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The Jets announced the first six players who will inducted into their ring of honor. But there was no announcement on how the decisions were made. So how was it done?
From what we hear, Woody Johnson led an internal group who brainstormed the composition of the inaugural class. All six are among the most honored, either in terms of awards, club records or acclaim, in franchise history and all are well deserving of being in the first Ring of Honor class.
Beginning with next year’s class there will be additional components to the selection process, such as a fan component, an alumni component, a media contribution. It is not set yet. They just didn’t have time to implement that into the first year’s process . . .
The Jets not bring back Marquis Douglas was likely a financial decision because the guy had a very good season in 2009. He signed with the Miami Dolphins on Friday.
“I can go out and lead all defensive linemen on my team in tackles but when it comes for a little lover coming my way, it doesn’t seem to happen,” said Douglas before signing with the Dolphins.
A big problem for Douglas is that he doesn’t look the part, at 6-2, 290 pounds with a sloppy body, he doesn’t pass the eye test. All he does is make plays.
“People hold [my physique) against me. If you were to give my stats my to somebody of a bigger stature, they might be considered for the Hall of Fame. I can go out and lead the league in tackles for loss, Guys still want to still be dated by the pretty girl. But that pretty girl isn’t always the best thing for you.”
The Jets are clearly trying to save money by going with a league minimum salary guy like Matt Kroul or Ropati Potuitoa. Douglas got a two-year, $2.5 million deal from the Dolphins. It’s surprising the Jets wouldn’t pay him that.
The way Rex was talking about Vernon Gholston in the spring, like he was Michael Strahan, clearly they are going to attempt to make this defensive end experiment work, come hell or high water.
Douglas was fourth in the NFL last year (and not just for defensive lineman) in tackles made when a play was run right at a defender . . .
There is a good chance when Kyle Wilson signs, Jay Glazer will have the story first. Agent Joel Segal has long been a Glazer guy. Remember when Glazer went to bat for Reggie Bush when Yahoo Sports first broke the story about the gifts he got at USC. Bush is represented by Segal . . .
The Jets will likely get a huge break in their season-opener against Baltimore – safety Ed Reed isn’t going to play. He’s still not even 50 percent recovered from hip surgery, and will likely start the season on the PUP list. This a huge break for Mark Sanchez and the Jets passing attack. Reed is clearly one of the greatest ball hawking safeties of all time . . .
Bart Hubbuch’s assertion that the Jets put up a Shonn Greene story on their website by design, right after LaDainian Tomlinson told ESPN he wanted to start, is fiction.
The story was actually written two weeks before Tomlinson’s appearance on ESPN. That story (and others) was done during minicamp so the website would have content available for when the players were unavailable in July. Basically, the website writers wrote some stories to have in the can, for the content drought that occurs in the weeks leading up to training camp.
Hubbuch accused the Jets of featuring the Greene Story on their website to send a message to L.T. that Shonn is the starting tailback.
That is far-fetched. Why would the Jets diss a future Hall-of-Famer like that? They absolutely wouldn’t . . .