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The fact he couldnt get separation vs low level competition had to be his end. Hes a big, strong, slightly too slow guy who could find a role by masking guys off and going up for catches, but that's not as valuable in todays game. I feel like he could be a great red zone player, but he HAS to win physically, thats tough.

I don't see anybody having the cap and the desire to pursue him. This looks like a great play by the Bolts.

Pretty clear we should have waited a year for our QB, didn't even have to draft him.

This is where I put out the percentage of throws made by Allen exceeding 15 yards in the air and the utter lack of them for Jackson.

Other than both of your examples being wrong, you are exactly right.

Nope. Ryan Shazier comes to mind. If he goes out and plays, gets hurt either the next contract is smaller or it may never come. Its a matter of guaranteed money, 15 vs 60M

Anybody with Jackson throwing a long ball to them will be lucky to catch 50%.

If you polled Jets fans, they have Buffalo under the easy win tab as well. The Dolphins, I agree, but one never knows with division rivals. Broncos, Ravens, Steelers are all just as good if not better teams than the Bills. Tend to see a game or 2 where you should win and don't, so im not going to be suprised to see losses to the Giants (Barkley more accurately), the skins or the Bengals. Allen still doesn't have a lot of receiving weapons, so Im not 100% excited for him. Beasley, if healthy, should have a lot of catches, the rest is pretty unknown.

Lots of optimism here... I can't vote from my phone, but I would be in the 6-7 camp.

The guy was on the streets and got the call to come in, how much more of a wake up call do you need? He had to make it here or there was NO guarantee he was getting back in the league. He better be focused and happy to have a job, most of his QB draft class is already working in another field. Im happy for him, think he's probably a top 5 back up right now, but he's invhes from being out of the league completely, he has to embrace the suck and hope to hang on for 5-10 more years if hes lucky. If he does, great career and living, if not, hes still made a lot of money in real world terms, in a short span.

They can't roll coverage to Beasley without being exposed on the outside, he's going to have room to work all year. Brown and Foster are too much risk to worry about the 6 yard pick ups.

Any given Sunday... buuuut I feel the Jets are in for a miserable season. I could see the entire AFC East combined not winng as many games as the Pats too, so who knows. So many "ifs" this year. Bills and Jets are both kinda wild cards.

With our friends, we just throw a card in and split it, sometimes you pay more, sometimes a little less, but it's not about the food or the money, its the enjoyment and time with people. We are all in it together, don't sweat the small stuff. In my experience, those who want to split to the penny, either don't have the money to be risking it or sometimes are just *****. If you dont have it, I get it, I'd ask the server to put the apps or drinks on me, split the rest, usually handles the issue.

Don't watch.

Hopefully he can stick and develop here, looks like he has the talent to be a big contributor.

I'll buy your beer at the parade if it comes under McD.

I'm sorry, but one seasonal blip where the ball ALWAYS bounced your way somehow, and you won a couple extra games does. It spell progress when the next year you returned right back to mediocre. Blame it on the QB, but HE MADE THE CALL on starting Peterman and not bothering to hold on to McCarron. That forced the rookie who wasnt supposed to play into the spot light and it was his D that got blown out 4 games of the season.. Culture, yes he has something going. Results, no.

Have to be happy for him and Infeel like he gave them a little break for giving him an opportunity. It was a big risk to take him so high, it eventually paid off, good for both of them.

I'm not a believer in McD, not a downer. I'm pumped for the season, hopeful the jump comes and we get to enjoy the post season in a real way this year. My personal opinion is McD has done a hot pile of nothing so far. He has continually struggled with clock management, in game decisions, challenges and in game adjustments ( though in theory we can blame coordinators for that, I still blame their boss for not calling for them). He seems to be great at building a culture and reasonably good at defensive scheming, particularly with the secondary. His incompetence in recognizing offensive talent lead to No Maholmes or Watson, Zay over Juju and leaves us still begging the question, is Allen THE man or are we looking at more mediocrity for the media to beat on?

I think they will, but I also feel the days of "rebuilding" are dead, everyone is expected to perform NOW. That applies to players, coaches, front office. There isn't a 4 year window anymore. Qbs are thrown in the fire, might be given 2 years to be pretty solid with a lot if promise, used to be 3 years was supposed to be the "start" of success. Examples like the Eagles and the Rams have made it appear you csn turn a team from mediocre to Superbowl teams in a year. Obviously, its not that easy, but it doesn't change the perception.

I agree, I have been saying it quite a bit, this team gets destroyed on a pretty regular basis.. That should not happen. New England loses some games, but its very rare they are severly beaten down. The team lost by 2td or more 4 times last year alone and most of the wins were by a score or less. The talent is weak, I get it. BUT, back to a great coach, which should be the goal, NE has had some horrible Defensive teams and a lot of scrap heap offensive players too and they are the undisputed king of football.. I haven't seen any indication McClappy is taking this team anywhere great. If they hit bottom again, he should go. If he fufills every homer's dream and wins the division, then Im happy to be wrong.

If they go 4-12, he should be fired. 19 - 29 for 3 years ain't gonna cut it. Unless Beane has some serious Beans, I think McClappy is here on a Marvin Lewis type term.

Its quite the turn of events. The question really becomes, do any of them have trade value? I think McKenzie, Zay and Foster would have some, doubtful on any others. Zay may make too much for his production though, so that may make him tough to trade.

I think Lee Smith will be dealt for a late round pick. Sweeney is making too much noise to cut him. The other guys arent going anywhere. One of Wrs is in for the same fate.

I somewhat agree to the point of playing your vertern starters very little. I think the Jets are makingna mistake not putting Bell out there, out of the league fir a year and in a whole new scheme and hes just going to turn it on? I don't buy it. For this team, the only guys who have nothing to prove have retired, the last was Kyle Williams. There isn't a single guy on this team thats absolutely set in stone, doesn't need reps. Don't give me any of your ***** about the guys in the secondary, they are good, not great and they have to function as a unit, so no Trey and Hyde aren't getting any pass either. Allen is raw, the antique running backs need to show they still have game speed, the rook and Yeldon have to show they belong, everyone blocking has a job to earn, anyone catching certainly does too. How do you evaluate without seeing them in live action? Coming into camp, this team has zero top 100 players, and only Allen, White, Hyde had a virtual guaranteed starting roll. I'd argue, Hughes is older and not a guarantee, RBs all at risk, WRs had to shake out, and who else is there that could even be seen as a lock or isn't coming in brand new?