Oh really. Things keep getting better and better. P.S. On a side note, maybe this is why his play looked regressed throughout the entire year. I might have been too harsh on him. Kudos to the kid for having the guts to play the entire season through the pain.
No problem. I know your not the type to try and insite panic in our bi-polar fanbase. It seem far too many were worried about him being full strength, which by all accounts he should, instead of looking at it as the fact that Matt player throgh a shit ton of pain and did ok. To me it shows he can still be not only of service, but a good Oline man for us if he can have a healthy year.
This is good news as it means we are automatically better, provided his recovery stays on schedule, next season. Our O-line graded at #7 according to football outsiders. That was with a missing and battered Mangold, a broken Slauson, and a non-existant Hunter. With a healthy Mangold and Slauson, and a veteran signing (please god) at RT, it isn't much of a stretch to project us in the top 3 for next season.
Rob Turner doesn’t give a fuck about Chuck Norris either! Why? Who gives a fuck, but that dosent change the fact that he dosent Fucking care.
As said in an earlier post; both Turner and Slauson as better zone blocking linemen. The value turner has is position flexability (super utility lineman). Slauson can also slide over to C and still has value in our new scheme based on his continuity with his current line-mates. I would like to keep them both (we will keep Slauson regardless of any FA/Draft moves). For sure this news sucks, but its better before camp so we can look for his replacement and that person has the ability to gel in pre-season and camp.
So with Ferguson having an off year, Slauson playing with one arm, Mangold playing with one leg, Moore playing with a bad hip, and Hunter playing horribly, is it any wonder the offense, and Sanchez, struggled at times? Can we get off the QBs back now? It is a team, not a one man show. A broken down OL and receivers who could not get separation were the problems with the offense, not the QB.
But Sanchez sucks. All five who Jets contacted rejected the offer because they didn't want to deal with Sanchez. /sarcasm off P.S. You are the few enlightened ones here, who does not write WR as Wide RECIEVER. Glad to see that.
Thank You. Can always count on you to bring everyone back to earth. Football is a team sport, and if people still want to blame one sole person for the season being tanked, then its not even worth acknowledging.
But Sanchez sucks. All five potential QB coaches who Jets contacted rejected the offer because they didn't want to deal with Sanchez. /sarcasm off P.S. I had to recycle the previous posting because it is still relevant here.
I really loved Slauson last year. This explains why he was sort of up and down this season. Kudos to him for playing hurt when the team really needed him because they lacked better options. I think I will forever love him for effectively telling Namath to get lost. -X-
Strength in arms is about 20% of it, its your leverage. Your suppose to get underneath and drive with your legs, so all you concerned about arm strength have obviously never played football in your life.
You are right, and wrong in this post. You are right; I have never played football in my life. But, you are wrong to be insinuating that and 80% Slauson will be just fine. A 100% healthy Slauson will struggle in this new man up drive blocking scheme. So, yes you playing football and me never playing seem to have you at the disadvantage. Keep on thinking you’re a football and orthopedic scholar because you played. I would agree that technique (pushing with legs as well as ARMS) and getting underneath your opponent is critical to controlling them. But it is both here bud and we will need to upgrade Matt at some point in the near future.
I don't think you can quantify it so easily, we saw how much Slauson relies on his shoulders and arms for leverage with the large drop off in performance in 2011. Basic leverage may not require a lot of arm strength, but technique and hand fighting require strength and mobility that he isn't going to have while recovering from this surgery.
Slauson is a back up player forced into the starting job because Ducasse is a bust. It would be nice if he was healthy, he could add some depth to the line. I would prefer if we upgraded the position regardless of whether or not he is fully healed up.
Sanchez is a brilliant young QB being held back by the OL and the WR? What's amazing is down the stretch when the OL was playing better the running game got it going a little bit Sanchez went into fetal position.
Slauson wasn't forced into the starting job because Ducasse was a bust. Ducasse had very little chance to beat out Slauson right out of UMASS as the starting left guard on the Jets. Slauson had experience in Callahans scheme in college at a big division I school and a year of NFL experience. Are you suggesting Ducasse was bust immediately as a rookie because he couldn't beat out Slauason or am I misinterpreting your post? The guy is an obvious project only 2 years into his career robbed of one offseason by the lockout. I'm getting tired of Jets fans labeling him a bust already. Is he a starter yet? No, but he played in 12 games last year and didn't make many mistakes. He had an opportunity to get his feet wet. This year he finally gets the luxury of a full NFL offseason as well as a more simplistic blocking scheme. Both of those things should help him out quite a bit. This guy has tremendous physical skills and I'll bet we will all be happy if he can figure it out upstairs and beat out one of the starters this year. Hopefully he can make Hunter the backup that he should be. I'm not saying he will ever be a starter or that he's done well. It's just too early to call him a bust, as much as you masochistic fans want to wish every pick becomes one. Some players take time to develop and don't start right away. It's not his fault he was taken too early for a project.
