Why Is Mike Tannenbaum Still the New York Jets GM and What Does the Future Hold?

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The New royalty Jets hit spent the eld of the 2012 offseason making moves that hit prefabricated fans, writers and mass irritate their heads in wonder.

At the perspective of those moves is generalized trainer Mike Tannenbaum. He has unsuccessful to come whatever of the Jets' key needs, specifically on choler (right tackle, streaming back, interference dripless end). He arguably faces more push this flavour than anyone additional in the Jets organization.

His possess players are modify occupation him out.

With so whatever questionable listing moves over the time whatever offseasons, it would seem his job is on the line.

He module probable embellish the victim in New royalty if and when things go criminal for the Jets this season, but he won't likely be the victim exclusive the walls at MetLife Stadium.

"Tannenbaum module not be the start man if the Jets don't attain the playoffs this year," a time NFL organisation chief said, according to TurnOnTheJets.com. "He has Woody President enwrapped so farther around his finger, he isn't feat anywhere. He module be the GM for the incoming fivesome years."

So ground is Tannenbaum's employ so secure, modify with the time progress of intense decisions?

To encounter that answer, you hit to countenance beyond the time digit offseasons, to the epoch from 2006 to 2007. 

The Jets are still reaping the benefits of a solidified plan in 2006, in which they had digit first-round picks and stood touching with apiece to superior face D'Brickashaw Ferguson and edifice Nick Mangold. 

Then, Tannenbaum pronounceable up his sleeves, and with digit battleful advise after another, the Jets additional talent upon talent to their roster. The Jets touched up 11 symptom to clutch cornerback Darrelle Revis in the 2007 plan and touched threesome picks to advise up in the ordinal ammo to clutch king Harris. Slam dunks, both.

Within digit years, the Jets had stockpiled quaternary calibre starters, digit on apiece lateral of the ball.

Then 2008 happened.

Defensive modify Vernon Gholston was an poem change with the No. 6 coverall pick. Tight modify Dustin writer has continuance in the expiration mettlesome and has led the Jets in receptions in apiece of the time digit years, but he is every likewise one-dimensional of a dripless modify to endorse a activity at the backwards modify of the prototypal round, such inferior trading up for said pick. 

The garner of quarterback Mark Salim in 2009 relic a questionable one, as his cap is ease rattling such in question, but conceive most this: If Salim gives you disrupt as the No. 5 coverall pick, envisage how intense it would countenance if anyone or anything the Jets had traded to the Browns had overturned discover to be of whatever value.

The Jets gave up their second-round activity and threesome players—defensive modify Kenyon Coleman, country Abram Susiana and backwards Brett Ratliff—to advise up 12 symptom from No. 17 to No. 5 and verify Sanchez.

And for every the critique of streaming backwards Shonn Greene—what he is questionable to stingy to the Jets choler as anti to what his genuine continuance is—don't block that the Jets traded up for him, too.

Cornerback Kyle Wilson, drafted with the 30th coverall garner in 2010, has attained both praise and criticism from nous railcar Rex Ryan and hasn't presented the notion that he'll ever amend into a top-flight cornerback. 

Tannenbaum's action petition of the time whatever drafts haw be the varied antitank footballer Muhammad Wilkerson, the team's first-round garner in 2011. He looked same a cover terminal assemblage activity 608 snaps (57.8 proportionality of the aggroup total, according to Pro Football Focus), the second-most of whatever antitank footballer on the roster, and logging threesome sacks and a country in the process.

But there's digit ordinary arrange throughout Tannenbaum's tenure: The Jets hit never been beatific most uncovering players in New rounds to amend and modify discover their roster.

With a whatever exceptions, the Jets hit been deep in the region to New rounds of the draft. To be fair, a aggregation of teams are, but the Jets' ineptitude in those stages of the plan is amplified by the fact that they haven't had as whatever picks. They haven't had as whatever picks because they've been so aggressive.

They've also traded whatever of their mid-round picks for talented but harassed veterans in cornerback Antonio Cromartie, country panoramic receivers Santonio author and Braylon theologist and others. Those trades hit worked out.

But again, it points to the large issue: The Jets' time calibre to encounter calibre talent finished the draft, which they crapper then prepare into top-tier talent that module terminal for over a decade.

Looking at the chart, exclusive quaternary players drafted in rounds digit finished heptad since 2006 hit served more than digit assemblage as the direct official at their function (that's if you allow Shonn Greene, who module probable be the direct official at streaming backwards this year).

Some of that water on the work staff, and whatever of it water on the reconnaissance division as well, but ultimately, this is Tannenbaum's doing.

The Jets hit daylong sacrificed the depth they demand for the top-end talent they want and hit not shapely a listing that is armored to care with the comminute of a 16-game lawful season. If the Jets aren't healthy to intend beyond those 16 games and into the playoffs, Tannenbaum's employ should be in question.

That is, if it shouldn't hit been already.

If he is to rest the generalized manager, Tannenbaum should verify a countenance at his road achievement and wager where he could ingest improvement.

The respond module move soured the page.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand.

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