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Ugh. It's weird being used to having somebody around the team for so long and suddenly they're gone. Never got the due he deserved unfortunately but the people around him know how good he was. He's made so many careers... RIP Coach.

Who came up with this myth that Tucker doesn't have a big leg? He's regularly hitting 50+ yarders, almost all his kickoffs are touchbacks.

If a handful of FF geeks in the UK that never played or coached football say so it must be true.

K.O. hits the market, no way he doesn't test what's out there and pick the best offer. And that ain't coming from us, that's guaranteed. Somebody will pay him top 5 LT money, we couldn't even pay him top guard money. Upshaw isn't worth re-signing, he'll get a decent deal elsewhere, Browns or Colts or somebody like that. Tucker will be locked up, maybe tagged first. This is just based on what we've done in the past. Would love for K.O. to retire here but I don't see it happening. I love Yanda but I would have preferred K.O. over him.

I tend to agree but it's only rare because nobody lets 25 year old Pro Bowl caliber players just hit free agency. There's no way you let somebody like K.O. just walk out the door, teams draft guys like that in the top 5-10. You have to get something in return and I'm not interested in a conditional draft pick in the 4th round. At least not when it comes to K.O.

There's a thing called franchise tag. I'm pretty sure the Jets will do the same with Wilkerson, his contract is also running up.

But that would make sense, so why bother. It's like asking the fans to pick our uniforms (colors).

First and foremost, I LOVE K.O. as a player. I think he's a Pro Bowl Guard and has Pro Bowl LT skills/talent/upside. That said, we're pretty much stuck with Eugene Monroe for next year I think because of his contract. Even though he's been injury prone he's still pretty young for a LT and has a bunch of good years left in him if he can manage to stay healthy (big if, I know). But. We need a DL. Pretty bad. Brandon Williams is a terrific run stuffer but we need a force on the edge to help out our pass rush as well, to take some pressure off Elvis, and we don't know what Suggs is going to be next year, or even Elvis. Whether they can still play at a 10+ sacks per year type level. On to Wilkerson. He's a way better version of prime-Trevor Pryce and he's only 25, hasn't even hit HIS prime yet. He fits the scheme perfectly, he can play any position up front in the 3-4 or 4-3 on a Pro Bowl level, so you know what you're getting with him.The Jets are stacked up front, so much that they had to move their other All Pro DE (Richardson) to OLB. So that would definitely make sense for them. They can't pay Wilkerson, Sheldon, Leonard Williams, they have let one walk soon. Now let's look at their LT position, the current starter (Ferguson) is aging and probably gets cut coming off season, and they have absolutely no depth and nobody to take over for him. The other option would be to draft a DL in round 1, re-sign K.O. cut Monroe. And then the Jets probably get Monroe for nothing. Not sure if they can afford to re-sign Wilkerson. In the end I think it would make sense for both teams. Both teams could fill a huge gap on offense/defense with one of the best young talents at their position. LT K.O. + future pick for DL Wilkerson. What say you?

You don't build your team around a nose tackle even though he's probably the best at his position. We still need an elite pass rusher who is not a stopgap solution, somebody for the next 3+ years. A new corner and for crying out loud a capable safety who can make plays. Brandon Williams is just another piece, Nose Tackles aren't that hard to come by. Every year you can get a capable run stuffer late in the draft, I'm not too worried about it and I wouldn't spend more than 4-5 mil. per year on a guy like that.

Once the coaches film is up I'll check him out and throw my observations out there with some gifs if there's anything worth being captured.

Clausen was pretty good in his one start last year I believe. Jefferey dropped like 10 passes that game.

Aaron Donald made the Pro Bowl and he's 2 spots ahead of Mosley. They're rookies, have do repeat what they did in '14 to be considered elite first before they make it to the top.

Off man coverage is very similar to zone coverage and that was my point. Man coverage, tight man coverage is mostly just you using your athletic ability to stick like glue to the receiver. Playing off is not as much about athletic ability but more about the mental side of it. You have to use your instincts, it's more about reading the routes, playing the ball. That's what young corners always struggle with. They're all 80-90% better at playing man to man, tight coverage, because all it really takes is athletic ability. The really good football players (corners) that lack those athletic skills however are almost always really good in off coverage, because that's what they've been doing in college for years in order to get by. They would have not survived if they'd played tight man coverage. So they are way ahead mentally. Jimmy is a good example. Patrick Peterson is. Milliner is. All those big, athletic freaks. They're all studs in press coverage and tight man coverage. Off coverage? Zone? Not so much. Not saying Jimmy can't play zone or off, but he's a natural press corner, that's his strength. Flowers is the exact opposite. And those guys are usually the ones to make a successful transition to FS if they're being asked to.

That's a nice way of saying he's too slow to play tight man coverage, which is a huge part of playing the corner position. If you can't do that you're better off at safety. And off man coverage is pretty similar to playing zone...

It is absolutely common practice. Big corners that come out usually face the same decision they have to make when making the jump to pro football, similar to small DE's that would have to switch to LB. And I'm not sure if you've followed Flowers or not. He's a natural zone cover corner, he brings all the intangibles needed to be a very good centerfielder. When he came out scouts actually viewed him as a CB/S tweener, some scouting reports (NFL.com) even had him listed as a safety prospect. By the way, for every Freeney there are about 50 John Abraham's, Robert Mathises. Even Freeney who has struggled at first is now effective rushing the QB as an OLB despite the fact that he's getting up there in age. He already showed signs of slowing down a few years ago when he played DE so this isn't really position related, more about him just being close to being finished. He probably has only 1-2 more good seasons left. Besides, when a DE gets up there in age it's usually a bad idea to move him to LB because athletically it's a lot more demanding unless all you do is rush the QB. That's why you don't see many 30+ year old guys switch from DE to LB. With corners it's a lot different, the older they get the more it makes sense to move over to free safety because athletically it's a lot easier on your body than playing corner. As a corner it's more about being explosive, having quick twitch muscles. At 30-35 years of age you lose those. However your experience goes up, your instincts improve, your ability to read QB's, the game slows down. So moving to safety is absolutely natural. You see this with every good corner that hits a certain age now, guys in their early / mid 30s. Right now that applies to Charles Tillman, Champ Bailey, Brandon Browner and a bunch of other guys. Revis in about 3-4 years potentially. It only makes sense for certain guys because it's natural for them. For others it's not. So saying switching from corner to safety is easy/hard doesn't make sense. For somebody who has those skills/intangibles, like a Tillman, a Bailey, a Woodson, McCourty, it's not a big deal, it's the easiest thing in the world. Webb is even being considered by some of the people here to play FS for us. I think he could be a good FS as well. But Jimmy Smith? Totally different story, I don't think he'd make a good safety. So it all depends on the player, not the switch itself. That being said, I only threw it out there with Flowers because I liked the idea, I think he could be a very good centerfielder. But obviously he's still too young to make that switch, he's not gonna do it. And he's not stupid, he realizes that he can make a lot more money playing corner. Wait another 3-5 years, I'm sure he'll have to switch to safety at that point if he wants to stick around in the NFL and have an impact and continue to start. Right now he's not gonna consider that move for obvious reasons.