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Rex Ryan addressed the media at the NFL Owner’s Meetings in Arizona today. Let’s analyze some of what he had to say . . .
For the most part, Rex Ryan did a good job today with the media today in Arizona.
Here is some of what he had to say, along with analysis –
“The first snap, [Mark Sanchez will] be the guy running out there first,” Ryan said. “A leg up? Somebody has to take the first snap. But there’s going to be competition at that spot, there’s no question about it. We need to get better at the quarterback position.”
Very well put. It sounds like he’s finally reached his breaking point with Sanchez, and isn’t going to hand him the job, like in the past.
“I know for a fact that we’re not actively trying to trade Darrelle Revis,” Ryan said.
The Jets’ position on a Revis trade is pretty simple – either some team blows them out of the water with the offer, or the Jets will keep him. Remember, even if they keep him past the draft, he can always be traded in the summer or before the in-season trading deadline, to a CB-hungry team. The bottom line is the Jets will not give away Revis – it has to be a darn good offer to pry him loose from the team.
“The cupboard’s not completely bare (at safety),” Ryan said.
That is true. First of all, they have a pair of 2012 draft picks they spent a great deal of time and effort developing last year, in Josh Bush and Antonio Allen.
They also have young veterans Jaiquan Jarrett (former second round pick of the Eagles) and Bret Lockett (former Cleveland Brown).
They will likely add a free agent in the coming weeks, with Dawan Landry, who played for Rex in Baltimore, and knows his system, a possibility.
So there are options here.
“Is that a possibility? I’m not sure,” said Ryan about adding quarterback Kevin Kolb.
While some in the media are pushing this, it’s far from happening.
First of all, you have to be very concerned with Kolb physically – he’s got the living daylights beat out of him the last few years in Arizona behind an awful offensive line. He has to be shell-shocked.
Secondly, the Jets have very little money to give him – he’s probably would only be offered a little over the league minimum. Would he really want to come to the Jets for that kind of money? Probably not.
Hey, this could happen, but it’s not fait accompli as some would lead you to believe.
“I think Coples is going to be a beast,” Ryan said.
He’s probably right. We have to remember that Coples came to the Jets with no experience as a 3-4 end. The technique and mindset of that position were a change for him. He was lost early on, but did make progress over the second half of the season, and it looks like he’s going to be special.
The guy is 6-5, 280 with 4.71 speed – he’s a freak athletically. In some ways, last year was a red-shirt year for him. He could turn into a beast this year, no question about it.
March 19, 2013
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