Jets release Kelechi Osemele

[SixFeetDeep]

1 year younger

Ah I thought I had read Saffold was 32, good catch

[Heismanberg]

He was also playing next to Kolton Miller last year instead of Donald Penn.

And Kolton Miller is absolute trash

[Heismanberg]

The only guarantee in this contract is his $500K workout bonus.

If he falls off a cliff in 2019, we can easily move on. 

[Johnny English]

And Kolton Miller is absolute trash

Yes. Much like Brian Winters was excellent when he was playing between Nick Mangold and Breno Giacomini in 2015 then fell apart when he found himself between Wesley Johnson and Ben Ijalana, so you have to wonder how much Osemele was having to make up for Miller's ineptitude.

[Johnny English]

Ah I thought I had read Saffold was 32, good catch

I was talking with Heismanberg about Saffold the other day, it seems like he's been playing forever. I keep thinking he's in his mid 30s at least and I don't know he's not.

[SixFeetDeep]

https://mobile.twitter.com/theadamsera/status/1104843987863699462

[SixFeetDeep]

Kelechi Osemele was PFF's No. 9 pass-blocking OG in 2016, No. 12 in 2017, and No. 61 in 2018. Battled injuries in final season with #Raiders but strange how entire Oakland OL got worse as soon as Tom Cable became position coach. Osemele not yet 30. #Jets

Silva

[Italian Seafood]

At least we know protecting Darnold is a top priority for Duff.

[Heismanberg]

At least we know protecting Darnold is a top priority for Duff.

A few days ago, Connor Hughes mentioned that Adam Gase put some heavy emphasis on protecting Sam Darnold.  I think it's pretty obvious that he knows his job security is tied to Sam, so it'll be interesting to see how many moves we make to improve the offense. 

[Libero_2]

A few days ago, Connor Hughes mentioned that Adam Gase put some heavy emphasis on protecting Sam Darnold.  I think it's pretty obvious that he knows his job security is tied to Sam, so it'll be interesting to see how many moves we make to improve the offense. 

I think we will get one of the top two centers on day one and in week two of FA (or the back half of week 1) we will sign depth OL, specifically a swing tackle to take Ijalanas spot. I think Harrison now that he is back is going to handle most if not all interior OL duties as the primary backup

[Johnny English]

Talking to my buddy who is a Raiders fan and an absolute football nerd, the thing that worries me the most is that Cable implemented a zone scheme with Oakland last year and he's not sure that Osemele is especially well suited to that. It seems likely that Pollack will be primarily running zone as well.

[Heismanberg]

Talking to my buddy who is a Raiders fan and an absolute football nerd, the thing that worries me the most is that Cable implemented a zone scheme with Oakland last year and he's not sure that Osemele is especially well suited to that. It seems likely that Pollack will be primarily running zone as well.

Tom Cable is one of the worst coaches in the history of the NFL

A zone scheme’s success depends heavily on the concepts being run.  Bates and Dennison failed miserably at times because they couldn’t get away from outside zone and we weren’t built for that.  They tried to outsmart everyone by widening the field.  Stupid football.

[Johnny English]

A few days ago, Connor Hughes mentioned that Adam Gase put some heavy emphasis on protecting Sam Darnold.  I think it's pretty obvious that he knows his job security is tied to Sam, so it'll be interesting to see how many moves we make to improve the offense. 

I'm so excited for the idea of sinking a bunch of money into quality veteran linemen. I miss Faneca and Mangold and Woody and Brick so much.

[Heismanberg]

I'm so excited for the idea of sinking a bunch of money into quality veteran linemen. I miss Faneca and Mangold and Woody and Brick so much.

Yep.

Hopefully we’ll go get a center.

[CatoTheElder]

I'm digging this.