Leon Washington Out for the Season With a Broken Leg

Sad news about Leon

Only good thing is the depyh at RB with Greene and Thomas

This is such sad news for a class act like Leon. He also (probably on poor advice from his agent) didn’t sign a new deal and now may never get the chance. May end up never playing again – and having no money either. Just terrible.

Agents are so greedy sometimes. The jets offered $5M. He wanted $6M. All this over $1M? And now he has nothing. And he’s hurt and who knows if he’ll ever come back. Is the agent hurt? No, he’ll just get his % from his other clients. But Leon, he’s left with nothing. Starting a career over. So sad – and he’s a class act.

The first thing I thought about when he went down was Joe Theismann. It sounds like the injury isn’t quite as bad, but still quite severe. Not only do I feel awful for him, but I’m worried that this will either end his career or effectively ruin him as a runner. Although he’ll return next year, will he ever be the same player? I hope so, for his sake as well as the Jets.

Get well Leon, we’re all pulling for you…..

Jets fans, don’t despair. Losing a class act like Leon is always tough, but I also think it’s a blessing in disguise. Often in the NFL, a backup only gets his start if the starter sucks every week or gets injured. I’ve been clamouring for a RB like Shonn Greene for a while now and I think he adds a new dimension to the running game. His straight up the middle style opens up the flanks for the WRs. And most importantly, he gets the tough yards more consistently than Thomas Jones. With Woodhead’s elusiveness, you have a “earth with and fire” lite. I suspect our running game actually becomes stronger because Greene will get more touches than TJ in the coming weeks when his numbers will be higher. When leon comes back, we will have a formidable force in the backfield. Greene #1, Leon #2, and TJ released or traded.

I wish Leon all the best in what definitely looked like a painful injury.

I have had Leon on my fantasy team for 3 years riding the bench, he got his first start today. I figured he would go nuts against Oaklands dog shit run defense. He would have done what Greene did. I feel like I jinxed him.

I agree with TeamJets subing Greene and Woodhead for Leon in the run actually might make it stronger overall. Greene’s a better between the tackle runner than anyone on the team, Woodhead might be better on sweeps or spreads. The loss will be most felt in the return game, where unless they start using Woodhead (if he can handle the catch), no one explosive enough to give us close to what Leon brought. I also worry we now have no legit reciever out of the backfield, I mean Greene was not a good reciever in college, TJ is not good, again this might be a place we will need Woodhead. Very tough, but who knows maybe he can develop into a Sproles like player.

Hopefully Sanchez will be half the QB Favre is (we don’t need the INT part)…let’s not forget if it wasn’t for Favre coming to Jersey (not NY), we would still have a coach that can’t coach and a QB that can’t throw. Mangini and The Chad for you fans that haven’t been paying attention.