Before the new league year gets underway, I wanted to set out the draft choices the Jets will have in the upcoming draft.
After the jump, I’ll list out all the picks initially held by the Jets, together with details of outstanding trades and the projection of potential compensatory picks (which we nailed ahead of everyone else last year).
As ever, if you want to jump in with questions, corrections or speculation, feel free to do so. I am also open to ideas for things you’d like me to cover over the course of the offseason. To read more of this story, click here
BGA: The Expendables – Free Agent Special
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Every year, teams have to let some players go. Even though the Jets brought back Sione Po’uha, Bryan Thomas and Nick Folk, they chose not to bring everyone back. Since preseason, I’ve been keeping track of the progress on the guys who left so we could at least start to form some views on whether letting any of these guys loose was a mistake or a smart move. If you missed any of these updates, go here, here, here and here.
By popular request, I’m now going to turn my attention to some of the players that the Jets could have had. Rather than being former Jets that were considered surplus to requirements, these are guys that the Jets could have signed or drafted during the offseason, but chose to go in another direction.
Click here if you missed the details from the 2012 season for each of the potential Jets draft picks contributing elsewhere. This week, we are focusing on players who were targeted in free agency but not signed. To read more of this story, click here
BGA: The Expendables – Rookie Special
Bent , theJetsBlog.com
Every year, teams have to let some players go. Even though the Jets brought back Sione Po’uha, Bryan Thomas and Nick Folk, they chose not to bring everyone back. Since preseason, I’ve been keeping track of the progress on the guys who left so we could at least start to form some views on whether letting any of these guys loose was a mistake or a smart move. If you missed any of these updates, go here, here, here and here.
By popular request, I’m now going to turn my attention to some of the players that the Jets could have had. Rather than being former Jets that were considered surplus to requirements, these are guys that the Jets could have signed or drafted during the offseason, but chose to go in another direction.
After the jump, all of the details from the 2012 season for each of the potential Jets draft picks contributing elsewhere. There will be another update next week, featuring players who were targeted in free agency but not signed. To read more of this story, click here
BGA: The Expendables Update #4
Bent , theJetsBlog.com
Every year, teams have to let some players go. Even though the Jets brought back Sione Po’uha, Bryan Thomas and Nick Folk, they chose not to bring everyone back. During preseason, I kept track of the progress on the guys who left so we could at least start to form some views on whether letting any of these guys loose was a mistake or a smart move. Now that the season is over, we can finally assess whether bringing any of these guys back would have made a difference this season.
This is the final update of the year and also acts as a primer in case you want to check on the progress of some of the guys whose new teams are still alive in the postseason. If you missed the first three updates, go here, here and here.
This analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct as possible.
We’re recapping yesterday’s disappointing game against the Bills. If you missed part one, go here.
This analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct as possible.
Coming up, your breakdown of yesterday’s loss to the Bills, together with detailed analysis of personnel groupings and individual performance.
I’ve been charting games for some of the Jets’ upcoming opponents, enabling me to break down what to watch out for on gameday. This will, of course, be the final in-depth breakdown of the Jets’ opponent this season. Your feedback indicated that you’d like this to remain a regular feature next year.
This week’s preview doesn’t really need to be as comprehensive as those we’ve prepared in recent weeks, for several reasons. First of all, Jets fans are more than familiar with the Bills, because they face each other twice a year and we got a good look at the team in Week One. Perhaps more importantly, the game has been rendered pretty meaningless, so we might end up seeing plenty of reserves and unmotivated veterans. Nevertheless, Week One was a long time ago and the Bills have made (or been forced into) many changes since that game, so I’ll run down what to expect from them later today.
After the jump, I break down the positional groupings (BGA-style!) to try and highlight what the Jets need to look out for. To read more of this story, click here
BGA Extra Extra: The Gates Touchdown
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Due to the festive period, the coaches film was unavailable when I completed this week’s BGA Extra. Now that it has been made available, I wanted to go back to Sunday’s game to review the Antonio Gates touchdown.
As you may recall, in this week’s BGA I said this:
Eric Smith obviously stood out for the wrong reasons again, with Antonio Gates easily beating him across the field for a 34-yard touchdown. However, Smith was playing him with outside technique the whole way, suggesting he thought he’d have some safety support if Gates broke across the field the way he did. I’d have to get a look at the coaches film to tell whether someone else blew the coverage there. From what I could tell, Cromartie’s man, who lined up on the opposite side to Gates, ran a deep post pattern, so the safety on the right hand side might have been drawn out of position by that.
This analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct as possible. For the purposes of BGA Extra (but not BGA, since that is too early in the week), I also review the coaches film, which was available for every play (whereas last year, it was only available for big plays). Statistics from PFF which are not available to subscribers were used in the completion of this article and we thank them for providing us with exclusive access to these.
Welcome to BGA Extra, where I draw a line under the previous weekend’s game by responding to your questions from BGA during the week. After the jump, I respond to your questions about Sunday’s game against the Chargers. If you would like your questions answered in future, remember to read my BGA game breakdowns every Monday and leave your question in the comments section. To read more of this story, click here
BGA: Chargers at Jets – Part Two (Defense/ST)
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This analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct as possible.
We’re recapping yesterday’s disappointing game against the Chargers. If you missed part one, go here.
