Don't Expect Alan Faneca Back

This move really troubled me for a while. I sat in my bed with a very queasy feeling, but then after a while it sort of made sense. The Jets already know that we weren’t going to be keeping Faneca for that much longer. Everyone is thinking this uncapped year means we should be paying these guys instead of letting them go. If we let Faneca go next year, when he is to make even more money, the guaranteed money he would be getting would count against us in the cap. The 5 million we have to eat this year, doesn’t count against anything other than Woody’s checkbook. Next year we have a lot of people to sign, and that 5 million in wasted money would really hurt us. If we cut ties with him this year, that frees up all that money next year to resign guys like Mangold, Revis, D’Brick, Harris, Edwards, Holmes. If Callahan is confident in what he has to fill in for Faneca, I am too.

I like it,

Do the Jets have interest in Shawn Andrews?
He’s like 6-7 years younger than Faneca, coming off an injury / rehab, but…
he has been in 2 pro bowls. I would like the Jets to pick up Shawn as depth.

Dacasse most likely won’t be starting this year. That job will probably fall to Matt Slauson. Slauson is not a rookie, and did well last year in filling in. Those two plays last year where Sanchez almost died twice were mistakes, not from D’Brick not being able to block Freeny

So you mean the bulls eye that was already on Faneca? If they wanted to rush the passer, who do you think they targeted? Those two blown plays happened with Faneca right there next to D’Brick. Why would they all of a sudden happen more with him gone? Slauson is by far a better pass blocker than Faneca ever was.

haha, yeah he has a rep alright, he has a rep for being horrible against the pass rush. You think teams held up on pass rushing against him, just because hebuilt a rep as a run blocker? I would rather have that pass rushing bulls eye on Matt Slauson than on Faneca. Teams rush against your weakness, no matter what their rep is.

I look at it like this. Faneca gets an 8 in terms of rush blocking, and a 3 in pass blocking. Matt Slauson get’s about 5 in pass blocking and a 6 in rush blocking. If they want to rush at him, that is perfectly fine. The Jets can count on that, and game plan around it.

The difference between Moss and Faneca is that the job of the DB covering him, is to read, and react to Moss. The job a of a blitzer is to get to the QB, and that is all. So the blitzer doesn’t care about Faneca’s rep as a great run blocker, all he sees is a weakness in the wall in which he has to get through. If a team is blitzing, you better believe they were going after Faneca with all they had knowing he is the weakness. That won’t change with Matt Slauson, until they realize he is better against that rush than Faneca.

Well even with all those dirty blocking skills he gave up a lot of sacks, so they didn’t really make a difference. With that said, I would go with Matt Slauson, because Ray Lewis doesn’t know what he is going up against. Where as in Faneca, he knew more times than not, he will beat him. the lack of experience swings both ways, which leaves a clean slate. That puts skills against skills, and Matt Slauson’s pass blocking skills are still better than Faneca’s

Who is saying chemistry isn’t important. Matt Slauson was with this offense last year, he has played in the trenches with these guys. When he came in last year, there was very little drop off in o-line efficiency. There are still plenty of leaders on this team… Richardson, Mangold, D’Brick, Woody, Sanchez, Scott, Harris, Ellis, Revis. It’s not like we don’t have any locker room leaders left.