a thing.
Cutting Maybin wasn't a move to maximize the bottom line, they wanted to go with players that showed more than he did and no one could argue with that. The guy was, and stil is trash, and that block by Barber in the exhibition game summed up Maybin's career as a Bill, on the ground laying flat on his back.
Heck, the Jets cut him again after camp and didn't bring him back until injuries surfaced, they took a shot because they had no one else. If Thomas stays healthy Maybin's not a Jet.