Well, we’ve had a pretty eventful few days here, haven’t we?
The Jets, striking while the iron is hot, have signed guard Alan Faneca. This is basically the Jets admitting they made a mistake by cutting Pete Kendall last year, paying for it dearly. Faneca is 31-years-old…but he very well could possibly be the best guard in the NFL. You have to do it, especially when you consider how much is Nick Mangold and D’Brickashaw Ferguson regressed without Kendall last year. The Jets were awful in run blocking and pass protection…you would think that this helps that somewhat. It’s cliche, but it’s true: if you don’t have a solid offensive line, you cannot win in the NFL, especially if you have a young, untested quarterback.
The Jets also signed Kris Jenkins, after trading a third and fifth round round pick in this year’s draft to Carolina.
This might be putting a square peg into a round hole. Jenkins has never, ever played in a 3-4 defense and never has played that nose tackle spot. He’s 29, by no means a spring chicken and is injury prone. It’s a big risk, but look at it this way Jets fans: he can’t be any worst that Dewayne Robertson there.
Applaud the Jets for being aggressive, and they have to be, considering the season they just had, and the division going to get stronger. The Bills made a couple of moves and Parcells is cleaning house down in Miami. The problem is, with Faneca and Jenkins is that they a little bit up there in age and you don’t know how they’re going to A) react to New York and B) react to a new system.
But to answer the question, are the Jets better now than they were at the end of the regular season? The answer is a resounding yes.
HEMPSTEAD, NY – Record crowds didn’t bombard the practice facility to watch Brett Favre undergo his first practice with a new team the last time he was traded for a draft choice. Before the 1992 season, the Atlanta Falcons shipped Favre to Green Bay for a first-round pick; a move that resulted in three MVP awards, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship for the Packers franchise. Favre forged a career that should land him in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. But 15 years after arriving in Wisconsin, the storybook ending of the Packers legend retiring at the top of his game was nullified when Favre decided to return to the NFL. Deciding to move on, Green Bay finally ended the nearly two-month long soap opera by shipping him to the Jets for, you guessed it, a draft choice.
