Austin Visits

by John B on Apr 11, 2009 10:19 AM EDT Comment 3 comments

Miles Austin came to Florham Park yesterday and left without an offer. The Jets, however, are expected to tender Austin a contract proposal.

Restricted free-agent WR Miles Austin met with the Jets on Friday, and the team is expected to put together an offer sheet for him, according to The Star-Ledger. The Jets are looking for some help at receiver after Laveranues Coles signed with the Bengals.

The meeting went well, according to the newspaper, and the Jets have until April 17 to offer Austin a deal, which will give the Cowboys seven days to match it. If Dallas doesn’t match the offer, it will receive a second-round draft pick as compensation.

For some reference on exactly the value of this second round pick, let us consult the NFL Draft chart. While this is by no means the end all of assigning the worth of any given pick, the point system does help to quantify what getting fair value comprises. New York's second round pick at 52 is worth 380 points. For reference, Gang Green sent 67 and 141 to Carolina for Kris Jenkins in 2008. That equals 290.5 points. In other words, New York will give up substantially more to pick up a wild card in Miles than it did a multi-time Pro Bowl tackle.

There are obviously other mitigating factors at play. For example, Carolina did not want Jenkins anymore, and the Jets had to give Kris a huge new deal to complete the trade. Still, should a guy with an average of 6 receptions per season during his career really be worth more than the most valuable player on the team?

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twisted irony?

the tender to sign Austin is far too high imo. It kinda reminds me of the monumental screw up the Jets made when they didnt give a high enough offer to LC when he was a rfa and signed with the ’skins..as i recall, their offer required only a 5th rnd compensatory pick and the ’skins had no problem giving that up for coles…if the Jets had offered LC a slightly higher figure, the compensation would have been higher (2nd or 1st round) and the skins wouldnt have signed him to the offer sheet (or so they said)..signs point to the Jets taking a wr on day 1 so Austin would ostensibly be that pick…I understand they are in more need of someone to come in make an immediate impact at the position but I doubt Austin is ready for such a quantum leap. The ’boys are mighty thin at the position themselves so i also figure if he is “worth it” they wouldnt waste much time in matching the offer…

by Ozone on Apr 11, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah yes

The work of Terry Bradway that offseason was masterful. My favorite moment came when the team tried to only match part of Chad Morton’s offer sheet in Washington, somehow thinking this was doable. It goes to arbitration, the arbitrator is a Redskins season ticket holder who offers to take himself off the case if the Jets request, but Bradway says he can stay on. We all know how that ended.

This particular situation reminds me so much of the Justin McCareins deal, it’s scary.

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by John B on Apr 12, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What a mess..

that whole FA situation was that year…Bradway and co. looked like novices…I must admit I thought McCareins would do much better, that pass he dropped vs the Ravens when Clemens got his first real action (and was firing darts all over the field slicing up the leagues best d) still burns me up…I checked up on the ‘boys site on here and the fans share much of the sentiment I expressed, that he’s either not ready for the big time and never will be (and getting a 2nd round pick for a former rookie fa is pretty good) or that they’ll likely match any offer the jets make…I think maybe their best option for the position would be to draft a wr on day one and sign a vet from the fa pool so too much pressure isnt on the kid to be the teams #1…take care and a Happy Easter to you John and the rest of gang green nation

by Ozone on Apr 12, 2009 12:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs