I think football51 is right. The Jets have snubbed Manish Mehta in the past for his over the top nonsense reporting on this team. He's a small, bitter little man who's going to trash Idzik all he can under the guise of freedom of the press. Mehta is protected to write what he wants, regardless of how inaccurate it is.
The DJax situation was different because we would've had to tie a big contract to him in the form of years and dollars. We would've been locked in with a guy who flashes gang signals after scoring. No thanks. With Harvin, you get nearly the same level of talent and can cut him after the year if he's either unproductive or acting like a fool. And only pay 7.1 million for THIS year.
The comparison is apples and oranges.
The DJax situation was different because we would've had to tie a big contract to him in the form of years and dollars. We would've been locked in with a guy who flashes gang signals after scoring. No thanks. With Harvin, you get nearly the same level of talent and can cut him after the year if he's either unproductive or acting like a fool. And only pay 7.1 million for THIS year.
The comparison is apples and oranges.
. I thought about that too, and how no draft picks would have needed to be traded for DJax and DJax only counts $3.5 mill towards this year's cap compared to Harvin's $8-10; however, that ship has sailed, and this, at least, could be a lesson learned. As Parcells used to say, you don't win with choir boys in this league. Idzik may have learned his lesson from DJax or he prefers Harvin's problems over DJax's (with Marty in the locker room and plenty of friends in Seattle, I'm sure he has enough info on both players).
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