And just to point out--Seattle has the 28th ranked defense in the NFL this year. Only four worse defenses. Any Mike White die hards ready to consider that Lafleur is a big part of the problem yet?
White is not the answer. Wilson is not the answer. The QB that this team needs is currently not on the roster.
Really difficult to overcome injuries when you aren't established at the QB position. LAC has dealt with their fair share of injuries this year, but they have a cyborg in Herbert. Can weather the injury storm. Jets have much less room for error. Jets haven't had a QB with 4,000 passing yards since 1967. In other words, the last time the NY Jets had a 4,000 yard passer, Lyndon Johnson was President, there were 490,000 US soldiers in Vietnam, and the NYR leading point scorer was Jean Ratelle.
JD needs to figure out this OL. AVT coming back will help. NYJ are stuck with Tomlinson. McGovern is a FA. Fant is a FA. Brown signed a 2 year deal. What's he doing next year? He's 38 in August. Can cut him post 6/1 with minimal dead money and about 10M in cap savings. Maybe he gets his shoulder fixed and his play can improve. With his injury history, Becton really shouldn't be relied on for much. If he comes back and plays well, great. The expectations (and subsequent roster moves) should prepare for the worst there. I know Saleh said his LT playing days aren't over, but I'm not going into next year relying on that dude to play a full season. No way. Mitchell hopefully will be good to go next year.
NYJ currently have the #13 pick in the draft. Can rise to a top 10 pick depending on what goes down in Week 18. JD is going to need 3 starters out of this upcoming draft. He has to draft well. Need OL, S, DT, LB, etc. QB obviously as well, but that's likely not coming via the draft.
Jets would need to create cap room for any significant QB addition. Cutting Davis and Lawson creates 25.5M in cap space. Perhaps they can work on Mosley's contract to lower the cap hit there. Jets are going into the offseason with 15M in cap space currently. Going to need 12-15M to sign draft picks. Quinnen Williams is a FA after next season. Need to prioritize getting him locked up.
Getting Hall back will help. Getting AVT back will help. But there's a lot left to do to improve this team. Embarrassing finish to a season with a promising start. Someone is going to need to take the fall for this horrific second half performance.
