I know this is a Mets blog, but I'm going to go ahead and comment on the Jets here for a moment since we're all AFC East fans and both sports are out of season right now.
The Jets finally get it. Games are won and lost on the line, and without solid O- and D-lines you've got nothing. I don't care how good your QB, WRs, and RBs are, if you don't have an O-line that can protect the QB and open holes for RB, you've got nothing. And if your front 3 or 4 can't get pressure on the QB without bringing exotic 5 and 6 player packages that bring the LBs and CBs up into the box, you've got nothing.
And nothing is precisely what the Jets had last year, for these reasons. I was furious when the Jets let Kendall go last year, and the short-sightedness of their decision showed all season as our QBs ate turf. Mangold is still not where I thought he'd be (and certainly a huge step down from Mawae); and D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Shaun Ellis, and DeWayne Robertson have all been huge disappointments. Adding Faneca and Jenkins is a huge step in the right direction. Unfortunately because they were cheap with Kendall last year (wouldn't give him a measly extra $1 M per year), they've had to overpay for Faneca. But they had no choice, and I'm glad they finally seem to be acknowledging the importance of the line.
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Apparently the Jets traded DeWayne to the Bengals. I'm disappointed we only got a 4th and 5th round pick in return since we wasted a 1st round pick on him, but on the other hand at least we got something. He was probably the biggest disappointment of players we've drafted in recent years.
A lot of action.. Lot o' action. The Jets have also added Calvin Pace and Damien Woody. Looks like they wanted to completely retool both lines, which was clearly the most dramatic weakness of the team last year compared to previous years.
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