By Tom Rock
Thomas Jones won’t be going through those holes alone. The Jets signed FB Darian Barnes (Dolphins) in a move announced this morning on the team’s website, nyjets.com. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.
Barnes is a straight-ahead power fullback, the anti-Askew. The Jets were very intrigued with James Hodgins, whom they brought in during the regular season. Mangini was especially excited when he repeated a scouting report about how Hodgins made linebackers quit. While we never quite saw that kind of dominance from Hodgins – he split active time during the second half of the season with B.J. Askew, a halfback turned fullback – the Jets are hoping for Barnes to become their battering ram.
The Jets also have a more athletic option at fullback with former college quarterback Stacey Tutt, who was activated from the practice squad late in the year and made a nice block on a TD run against the Vikings.
Comments (5)
The Jets resigned Wade Smith. He is going to challenge Adrian Jones for the right tackle spot. Columbo Would have been a nice addition to our line but he resigned with dallas.
In the Draft, I would look at 3 things for our first round pick. CB first, DT second and QB (if Brady Quinn falls to 25, I would say we have the next Dan Marino)
I watched a few Colts games last season, and was impressed with the play of cb Nick Harper. Why no interest from the Jets, or am I missing something?
Why do I have to look at Tom Rock's face everytime I visit the Newsday Jet web page. Is that ghastly picture adding any value.
I would have liked the Nick Harper signing with the Jets. Solid CB good for cover 2 defense but he takes too many risks in a man to man which the Jets deploy. He would have got burned a lot. The jets philosophy is to build a young core and I guess Nick Harper didnt fit that detail.
EG is jealous!