Dustin Keller Trade Rumors Floating About

Wtf are they thinking over there….

Keller is a UFA at the end of the year and would be expensive to sign. Once again Tannenbaum would rather gamble on an unknown quantity then pay someone who has been reliable year in year out.

Keller isnt a bad player but he isnt the guy that we thought we were getting. Keller doesnt always seem to be on the same page as Sanchez and doesnt seem to exploit the mismatches the way he should. This guy is plenty replaceable but I wouldnt move him just to make a move.

He is coming up on a contract year. After this year he might fetch $7 mill per year. That is pretty expensive. If we won’t give him that then he is gone in a year anyway. So they could try to get something for him now.

We have Cumberland and Baker. Thats kinda redundant x3.

It wouldn’t have anything to do with fit in the new offense. He would fit perfectly. So might Cumberland and Baker too.

…we’re getting a new QB.

Dude is 6’6" 260 lbs. Clone of Rob Gronkowski. He’s got nice speed, leaping ability, and catching ability. Also, he’s a very good in-line blocker. Could be a better overall tight end prospect than Keller was coming in.

I don’t think Keller will ever be a pro-bowl tight end, he will be a UFA next year and sometimes these types of decisions must made now not a year from now. Down the stretch although consistent and GOOD it’s hard to say he played GREAT. I think the realization that he is one of our only real bargaining chips and he is a sub Gronk-Hernadez receiving threat may be part of the consideration…if it’s even true

keller has been a big underachiever for us and he will want to get paid next year .
if we could trade him for some extra picks ( 2nd and a 4th) or trade him for a good RT i’d be ok with that .
Fred Davis and John Carlson are both FA this year and would want a lot less than keller to sign with us .
so if you said Davis and a 2nd and 4th for keller i’d snap your hand off .there is no guarantee he is with the team after this year anyway

no way would i trade Keller. what the hell is this FO thinking? hes led the team in receptions the last 2 years and every year he improves. unless were getting a 1st and 3rd then no thank you. Keller is a top 10 TE and has potential to be a top 5. no way should we trade him.

if Sparano is bringing back the run n shoot

Unless you’re getting something REALLY good dont do it. What they should do is call up braylon’s agent… Maybe even j-co if they want to get the flyboys back together.

by Football Outsiders this year. (DYAR 49). That’s right. Right behind J. Shockey!
And by DVOA he’s was rated 31st.

That is some kind of wow for Sanchez’s security blanket “best friend”.

Much like Greene, he just isn’t as good as every Jet fan seems to think he is.

Depends on what we get for him, but in a league of great TEs he is barely average (by performance).

Your points are valid. He has been Sanchez’s safety valve and lone consistent target he’s had during his career. It could be a disastrous move, but it also could be a very smart move. Here’s why.

First, we all know that Keller isn’t that good of a blocker. Sparano’s offense is more of a power running attack and vertical passing attack, so I’m not sure how good a fit Keller would be in Sparano’s system. If they would actually use him correctly (as opposed to how BS used him), then he could become a very valuable asset if he can stop dropping passes and become just a little bit better and more willing blocker.

Two, with Keller being a UFA after next year, he could be less expensive to re-sign if his numbers go down in 2012 and he isn’t that good a fit, but if he isn’t a good fit, why would they want to re-sign him? The Jets would just lose him and have to depend upon a compensatory pick in the 2013 draft.

Three, he hasn’t been that consistent. Much of that I will lay on BS, but still, Keller fails to get open at times and drops too many passes for my liking. He isn’t the dominant TE that a Gates, Gronk and a few others are. I liked drafting him a few years ago because I thought he was the best TE prospect in the draft, but I wasn’t wild about trading up to get him, and thought it might have not been wise since he doesn’t have prototypical TE size.

Four, as far as I’m concerned, Keller and Cumberland are basically the same player. They are both primarily receivers, and not as good at blocking. Cumberland is both taller and faster and provides a better target. The Jets may be high enough on him and feel confident that he could step in and give the team what Keller would in Sparano’s offense.

Five, if Keller isn’t a good fit, his numbers will go down and his value will drop. His value right now may be at the highest it ever will be as a Jet.

I don’t know what the Jets could get in return for him, but I would think they could get at least a 3rd rounder plus possibly another pick or player and maybe as high as a 2nd rounder plus another pick or player, or possibly a S or RT.

Trading him would give the Jets the ability to address another hole. Now I’m on record as saying you don’t fix one hole by creating another hole. I still stand by that. I don’t think a whole would be created. First, as Tinley and some others I think point out, John Carlson and Fred Davis are available in FA. Keller’s cap value is $1,152,500. The Jets could sign one of them although it would probably cost more than what Keller is being paid. Either Carlson or Davis would probably be better fits than Keller, are better blockers and would be more versatile than Keller. Mulligan would be gone, but they could keep Baker as the #3 TE or they could even possibly draft a TE somewhere between rounds 2-5 who is equally adept at receiving and blocking, and thus would be a better fit in Sparano’s system.

The downside would be Sanchez and the lack of continuity in the receiving corps. If the Jets can bring back Braylon and his knee is ok, he could help ease that frustration for Sanchez. That would also mean more throws would go to Holmes, which should keep him happier and better utilize his skills. If he has to stay, then they might as well use him to their best advantage and run him on routes until his arms and legs fall off (or some DB kills him). Kerley, Cumberland, and possibly both Turner and Baker would still be here as well as Holmes, so it’s not like Sanchez would have a completely new set of receivers to work with. It’s a business. If Sanchez is gonna mope about losing Keller, then he isn’t the franchise QB the team is looking for anyway.

Depending upon what they got in return for him, not only could they possibly address two other areas of need on the team, but they could possibly even upgrade their TE unit and run blocking as well by adding Carlson or Davis. Finally, if they don’t plan on re-signing him anyway then it’s better to get the most for him now they can rather than waiting and hoping they’ll get a 3rd next year as a compensatory pick.

I wouldn’t move him just for the sake of moving him, but if they feel they can improve the team by doing so and get a good deal,t hen I think they should pull the trigger.

Can always move him to the slot and move Kerley to number two?

Sanchez has not had a solid group of recievers stay together for more than a year. Stop with the shuffling around and keep a core of players around him. That’s how these elite QB’s have so much success. Their FO don’t change their receving core like dirty underwear!
If they do trade him, which i’m against, it shouldn’t be no lower than a 3rd round pick.

Vlad can play right end. Remember?

That’s our well-thought-out response to the gronk in new England.

Keller can really become one of the premier TE’s in the league! The tight ends usually thrive in Sparano’s system-Jason Witten,Fasano really came into his own last year!

keep him but you do have to think long term. if you can get a few draft picks and pick up a replacement who is cheaper this year ok. We do not need more holes to fill however, and if you are sticking with sanchez it makes sense to keep him around.

is he elite? not really compared to guys like finley, gronk, davis etc. but he puts up decent numbers and would have been better with an elite QB. he is a liability in blocking however, and more of a WR. I can see Sparano behind a move like tis.

Your worth too much on the market and the new direction on the team leaves questions as to whether you will ever really hit your potential with an average QB like Mark.
Fans are gonna have to expect alot of this coming down the pipeline the next few months. Sparanos offense is vastly different than Shotty’s. Tony will no doubt have his own opinions on players that we have on our roster and will make drastic changes.
I’m actually suprised Keller stuck on the team after last offseason. I was waiting for trade rumors to start up then.

Was it me or did Kerley seem to morph into Sanchez’s security blanket at the end of the season over Keller anyway?

Keller is a great TE and he is the only reciever to actually be there since sanchez’s first season. We always complain about Sanchez’s inconsistancy, but how about the new batch of WR every season. We HAVE to keep him.

i read that keller is due a 3m bonus on top of his 2m salary , making his cap figure 5m and putting us in a position where we can make any moves in FA . its because of this that i see trading keller as a very good option to save cap room , gain some picks and replace him with somebody cheaper . it actually would be a very smart move from the FO

we could trade keller fo a 2nd ( curry or adcock or martin )and 4th ( mccellin or iloka or ganaway )save 5m and sign davis or carlson for less . we save cap and get an extra 2 players from the draft and also find his replacement for less than the 5m he was getting . to me its a no brainer