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The 2006 draft had Brick at 4, and Nick at 29, a truly awesome first round, but two other players were in the fourth round made my list of favorites, in Leon Washington & Brad Smith. Appreciate the analytical breakdown of Ulbrich ‘s comments, it’s June, time to take a breath.

Let’s put JFM & Quinnen to the side, because playing them 30 snaps a game is lunacy. Why would Jeff say this ? You avoid weekly questions on Lawson during the season. Think it is sound to play Lawson 35 snaps a game after his devastating Achilles injury last year, the medical staff had input here, Achilles is not just a one year thing. What a motivating comment to the other 8-9 Defensive Lineman that are trying to make this team, that if you make the 53 you will get 30 snaps a game , OPPORTUNITY !! . Strain increases. This “Policy” promotes development, it’s about finding chemistry, it creates intensity, it’s about finding out who they are. For the first 8 games of the season this could be a smart policy decision. Let’s circle back to JFM & Williams. No problem with JFM with 35 snaps at DE and 15 at DT, none. 35 snaps for “ Q “ is malfeasance, although it is a long season and I can see possibly,

Four games at this reduced snap count. Certainly an increased snap count for Williams on any game is easy to explain. Question, does this policy effect Negotiations on Williams extension ? On another important note, Ulbrich states that the Jets are not getting a run stuffing DT. I find this disturbing and alarming that the Jets are going into the season , with TINY DT’s, but they will be tough, right. The Jets had the 32nd ranked Defense last year.

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Both Gore and Fitzpatrick can go fly a kite - worse Jets in the history of the franchise. Gore decides he’s hurt the second he reached a milestone - total scumbag !

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I don’t have a lot of confidence in Ulbrich as a D Coordinator. I realize last year we were limited talent wise but still some of his schemes were questionable. Saying you’re going to limit your best D linemen to 35 snaps max makes little sense. We’ll see if Saleh is willing to make a change with his Coordinator if the Jets struggle this year or if Saleh will stubbornly support Ulbrich and both lose their jobs. Hopefully, as you said David, this is just June talk.

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