Potential Jets: Hines Ward
by John B on Feb 12, 2012 12:00 PM EST
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PrintSantonio Holmes and Hines Ward once made beautiful music together. Word has gotten out this weekend that the Steelers might be ready to move on from Ward. With a likely opening across from Holmes, could the Jets have interest in the four time Pro Bowler, former Super Bowl MVP, and 1,000 career reception guy?
While Ward was once a top flight receiver, his game has fallen off greatly. Ward's athletic ability is deteriorating quickly. He lost his starting job in 2011 and saw his playing time rapidly diminish. If you watched him, you saw his ability to explode and separate is just about gone. At age 35, that process neither stops nor reverses itself for wide receivers. It continues to happen quickly. He only had 46 catches, 381 yards, and 2 touchdowns, all the lowest totals since his rookie season. As his body continues to deteriorate, he might not even be capable of putting up those numbers in 2012. He is not a threat downfield anymore. His ability to create room on short stuff is just about gone too.
Any interest in Ward would be about his name and the player he used to be, not what he can do now. He might be a fiesty competitor and willing to mix it up as a blocker, but signing him would probably be Derrick Mason redux. I think the Jets should stay away. How about you?
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Completely agree
maybe 4-5 years ago I would have been interested.
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100% agree, Holmes,Edwards,Kerley and DK. I am happy with. Sorry Ward, been there last year ie Derick Mason
by Kickersarepeopletoo on Feb 12, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
hayul yeah
Let Plaxico go to the Eagles like he wants to, and bring the real #17 back home!
Bring back Braylon!
by nationalist88 on Feb 13, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I'd rather
have Peyton Manning at WR than this clown
by chrebetsthebet on Feb 12, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
Your the clown; Ward has been a total professional during his career
Ward is like a Curtis Martin of the WR in the NFL, a team leader, playing hurt,lets his game do his talking. WHY? is he a clown give me a reason. To come on here and post something like that is just idiotic and just plain wrong.
by JETSFAN IN SC on Feb 13, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
Ok clown was too much but don’t come on here and call me a clown or idiotic, you don’t know me personally and should not post something like that, I have been here just as long as you have, I didn’t just join GGN.
by chrebetsthebet on Feb 13, 2012 8:47 AM EST up reply actions
JETSFAN goes on the offensive pretty often
take what he says with a grain of salt.
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Like John said I think it would be Derrick Mason all over again. Ward was once on of top receivers in the game, I doubt he would leave Pittsburgh anyway.
by chrebetsthebet on Feb 13, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
Ward has been consistent and productive, but calling him a total professional is a stretch IMO. He has quite a reputation for being a dirty player
by nationalist88 on Feb 13, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
no more taking in other teams ageing players...lets build our own.
bleed green and white
by greenandwhite4ever on Feb 12, 2012 12:30 PM EST reply actions
You hit the nail on the head
with the Mason reference.
by ArunK on Feb 12, 2012 12:32 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Woah, whats with all the no's?
Just a 1 year deal i would say. Because Ward is a great locker room leader and he knows Holmes, and he wasn’t horrible last year.
MARK SANCHEZ HAD BETTER STATS THAN TEBOW.
So either Sanchez is better than " second coming " or you have to admit that Tebow is no good.
8.3 ypc is indeed pretty horrible for a WR.
And Derrick Mason was presumably a veteran leader. Look how that turned out. Would you really rather see him trotted out there over Kerley? I’m not sure I’d want him out there over Patrick Turner at this point.
by Exystence on Feb 12, 2012 12:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Also I forgot to mention that Holmes still acted the fool while he was with the Steelers when Ward was a much more relevant player. What difference would you think he’d make now that he’s much worse?
by Exystence on Feb 12, 2012 1:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Might be a moot point
Seems like Hines wants to stay with the Steelers anyway. Penultimate paragraph.
Go Devils
Go Jets
Even is working to reduce his contact in 1/2 so they don't release him. Hines is known as one of.
the worst cheap-shot artists in the league and is done.
by Putnan Prince on Feb 12, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
I voted no, but where are all the people who want him cause he's a great blocker...
Ward is one of the best blocking WRs of all time, so reconsidering if its relatively cheap, I would love to add him short term, simply for his blocking and leadership.
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yep Locker room leader , great blocking skills
good hands and finds the first down marker …. 1 yr deal sounds like a sound move .
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Finally we get to see J Lin!!! Giant LB'zz
w/e, that's what half of the people do anyway
comment before they even read.
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I actually read it after I voted just incase but C’mon who wants Hines Ward?? Maybe Play 60 organization but not a NFL Team
No way
I never liked him. He is a dirty player. Plus, he is completely washed up. Signing him makes no sense on any level.
I've thought about it...
I was actually thinking about this the other day. He would be great for the locker room and would be a wonderful mentor to the young guys on our offense. He wouldn’t provide much offensively, I was thinking we could just put him out there on running plays but that would be way too obvious. Plus he’d just turn out to be an expensive FB that just happens to play our wide, and for that reason I had to vote no. I would still love his leadership though, can’t put a price on that.
by RevisIsland&Alcrotraz on Feb 12, 2012 2:45 PM EST reply actions
Not worth it
I’d rather pay Manninham and build a younger wr group that will last for a few years than go after another hired gun.
just NO
we dont need another teams has-been …lets make our own signature guy, kinda like Chrebet was back in the day
"The message to the rest of the league is, hey, the Jets are coming, and we're going to give you everything we got. And I think that's going to be more than you can handle"
No. he's a great, but he's done.
We need to get younger
Let's Make sure we play like the f***in NEW YORK JETS
and not some f***in slapd**k team!
by jets4life24 on Feb 12, 2012 3:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
No thanks.
What does this guy bring to the table really?
by Crackback on Feb 12, 2012 4:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Id say NO on the WR end, but Yes on the leadership end
I think Hines is more of a leader than Mason could ever had hoped to be. I dont think Holmes pulls that crap with a guy like this in the huddle. With that said, we need to get younger and if this team really is lacking leadership in 12, the team should get blown up and start over.
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Good call John on the Derrick Mason comparison
All we do is Lin, Lin, Lin no matter WHAT
by Simon Says Jets on Feb 12, 2012 6:15 PM EST reply actions
Complete waste of a roster spot
Leadership is cool and all I guess, but you need to use the roster spots for guys who can still play football. Besides, importing leaders doesn’t usually work, it’s one thing for a guy that leads a locker room he played in for 12 years, but him coming into a brand new locker room and rallying the troops? How often does that really happen?
please......
No more washed up old players. Build through the draft.
Add me to the no's
Personally I think we need a big, strong, somewhat fast receiver or a freakish athlete that can be average to smaller in size. At this point in his career I don’t feel like Ward is either. Ward is a blink of an eye away from retirement. A draft pick and/or Braylon are probably our better options.
no!
put up polls for colston and meachem. I want one of those guys. I also of course like the jackson two (vince and desean), manningham and brandon lloyd but I figure they are priced out of our budgets. there are a few other attractive WRs out there though including: pierre garcon, stevie johnson, laurent robinson. Dont forget about our old guys in braylon and jerricho either. overall we can do much better than burress or ward.
Signing an aging Hines Ward is like signing an aging Plaxico Burress...
Except Ward isn’t the red zone threat. So exactly why should NYJ do that? They’d be better off bringing Plax back…
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