Howard Green: Stay or Go?
by John B on Feb 24, 2010 9:15 AM EST
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PrintBackup defensive lineman Howard Green is an unrestricted free agent this year. The 320 pounder did an adequate job holding the point of attack on the line. He didn't do a ton to distinguish himself. There were points when he was blown off the ball, but he generally did a decent job holding the point of attack for a big man low on the depth chart.
This might be the least exciting profile of this series. There just isn't a ton to write about the guy good or bad. I wouldn't really mind either way. I'm inclined to want the Jets to let him walk for a few reasons. First, even with the restrictions, upgrading or at least finding somebody younger who can play equally as well. Second, if another team signs Green, the Jets can use that slot to sign a free agent of their own. The biggest reason is the Jets cut him during the year and only resigned him when Kris Jenkins went down, and the pickings were slim. Rex didn't think he was tremendously valuable to this defense. I trust him on a call like that. If the Jets sing a different tune and him back, I won't have a problem with that.
I vote go.
How do you vote?
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The reason to click "Go"
He didn’t live up to expectations, worse comes to worse, I see the Jets pulling some more undrafted players, like every team does every year.
I like Pouha much more than Green, even though the Jets are slim at the DL, I think DL Matt Kroul should have a chance similar to Green (without the injuries..of course), Green didn’t perform as well as we thought..
Kroul was signed to a future/reserve contract by the Jets.
(This might be a sign that the Jets are planning to let Howard go)
Go
Both Pouha and Devito played very well in place of Jenkins this year. I see no reason to keep him. Id rather have that kind of depth elsewhere on the defense.
by colinyoung on Feb 24, 2010 3:32 PM EST reply actions
I voted stay.
Howard Green is what he is, a 3rdish guy at nose guard on the depth chart, but he is a big body, who has fresh legs from not playing a ton so far in his career. He did a good enough job when called upon, he knows the system, and after being a 6th round pick and bouncing around and bouncing around Houston to Baltimore back to Houston to New Orleans to Miami, getting cut and basically being out of the league for two years, and then bouncing around some more, he has a lot to prove and he has loyalty to Ryan, something I like in the backup depth players.
Max, I also think Kroul is an interesting player, but I think of him more as a DE then a nose tackle, because he is listed at 6’3, 280, which is defensive end size. In a 3-4 system, he would get man handled playing the nose.
"Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls. It's more democratic."
- CRASH DAVIS
Yes, I see what you mean,
However, I’ll agree, that If he wants to stay, then keep him.
Any player that is on the roster and wants to stay, I would say, keep them.
The Jets run all defenses.
Hopefully, the Jets can pick up another DT late in the draft, since there are so many.
I see Jenkins recovery as going to be great, but it’d be nice to get developing someone to pair along with Pouha in the future.
But, I think seeing Kroul on the field this year could be a great surprise. let’s see what gets made out of him.
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by Max Strauss on Feb 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
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