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Take it with a grain of salt, but in a recent live chat I think it was, Rich Cimini said since the WR FA markey it try, Idzik will be looking to deal for one during training camp. Do you think this would be true and what peices to we possibly have to trade? Id almost rather stay pat than trade any talent we actually do have on this roster. Unless he means trading mid round picks next year, which I wouldnt be completely against as long as we got somebody good and young in return. So do you think this could be true, who do you think he is eyeing, and how much would you give up for him? I honestly cant think of anyone. Im still trying to figure out who it could be....... Take it with a grain of salt, but in a recent live chat I think it was, Rich Cimini said since the WR FA markey it try, Idzik will be looking to deal for one during training camp. Do you think this would be true and what peices to we possibly have to trade? Id almost rather stay pat than trade any talent we actually do have on this roster. Unless he means trading mid round picks next year, which I wouldnt be completely against as long as we got somebody good and young in return. So do you think this could be true, who do you think he is eyeing, and how much would you give up for him? I honestly cant think of anyone. Im still trying to figure out who it could be.......

Mike Tannenbaum, the gift that just keeps giving. Check out this article that details how the Jets will actually pay more and be charged more against the salary cap for Tim Tebow than than the Patriots will. What a great arrangement! A guy not on the Jets roster costs them more in cap room than the team he is actually on. Sheesh! This from a guy who fancied himself a cap genius. Check out the article here: Jets Pay More For Tebow Than Pats This Year The Jets will be spending at least $901,350 more in cash and cap space on Tebow this season than the Patriots will spend on the former Heisman Trophy winner. Tebow currently has a $755,000 cap charge in 2014 ... so overall, the Jets will spend just around $140,000 more on him this season than the Patriots are currently scheduled to spend on Tebow over the next two seasons. What other hidden secrets of the Tannenbaum era are just waiting to pop up like Jason in Friday the 13th. If Mike Tannenbaum were a car.... he'd break down on the road then catch fire in your driveway after he was towed back to your house. I'd like to look forward and put him in the rear view mirror, but just when you think your through, he pulls you back in! Add your "If Mike Tannenbaum were a...." example below. Mike Tannenbaum, the gift that just keeps giving. Check out this article that details how the Jets will actually pay more and be charged more against the salary cap for Tim Tebow than than the Patriots will. What a great arrangement! A guy not on the Jets roster costs them more in cap room than the team he is actually on. Sheesh! This from a guy who fancied himself a cap genius. Check out the article here: Jets Pay More For Tebow Than Pats This Year The Jets will be spending at least $901,350 more in cash and cap space on Tebow this season than the Patriots will spend on the former Heisman Trophy winner. Tebow currently has a $755,000 cap charge in 2014 ... so overall, the Jets will spend just around $140,000 more on him this season than the Patriots are currently scheduled to spend on Tebow over the next two seasons. What other hidden secrets of the Tannenbaum era are just waiting to pop up like Jason in Friday the 13th. If Mike Tannenbaum were a car.... he'd break down on the road then catch fire in your driveway after he was towed back to your house. I'd like to look forward and put him in the rear view mirror, but just when you think your through, he pulls you back in! Add your "If Mike Tannenbaum were a...." example below.

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The art of story telling is one of the greatest aspects of humanity. Some have the uncanny ability to spin intricate tales that absorb the audience and create catharsis. George R.R. Martin is one such rare individual and his Song of Ice and Fire series has enchanted millions. HBO’s adaptation of the series, Game of Thrones, brought Martin’s visions to life and created a massive cult following. The popular show has turned many of us into drooling, nerd-slaves to Martin and HBO’s genius. What on earth does this have to do with football you may ask? Little and less. Yet, the NFL and it’s dramatic matchups, ever evolving rivalries, and team defections create a literary piece all it’s own. The inner workings of the NFL can be told as a story complete with plot twists and cliffhangers, antagonists and protagonists. With that in mind, we at Turn on the Jets, would like to unite the oft overlapping fan bases of the NFL and G of T by drawing parallels between the National Football League and the world of Westeros. Disclaimers: I will not give anything away that the show has not yet covered Your views on these parallels may depend on your allegiances in both the Game of Thrones and Football spheres I have included links to character bios for those who are not as big of a fanboy as me; I know many understand the series like this. Feel free to add your own comparisons in the comments! NO SPOILERS. Lets start with and easy one that we can all agree on: Bill Belichick/Tywin Lannister: Both men are masterminds in their own right. They rule quietly but with an iron fist and demand respect. They took their family/team from a shroud of embarrassment to prolonged success at the top of their respective hierarchies. We don’t like either man but respect their brilliance at the games they play (football and the game of thrones). They both use frowned upon tactics (ie: Spy-Gate and the Red Wedding). I suppose this first comparison means… Tom Brady/Jamie Lannister: Look, this is more a symptom of Belichick being Tywin but the hair and lady-killing are pretty uncanny similarities. Both are masters of their art, football and swordplay respectively. Yet, most fans sympathize with Jamie and even come to like him. The day I sympathize with Brady, you can just go ahead and cut my hand off. (See what I did there?) TIm Tebow/King Joffrey: We never really liked either from the get go. Our taste for both only soured as we got to know them better. Both have a sick and twisted way of messing with our hearts and their followers. Now that Tebow is a Patriot, isn’t it oh so perfect that he parallels a man we’re supposed to hate? Best of all, this comparison lets Jets fans blame all their woes on Tebow, just like the Seven Kingdoms can do with Joff. Wes Welker/Tyrion Lannister: I know I know, we all LOVE Tyrion and Welker is the bane of every fan’s existence. Yet, like Tyrion’s slow defection from the Lannisters, we saw a deterioration of the relationship between Wes and his sire, Belicheck -Insert obvious short joke here- How about everyone’s favorite Stark family? Baltimore Ravens/Starks: The Starks are always right eventually and winter finally came for both with the massive exodus of the Ravens 2012 Superbowl team and the continuing deaths in the Stark family. Ray Lewis/Ned Stark: They both had extended success at their position but were taken from us rather abruptly. Ned lost his head and Ray rode off into retirement. Both men were the example for their peers, players and lords. Both acted under a strict standard of honor/level of play and did not deviate. Ray’s retirement and Ned’s death served to spark the deterioration of their team/family. Ed Reed/Theon Greyjoy: Both men started as the ultimate team player but saw a better opportunity and moved on. Wouldn’t it be fitting if Houston unseated the Ravens in the playoffs like Theon did to Winterfell and the Starks?

In 2009, it felt like every defensive play was going to be a blitz for the New York Jets. As Mike Pettine gained more control over the defense, the team started dropping back into coverage more, playing into their strengths with elite cornerbacks. Now, the team will swing towards the other direction, with (presumably) better interior pass rushers than cornerbacks with the loss of Darrelle Revis (although I'm sure Antonio Cromartie, Kyle Wilson, and Dee Milliner would disagree). This pendulum-like swing will return the team to its blitz-happy days and will make the team far more aggressive. As Rex Ryan said at the end of this past season, he wants the team to become more aggressive on offense, which would suit the similar attack-style feel the defense will have. In my mind, this is the way a team should be set up. It should attack the enemy from all sides, offense, defense, and special teams. It should force the enemy to play on your own terms, not theirs. It should find the weakness of the other team and exploit that. I, for one, welcome a return to an attack-style defense. I just hope the offense is able to keep up.

Good morning, Gang Green Gangsters! Here are your daily New York Jets links for this Monday... The Jet Press: The evolution of Rex Ryan. NYJets.com: Video of Geno Smith, Antonio Cromartie and the Jets at the links in Bedminster, NJ. The Sports Xchange: Santonio Holmes's Lisfranc fracture was the most serious form. JetNation: Tanner Purdum will hold a football camp. The Jets Blog: Post 2013 minicamp smorgasbord. Newsday: Wesley Walker entered the L.I. schools sports world. CBS Pittsburgh: Darrelle Revis was back in Pittsburgh to help local youth. Montreal Gazette: A close call for the Alouette's David Clowney had him scared. AP: Vladimir Putin says that Rober Kraft's Super Bowl ring was a gift. AP: Scott Pioli is joing NBC's Sunday night studio show. Fox Sports: Donald Driver would only come back to play for the Green Bay Packers. Sports Illustrated: Terrell Owens visits Chad Johnson in jail. Sports Illustrated: Steve Gleason on his life with ALS. And now here is 311 with "Evolution": Have a great week, everyone!

TJ Rosenthal kicks off another week of New York Jets coverage at Turn On The Jets with his weekly No Huddle - Make sure to give TJ a follow on Twitter on Turn On The Jets a follow on Facebook. Leave It Alone Rex We love Rex Ryan. The guy has always loved the Jets since day one, when he first told us about visiting Obama in the White House and not kissing anybody’s rings. He essentially grew up a Jet while his dad Buddy, the original outspoken Ryan, helped design the great Jets defense for Weeb Ewbank’s club in Super Bowl III. Rex wears his desire to restore the club back to that 1969 world champion status on his sleeve in a way that few others who have donned the headset ever have here. That said, it was senseless for him to go into the “I’m a hell of a lot better football coach than I’m given credit for” territory. The way he did last week. Not now. Just prove that you can work with the beginning of the next Jet generation Sexy Rexy. Show those who are watching that this new extension of you will play with energy and confidence. Haters will hate anyway. Don’t fight it. They will dim the spotlight away from your successes and shine it on the blunders that have originated from both on and off the field. Don’t even address the matter Rex. Be bigger than that. What Ryan must do, is forget about the “non-believers” (stole that phrase from you Madbacker) and instead, aim to follow the path set by Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. Who survived long enough at his job, to be allowed the chance to take on a new young impressionable group in Cincinnati, and make them “believers.” Ryan has to show GM John Idzik, owner Woody Johnson, and the fan base, that regardless of the win-loss record in 2013, the Jets future has a roadmap. That the prospects are hopeful. No matter who may be dissing him in the world. Tone Time? No. It’s Panic Time, or Plan B Time Over the past few days we have read on Rotoworld that Santonio Holmes had the SEVERE Lisfranc injury version of the foot injury. The kind that has prevented him from running or cutting yet. Translation? It’s not Tone Time, it’s panic time. Or better yet, time for another plan. If Ryan wants to prove those who see him as some “Goddamn Snack” Buffoon of a coach, he better not tell us “this is the best receiving corps we have had in my time as a Jet” and look at the reality of what a “Holmes-less” team will look like. Mid-June means that we are ten weeks or so away folks. Without Holmes, the Jets lack a proven playoff playmaker and late game home run hitter. Like Holmes or not, (and there are still Jet fans who still see Holmes as a divisive problem child. We don’t) this team can ill afford to head into another year without a pair of viable threats outside. Jeremy Kerley? Sure, he will thrive in a west coast system as long as he is not the sole target. Second year WR Stephen Hill could be a weapon if his hands work this year. We don’t feel good about leaving them as the two main characters. There has to be one more. At least. The Jets will of course try to catch lightning in a bottle with recently acquired underachiver Ben Obamanu, other veteran “whatevers,” and a handful of UDFA’s laying around Florham Park these days. So that’s plan B if Tone can’t go? Are there no other options though? At all? Diehards sent us the “TO and Chad Johnson” solution to our twitter Sunday. Brandon Lloyd too. For you folks who don’t love this trio of possibilities, you have company. Neither do we. How about a trade then? There has to be some disgruntled, but talented young WR2 or WR3 who Idzik believes could thrive in a Marty Mornhinweg passing game. Right? Forget “the Jets have no money” line of thinking either. There cannot be a stubborn “no,” from the Jets on this before every roster depth chart in the NF

When we assess the Jets' quarterback situation, one fairly common question we get is how a quarterback can succeed without receivers who get consistently open. It is not that simple. Receiver quality can help or hurt a quarterback's performance, but it is not the one defining issue that determines success or failure of a quarterback. A quarterback can make or break a receiver. This goes beyond merely finding open receivers and delivering accurate passes on time, although this is very important in its own right. Good quarterbacks can help their receivers get open. It is a hidden yet important part of quarterback play. Let's look at one play to serve as an example. This is from the third quarter of November's Jets-Seahawks game. This is the first Jets offensive play of the second half. As we will soon see, the Seahawks are in a cover one on this play. That means their deep safety (circled in red) is responsible to help the cornerbacks deep over the entire field. Essentially, anywhere beyond the blue line, his job is to provide a second man in coverage to help his cornerbacks. As it turns out, the Jets are in a very good play call. They have Stephen Hill going deep at the top of the picture and Dustin Keller running a post to the middle of the field at the bottom of the picture. Seattle only has one man deep to help the corners with two receivers going deep. Seattle's coverage is funneling Keller inside to the safety. The protection is very good. Mark Sanchez has a clean pocket so he has time to let this thing develop. This play has touchdown written all over it if he can get the safety to vacate his area. He can do this with his eyes. If he stares at Hill (blue line), he can bait the safety to provide help to the cornerback covering Hill (yellow line), which will open up the area where Keller is running. Keller will be running to the open spot in the field, and there will be nobody between him and a long touchdown. Sanchez just has to throw on the black line. Sanchez does not see this. Even though he has a clean pocket, he doesn't recognize the coverage or that he is in the perfect play call. He checks it down to Lex Hilliard for a nine yard gain. This is a perfect example of how stats can sometimes be misleading. On the box score, it looks great. It is a nine yard pass play. In reality, this was poor quarterbacking. A nine yard gain is good in a vacuum but is really bad when the alternative is a 67 yard touchdown. Instead of potentially having six points on the board, the Jets had over half the field to drive. This doesn't even factor in the way a long touchdown could have swung the momentum of the game and the confidence of the team. This was first down so it was a great time to take a shot. Even if it failed, the Jets still would have had two additional downs to move the ball. Plays like these are the difference between good and bad quarterbacks. Sure, the quarterback hit an open receiver for an easy completion, but anybody can do that. Being a quarterback in the NFL isn't about hitting easy passes to wide open receivers. Even if you have great receivers, there are rarely wide open throwing lanes. It is also about recognizing how the offensive play meshes with the defensive play, identifying the best option, and being able to perform all tasks, obvious and subtle to put teammates in a position to make plays. Unfortunately, this is not a case of cherry picking a play. Beyond the obvious issues with turnovers and accuracy, Sanchez's failure to recognize and execute was in many ways the story of 2012 for the Jets. You cannot blame the coaching for this play. The Jets were in a good call. You cannot blame the receivers. They did what they had to do. The quarterback had things in front of him and could not properly execute. These missed opportunities were a staple of the offensive struggles. This was certainly a case where a bad quarterback takes a nine yard dumpoff, while a good quarterback turns this play into som

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports One would think last year’s failure might have taught New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan that a two-quarterback system does not work. Apparently, this is not the case. Various media reports say Ryan is open to designing a read-option package for rookie quarterback Geno Smith if Mark Sanchez wins the competition. It has become clear that the battle will include only these two men while Matt Simms and Greg McElroy try to emerge as third signal caller. Sanchez regressed tremendously last season due in part to Tim Tebow’s presence. An example would be New York’s playoff-eliminating loss to the Tennessee Titans when their starter got in rhythm, only to be pulled for Tebow to run a disastrous wildcat. Repeating this would do serious harm in more than one way. Smith continues to battle for starting position throughout New York’s offseason. He presents confidence in his abilities and that is an important trait. Despite talks of inconsistent performance, there remains tremendous upside. Installing specialty plays could take advantage of his athletic abilities and from that perspective, it could be exciting. Bringing him along slowly makes some sense, but risk is present at the same time. Rhythm is so important to quarterbacks. Switching a rookie in and out does not allow him to create chemistry with receivers. There must be an answer one way or the other. It already will be a tough transition for Smith, who spent much of his time at West Virginia operating from the shotgun formation. Designing this game plan hinders his ability to learn either by observation or becoming fully immersed in action. If they decide to go with Sanchez, the Jets must cater everything around his fragile psyche. No option is ideal, but one must be made to benefit this franchise.

Jason Bridge-USA TODAY Sports For New York Jets receiver Santonio Holmes, the road to recovery has not been easy. Last season, Holmes was having a strong start to the year before suffering a devastating Lisfranc fracture in his left foot, an injury that required two surgeries and has rendered him physically unable to participate in practice. “A Lisfranc injury is a separation of the joints in your foot,” Holmes explained. “I actually had muscle tear and joint separation, so the injury process for me was a lot longer for some guys who, say, have a Grade 1, [with] the highest being a 4. I suffered a Grade 4 injury, where I had suffered a separation and ligament damage in my foot.” Holmes has been present at the Jets’ practice facility for OTAs and mini-camp, but he’s been limited to doing mental reps with his new playbook, and he’s also helped mentor his young teammates in the receiving corps. Head coach Rex Ryan indicated that the Jets will likely place Holmes on the Physically Unable to Perform list if he is not fully recovered by the start of training camp. They’re not going to rush him back before he’s ready. But even with a season lost and another in jeopardy, Holmes is staying upbeat through it all. The former Super Bowl MVP is working hard to get healthy and back on the field, and he’s determined to make it happen soon. “My target date is to be ready for training camp,” he said. “That’s the only thing right now that I’m focused on is as much rehab as possible, getting back into running and conditioning and then be ready for training camp.” While we don’t know the exact date that we’ll see Santonio Holmes back on the field, he and the Jets are confident that he can rebound and make a major impact on offense this season. It’s only a matter of when. Jon Presser is RantSports.com’s New York Jets Lead Columnist Follow him on Twitter @metsjetsnets88 and on Google+