Gang Green Nation
Hello Woody.
You probably don’t remember me, but two years ago I wrote to you with ten recommendations on how to move the Jets forward. You see, I am a big fan who was alarmed. I saw a potentially promising era of Jets football veering dangerously off course. There was time to save it and get things back on course, but it required forward thinking and tough decisions.
If you went through my recommendations, you will see that I did not get everything right. Nobody bats 1.000 after all. Still I think you’ll find I had a pretty good grasp of the dangerous path the team was on.
The Jets enter the 2024 offseason down a second round pick in the NFL Draft and limited in salary cap space. Filling all of the team’s holes will require another round of clearing cap space by pushing even more dead money into the future and further limiting the team’s flexibility going forward. If the Jets went to the AFC Championship Game this year, you might be able to argue for this approach to give the team the final push to the top. As currently constructed, the Jets are not close to being a Super Bowl team.
Further short term moves at the expense of the long run simply cannot be justified. This means no restructuring deals to clear cap space and no giving up Draft picks to bring in a receiver in his 30s like Davante Adams.
Regrettably I also had a sense of your management style.
You see, Woody, I know you too well. I know there’s no chance you will take my recommendations. You can never make an honest assessment about the Jets. You always talk yourself into believing the team is closer to glory than it really is. You always look for the quick fix.
(You’ll) “think” this thing through and start to buy into all the hype from August about this being a Super Bowl team. You’ll believe if not for the Rodgers injury, you’d be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. You’ll ignore everything this season exposed about the Jets’ vulnerabilities. And the Jets will waste future resources chasing a championship beyond the team’s grasp.
That is how we got to where we are today. The situation is bleak, really bleak. The Jets just completed one of the worst seasons in franchise history. There is no leadership visible anywhere in the organization. The talent level has completely deteriorated. It is going to be an enormous task to climb out of the wreckage from which the New York Jets currently find themselves.
I think a lot of fans don’t appreciate just how bleak things are. You probably don’t. It’s easy to get enamored with the assets the team has, premium Draft picks and salary cap space, and talk yourself...
