.Let us quickly rewind to December 30th 2019 Quinnen Williams Jersey , 2018. To no one’s surprise, the Jets had decided to fire head coach Todd Bowles after 4 unsuccessful..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Jets StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Jets NewsYahoo Jets Team PageYahoo Jets ReportYahoo Jets Depth ChartYahoo Jets TransactionsYahoo Jets PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁昉oint/Counterpoint: Reasons to Believe the Jets Will Win the Super Bowl Within the Next Two SeasonsNew,15commentsEDTShareTweetShareSharePoint/Counterpoint: Reasons to Believe the Jets Will Win the Super Bowl Within the Next Two SeasonsDisagree? Click here to read why the Jets are doomed.Let us quickly rewind to December 30th, 2018. To no one’s surprise, the Jets had decided to fire head coach Todd Bowles after 4 unsuccessful years. However, after weeks of rumors, the Jets retained Mike Maccagnan, the man who built the current roster, one that is seemingly void of high end talent. I think it’s safe to say that most fans on this publication have both praised the move to fire Todd Bowles, as well as criticized the move to retain Mike Maccagnan at some point over the past few months. The reasons behind why keeping Mike Maccagnan was a bad idea has been discussed on Gang Green Nation ad nauseam. I, too, think the Jets should have started completely fresh and hired a new dynamic duo at Head Coach and GM. However, we are stuck with Maccagnan for at least one more season, in what will be a very pivotal year for this franchise, with the enormous amount of cap space the Jets have.With that being said, recent success of the Philadelphia Eagles should give us hope that the Jets were indeed right by trusting Maccagnan with approximately $100 million dollars and Sam Darnold’s future.Why does the Eagles’ recent success give us hope as Jets fans? Let’s start by looking towards another pivotal day in recent NFL history: December 29th Men Quinnen Williams Jersey , 2015.On December 29th, 2015, the Eagles fired Chip Kelly.The Eagles decided to keep their General Manager, Howie Roseman.While during the 2015 season, Chip Kelly had usurped roster control from Roseman, the Eagles retained Roseman after the season and had given him back his General Manager responsibilities.Similar to Maccagnan, Roseman outlasted his coach, and was in charge of hiring a new coach. Much like the decision to keep Maccagnan, the move to keep Roseman was met with plenty of criticism.Response to Keeping Howie Roseman:Within a few days of the Chip Kelly firing, Bleeding Green Nation discussed the move to retain Howie Roseman in the following articles: Chip Kelly Fired: Are the Eagles the new Browns?Eagles Decision to put Howie Roseman back in charge and not hire a real general manager is very troubling.The articles and comment sections provide several gems that are very eerily similar to what the Jets fanbase have been saying about the decision to keep Maccagnan:A poll from the second article shows that out of 3715 readers, 90% of them were not confident in the power structure of Howie Roseman and Tom Donahoe.The response for keeping Roseman was ultimately very negatively viewed by the fanbase at the time.However, what about the fan response of the Doug Pederson hiring?Response to Hiring Doug Pederson:Here are two articles that were posted on Bleeding Green Nation when Doug Pederson got hired:Eagles Hire Doug Pederson: Do you approve of Philadelphia’s head coach selection?Philadelphia Eagles Officially Hire Doug Pederson as Head CoachThese articles and their comment sections offer a similar sentiment that Gang Green Nation had when we hired Adam Gase:A poll from the first article shows that out of 1914 readers, 81% of them did not want to hire Doug Pederson.The State of the Eagles Roster leading into Roseman and Pederson’s first draft:This article from Bleeding Green Nation discusses the needs of the roster: NFL Draft 2016: what is the Eagles’ biggest need?The results from the poll shows that out of 852 readers, an overwhelming majority of them identified the offense to be the biggest weakness of the team. 34% of the readers thought Offensive line was the biggest need, followed by Running Back (33%) and QB (18%).Very few votes went towards the defensive side of the ball.One glaring difference between the Eagles team and the Jets team at the time of that poll was the existence of a young Franchise QB, which we all know the Eagles ended up addressing that need by trading up for Carson Wentz.The Jets addressed that need last year by trading up for Sam Darnold.Now the Jets biggest remaining weaknesses are similar Womens Lac Edwards Jersey , with most fans on Gang Green Nation agreeing that Offensive Line, Running Back and Wide Receiver need to be aggressively addressed this offseason.The Jets can also add pass rusher to that list.A look into how the Eagles addressed their needs to build a Super Bowl Winning Roster:In Carson Wentz’s 2nd year, the 2017 season, the eventual Super Bowl Winning Eagles focused on getting their young QB weapons—-They signed Torrey Smith, Alshon Jeffery and LeGarrette Blount in free agency.They traded for Jay Ajayi at the trade deadline.They attempted to protect Wentz by signing Chance Warmack.They strengthened their defensive line by signing Chris Long and Timmy Jernigan.What this means for the Jets--My thoughts and Conclusions:The Jets are currently in a very similar situation that the Eagles were in when they decided to fire Chip Kelly and keep Howie Roseman. They had a roster full of holes, with many fans feeling like both Chip and Howie were responsible for the state that the Eagles were in.They decided to keep Roseman, and draft an offensive head coach that most of the fanbase did not approve of. They had plenty of needs on the offensive side of the ball. The Jets and Eagles were in very similar places. We can even say that the current day Jets might be ahead of the Eagles entering the 2016 offseason because we have already drafted our young franchise QB and have given him a year worth of valuable experience, while the Eagles had not yet drafted Carson Wentz.The Eagles’ Super Bowl winning roster was built on strong offensive and defensive lines as well as focusing on surrounding their young passer with weapons.The Jets should take the same approach. The Jets should prioritize improving both of their lines and pass rush.We don’t need to allocate all of our resources towards high priced weapons at the expense of building up our trenches. We should be focusing on building the trenches first and look into getting reliable weapons that Darnold can orchestrate the offense with.There are plenty of reasons to hate the fact that the Jets kept Mike Maccagnan while firing Todd Bowles and signing Adam Gase. However, I won’t be surprised if in the next 2 seasons, the very GM and Coach we currently don’t want, are standing proud on the world’s biggest stage, hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.Sam Darnold, Jamal Adams as well as a further look into the Eagles’ recent success, and the similarities between the two franchises has provided me with that hope. Rams running back Todd Gurley got his big-money deal after only three seasons, two years before the franchise tag would have been applied to him for the first time. Jets running back Le'Veon Bell got his big-money deal after six years in the league, two after getting tagged and one after sitting out a full season to force his way to the open market.When great players get to the open market http://www.jetslockerroom.com/authentic-sam-darnold-jersey , which rarely happens, they should re-set the market at their position. Bell didn’t, even if in one respect he sort of did. Much of it depends on how the two deals are compared.So let’s compare the two deals.Gurley received a much larger signing bonus ($21 million vs. $8 million), but Bell had more money fully guaranteed at signing ($27 million vs. $21.95 million). That said, Gurley’s contract ensured that he’d have $34.5 million fully guaranteed by the third day of the 2019 league year (that has happened), and that he’ll either have $45 million fully guaranteed over the first three years or $34.5 million fully guaranteed over the first two years. Also, the guaranteed money in Gurley’s deal has no offset language.In contrast, Bell’s deal pays $27 million guaranteed through two years (including offset language) and $38 million through three years, with a rolling guarantee that triggers in 2021. Much of Gurley’s guarantees beyond the first year convert to full guarantees early, with a $7.55 million roster bonus due in 2020 becoming fully guaranteed in March 2019 and a $5 million roster bonus due in 2021 becoming fully guaranteed in March 2020. Gurley’s structure is clearly superior.In short, Bell’s deal could end up being two years for $27 million. Gurley’s will be at worst two years for $34.5 million or three years for $45 million.Gurley also has an injury guarantee at signing of $45 million, which could come in handy if his reportedly arthritic knee tempts the Rams to end the contract after only two seasons. If he has an injury that keeps him from playing in 2020, he can still try to collect the extra $10.5 million, pushing his haul to $45 million over three years.Also, Bell’s deal hinges $2 million on per-game roster bonuses; Gurley’s deal has no per-game roster bonuses.Gurley’s extension of four years, $57.5 million has an annual new-money average of $14.375. Bell’s four-year contract has a base value of $12.625 million per year without roster bonuses Tarell Basham Jersey , $13.125 million with roster bonuses.But here’s where the new money/value at signing distinction becomes important. From signing, Gurley’s deal has a base value of $11.574 million, more than $1 million per year less than Bell’s base value from signing, without per-game roster bonuses.If Bell hits all of his performance triggers (which won’t be easy), the max value of the four-year contract will be $60.15 million. For Gurley, the max value (again, not easy — especially with an arthritic knee) of the extension is $60 million.Although Bell’s contract looks worse than it could have been because he refused a long-term offer from the Steelers that some have characterized as better than the Jets’ contract (that’s definitely debatable), the per-year average over the four years of his contract definitely exceeds Gurley’s per-year average over six. However, Gurley’s guaranteed money and the structure of the vesting of the full guarantees gets him to either to $17.25 million per year over two or $15 million per year over three. That should have been the floor for Bell, especially since he made it to the open market with no restriction.Unfortunately, Bell found himself as the rabbit in a one-dog race, and the Jets were able to take advantage of it. Which explains why Bell’s camp tried so hard last week to make it look like he had many suitors.