Jets Fool (Head Coach 09 Career)

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Offseason goals:

-Revamp DL. Need players that aren't injury prone and/or overpaid. My DL got bitched around all last season.
-Look for new QB. Brad Smith is young and has some potential but he makes the worst decisions. I need some competition for him and I don't like Kellen Clemens.
-Upgrade OLB. Mitchell is fine on one side but I need another one.

Starting salary cap 19M

Notable Jets hitting FA
SS Kerry Rhodes
CB Justin Miller

Rhodes is coming back for sure, Justin Miller depends on what other teams offer him.

Cut dead weight
DE Alex Brown cut saving 3 M
OLB Bryan Thomas cut saving 4.81M

Won't miss either of them. Wasn't going to commit long term to Brown and I need someone better than Thomas. Money I save here will likely be used on Rhodes.

FA Strategy
Focusing on bringing back my own players and some smaller signings. Not going after any big names.

Draft:
9th overall

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Free Agency



Franchise Tag:
SS Kerry Rhodes

He'll make 5.7M this year while I figure out what to give him longterm.

Trade
Jets Receive: DE Victor Abiamiri
Eagles Receive: 6th round pick and future 4th

Guy just made the probowl no idea why Eagles had him on the block. He's young, 6'5 271 pounds. Proven player probably better than what I'd find in the 6th round anyway.

Free Agents signed
CB bobbie browning 5 yr 9.5 1M bonus
TE ben troupe 2 yr 6.5m 1.5 bonus
LB Tyjuan Hagler 2 yr 3.8 mil .5M bonus
OL mark levoir 1 year .7M
LB Julius wilson 1 year .8M
DT Isaac Spoaga 1 yr 1.6M .25M bonus

I picked up Browning late last season and liked what I saw,. Resigned him as a backup plan after I failed to get Miller. Cowboys gave him 4 years 13 million which was more than I wanted to spend. Browning is young and has some upside.

The rest were just cheap signings to fill some holes. Didn't go after any of the big name players.

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Draft

1st round LE Doki Somanu (traded down)
6'8 325 from pitt
Guy is huge, can play anywhere on the d-line and has great potential.

2nd round QB Noah Wyoming
6'3 225
Strong arm, some mobility and a lot of upside. Not the ideal fit I want but was too good to pass up. Will challenge for the starting job immediately.

2nd round OLBSammy Hampton
5'10 223
He's way undersized but is good in other areas. Kind of a project and not sure what I'm going to do with him, but we'll see.

3rd round RB JaJuan Gales
6'1 244 pound
Very fast for someone his size. Can run over, past and thru people. Has poor vision and isn't very smart though, another project. Hoping he can develop some and turn into a weapon.

4th round TE Sammy Barnes
6'4 247
Excellent potential and good overall player. Not the best blocker, but should turn into a threat in the passing game.

5th round CB Darick Gordon
5'8 178
Good learner and athletic. We'll see.

7th round WR Terry Traywick
6'4 210
Great size, dumb though.

7th round OLB Armond Emannual
6'2 233

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UDFA

WR Will Peterson OSU

Excited about him. Why?

6'3 211 pounds, 98 speed, 99 acceleration, 99 jump, 97 agility

No idea how he didn't get drafted. He's really raw but was easily the best undrafted player available.

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M henry te cal
C riley c sacred heart
D mizell de/olb arkansas

Camp Invites


QB Rex Grossman. Cut from the Bears after playing terribly last season. I only have two QBs that are locks to make the roster so he has a chance.

DE Derrick Harvey. Not sure what happened with him, he was drafted by Arizona then let go after one year.

Trade

Shaun Ellis to Jags for 5th rounder and future 6th.

GTFO

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Preseason / Training Camp

First cut
QB Kellen Clemens
LT Oldenberg

Wanted to trade Clemens but it never happened.

Trade
WR cotchery traded to raiders for 6th and future 6th

Raiders are my favorite trade partner. He'll be their best WR and gets to play in a pass happy offense. He was not in my longterm plans and I have a lot of young cheap wrs.

First Game: Panthers 7, Jets 0


2nd cuts
QB Rex Grossman
DT babbitt
C riley
LB kassell

Grossman got injured and will miss the rest of preseason so he'll never get a chance to prove himself. Cutting him leaves me with 3 QBs: Smith, Wyoming and a young project player.

Second Game: Bills 24, Jets 7

3rd cuts
S Matra
CB Whitaker
TE Fletcher
WR Stuckey

Third Game: SF 14 Jets 7

4th cuts
C Connoly
HB J gales
G Moore
DT Evans
DT Rayburn

Signed OLB Mike Humpal

Disappointed in Gales but my backfield is crowded and he didn't show anything.

4th game KC 27 Jets 0

Final Cuts
TE dinkins
DE mizell
LB Humpal
DB Wilson

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DEPTH CHART

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Unit by Unit

QBs
Weak. Brad Smith still trying to become a real QB and Wyoming is just a rookie.

RBs
Strong. #1 Rushing attack last season. McFadden has a year under his belt and Jones is a solid backup. Also have some young prospects with potential.

WRs/TEs
OK. Swain/Petersen/Wright are all young but have room to develop. Coles is a good vet. Have Troupe and a nice rookie at TE.

OL
Prob my bets unit overall. Ferguson/Gross holding down the outside. Mangold in the middle. Noll and Woody are also good guards.

DL
Improved a lot from last year. Have Abiamiri who is coming off a probowl. Somanu/Harvey who are both young and have a lot of talent. Kris Jenkins is an injury risk but have good depth behind him.

LBs
Problem. Harris is a monster and Mitchell is OK. After that it's a dropoff. Lofton is sort of a misfit, he's not bad just doesn't stand out. I failed to upgrade the other OLB spot and have a bunch of mediocre players vying for it.

DBs
Solid aside from the #2 CB spot. Revis/Rhodes/Hamlin all good. Need Smith/Browning/??? to contribute and stop other teams #2s and #3s.

ST
OK. Not too worried about this.

Players with expiring deals

Brad Smith - will be his first QB contract, depends on what he wants
N Mangold - coming back
K Rhodes - almost 100% coming back
D harvey - not sure depends on play
L Coles - most likely gone

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Schedule

New sched
@ bills SNF
Saints
Titans SNF
@ Pats
@ Chargers
Dolphins
Bye
@ Bucs SNF
@ Texans
@ Falcons SNF
Bills
@ Steelers
Colts
@ Jags
@ Dolphins
Panthers
Patriots SNF

NFC South: has two good teams in Saints/Bucs
AFC South: Colts/Texans were both playoff teams. Titans beat me last season.
Pitt and Chargers: Both solid teams that struggled last year.

I somehow get 5 SNF games though.
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GAME 1: AT BILLS

PREGAME

TEAM INFO
Coach: Dick Jauron
D: 4-3
O: Power running
Run/Pass: 45/55

Top Offense
RB Lynch
WR Evans
WR Porter

Top Defense
DE Schobel
DT Stroud
S Jones

Injuries
Darren McFadden and Thomas Jones are both out for week. Ryan Torain went down with a season ending knee injury. That's 3 RBs going down.

I signed FA JaJuan Gales (former draft pick by me, cut in preseason) and FA Kevin Faulk to 1 year deals.

GAME

Wrapped up.
Jets 17, Bills 6

Jets D

Rhodes 8 Tackles, 1 TFL
Abiamiri 2 Sack

Jets O
Smith 17-27 196 yards, 1 Td, 1 INT, 1 rush TD
Faulk 134 rush yards 16 car
Coles 9 rec 137 yards

Bills
Edwards 19-33 214 yards, INT
Lynch 15 car 41 yards, 35 rec yards
Evans 69 rec yards

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Notes:

Defense looked a lot better managed to shut down Lynch (including a goal line stand where he ran 3 straight times.) Faulk impressed, he's not that talented but has very good vision which made him lethal behind the blocking he was getting. Smith was OK, just locks on to Coles every throw.

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GAME 2: Saints vs Jets (1-0)

PREGAME

TEAM INFO
Coach: Sean Payton
D: 4-3
O: West Coast Heavy Pass
Run/Pass: 33/67

Top Offense
QB Brees
HB Bush
WR T Glenn

Top Defense
LB L Briggs
CB George
FS Wilson

Injuries
Kris Jenkins out 2 months broken hand

Oh boy here we go again! Not a huge issue though. I'll just use Harvey-Somanu-Abiamiri as my D-line.

GAME

R.I.P. Brees
Jets 30, Saints 27

Jets D

Lofton 6 tackle, 2 sacks, 4 tfl
Harvey 2 sacks
Harris 6 tackles 2 sacks

Jets O
Smith 5-13 65 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT 72 rush yards TD
Wyoming 6-11 82 yards TD

Saints
Briggs 7 tackles, 1 INT, 1 sack, 1 FR
Brees 16-27 247 yards 2 TD, 1 INT, sacked 5 times
Booker 5 rec 67 yards TD

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Notes:

First half was a pretty high scoring battle. 2nd half Brees pissed me off, I blacked out and started blitzing every down. Mid-way through the 3rd I knocked him out of the game.

Both of my QBs got time in this game, Smith pissed me off with his usual bad decision making. McFadden also got banged up again.

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GAME 3: Titans vs Jets (2-0)

PREGAME

TEAM INFO
Coach: Jeff Fisher
D: 4-3
O: Heavy Run
Run/Pass: 67/33

Top Offense
QB Young
WE I Bruce
WR E Royal

Top Defense
LB K Bulluck
DE Van den Bosch
FS Griffin

Injuries
Mcfadden out 2-3 weeks arm injury

Rough year so far for him. Already his second injury.

GAME

Comeback falls short
Titans 10, Jets 6

Jets D
Abiamiri 9 tackle 1 sack
Harris 5 TFL 1 sack

Jets O

Wyoming 18-29 174 yards
Smith 1-5 11 yards, 2 fumbles
Jones 18 98 yards

Titans
Young 14-34 169 yards, 24 rush yards TD
C Taylor 20 car 32 yards
Bruce 4 rec 63 yards
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Notes:

Both offenses were horrible. Brad Smith fumbled the ball, I got mad subbed him in at WR and he fumbles again after a catch. I had the ball late driving for the game winning QB but could only get to the 18.

For some reason this team always gives me problems.

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GAME 4: Jets (2-1) @ Patriots

PREGAME

TEAM INFO
Coach: Belichick
D: 3-4
O: Spread
Run/Pass: 37/63

Top Offense
QB Brady
WR Moss
WR Welker

Top Defense
DL Warren
DL Seymour
DL Wilfork

Injuries
none this week

GAME

Finally
Jets 30, Pats 28

Jets D

R smith pick 6
B browning pick 6
Rhodes int, sack
Harvey FF


Jets O
Wyoming 15-22 186 yards 1 TD, 1 INT 1 fumble
Coles 4 rec 53 yards TD

Patriots
Harrison 8 tackles, sack FF
v wilfork def td
brady 19-33 223 yards 2 TD, 3 INT fumble
maroney 13 car 108 yards TD
moss 5 rec 77 yards
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Notes:

My offense didn't really do anything in this game which isn't a huge surprise considering this was my rookie QB's first start. Reason I won this game was my defense being able to confuse Brady. I forced him into 4 turnovers including 2 INTs that were returned for TDs.

I took a 30-14 lead early in the 4th and they started to mount a comeback. First they returned a fumble for a TD (and scored the 2pt conversion), then Brady easily drove down the field on me. I managed to stop the 2pt conversion this time giving me a 30-28 lead. They got the ball again near the end and were already on my side of the field when Revis tipped a ball and Rhodes intercepted it.

Big game they blew me out twice last season.

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Thru Week 4
These are the players that keep fucking up the plays I call.

:bored:

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GAME 5: Jets (3-1) @ Chargers

PREGAME

TEAM INFO
Coach: Norv Turner
D: 3-4
O: West Coast Pass Heavy
Run/Pass: 63/37

Top Offense
QB Rivers
HB Tomlinson
TE Gates

Top Defense
DL Castillo
DL Williams
LB Merriman

Injuries
DT Isaac spoaga knee injury out for season
signed LB Jacob McGee

GAME

Fun in OT
Jets 13, Pats 10

Jets D

Harris 10 tackle 4 tfl int td,
harvey 2 sacks
Revis int

Chargers
Merriman 9 tackle 2 sack
Rivers 10-20 150 yards 1 td 3 int
Tomlinson 29 car 91 yards
Chambers 4 rec 64 yards td


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Notes:

Was a defensive battle. I didn't manage t score a TD until late in the 4th. OT they win the coin toss and their kick returner fumbles it. I recover run a few times and kick the game winner.