Jets pony up the dough for Faneca

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5 years and 40 million bucks for left guard Alan Faneca.

Yep, a left guard.

Oh, and toss in 21 million semolians in guarantees.

For a left guard.

This building the offensive line thing has gotten out of hand.

The New York Jets felt desperate, obviously very desperate.

New York sorely needed a standout left guard after trading Pete Kendall to Washington following a bitter contract dispute before last season. They plugged in the since-released Adrien Clarke, who was ineffective while starting the first 14 games and was benched the last two weeks.

Faneca will step in between left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson and center Nick Mangold to give the Jets a terrific left side. Ferguson and Mangold thrived as rookies with Kendall, but struggled at times without his veteran influence last season. source

Ok, he is a 7 time pro bowler, but come on, 21 mill in guarantees? For a left guard? It is not like he is the missing piece to the NFL Championship or something. This is the Jets.

Remember last year my Lions made Cory Redding the highest paid defensive tackle and Cory went on to do nothing. Nothing.

Maybe the Jets are just deal happy. They made a lot of other deals, too.

The Jets have been active in the two days since the free agency period began. In addition to signing Faneca, they acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kris Jenkins from Carolina, traded linebacker Jonathan Vilma to New Orleans for a draft pick, signed defensive tackle Sione Pouha to a contract extension and signed fullback Stacy Tutt to an exclusive-rights contract.

Thomas Jones

Even with Thomas Jones, the ex-Bear, at running back the Jets could not mount a running attack. They blamed the offensive line and opened up the check book.

A left guard.

A Jets spokesman declined comment on the signing of the seven-time Pro Bowl selection, considered perhaps the league’s best left guard.

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