This move seems like a poor move at first. The Jets were only able to get a 5th rounder (which turned into blocking FB John Conner) for Leon and a 7th rounder. However, according to Jets' beat reporter Manish Mehta, the Jets feel that it will take 2 years for Leon to fully recover from his leg injury. He is not ready now and it seems pretty clear that he will not be performing like his old self this season. This likely is why the team dealt him.
The question is why the team was unable to get better than a 5th rounder for him. I would have assumed that they could have done better, but i trust Tannenbaum that no better offer was out there. He does his "due diligence" as he likes to call it and if he accepted this deal there must not have been anything better. I would have considered keeping Leon for another season and then putting a 2nd round tender on him to see if anyone bites. But that would only work if the new bargaining agreement would still with 2010 rules(that until 6th year in the league, a player becomes a restricted free agent instead of unrestricted) instead of the rules that the NFL likely will go back to (only restricted for 4 years). This would explain why Tannenbaum made the move. All in all, the Jets are definitely safer and likely better at running back than they were 2 weeks ago.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment