ckparrothead
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I can't share full articles with you guys but there are a few to note.
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=2&c=654863
In the end, it is the last note that is of the most interest. Everything else that you've seen and heard about the Pete Kendall situation could just be meaningless talk.
Kendall sounds unhappy, because he is. One local journalist has taken to calling him "Pistol Pete" because he walks into Jets facility and starts firing away at Jets management.
Here is part of a Q&A from Jets journalist Dan Leberfield:
And here is some Q&A from "Pistol Pete" himself...
There are a couple of things I feel it necessary to point out. The first has to do with Kendall's contract demands. As you can see from the Q&A with Pete himself, he's not asking for a ridiculous sum of money and he acknowledges that. IN FACT, the Jets have acknowledged that his request is in no way ridiculous. They asked him to take a pay cut after a bad game, he did that, and now after a full good year he would just like that money back. Plain and simple. He's not asking for, as he says, $18 million over 3 years.
So let's get out of the way that Pete Kendall is a "greedy" player or someone that wants anything more than what should be coming to him.
The other thing I'd like to point out is what I underlined. I underlined this because this is something Pete has referred to on multiple occasions. Somewhere along the way, Eric Mangini had a conversation with Pete Kendall in which he basically acknowledged Pete's role as an important leader and member of the team, by talking some serious hard core business with the guy about the Jets' plans for certain players, the direction they're headed, etc.
Why is this important? Because since the Jets have suddenly decided to take this hard line stance on not negotiating contracts with 3 years remaining (which is ridiculous since, if you read above, they gave Laveraneous Coles $1 million pay raise with 3 years left on his deal)...Kendall has been making thinly-veiled threats to sort of out some of the things that Mangini told him. The evidence points to this potential outing as being disastrous to the coaching staff and front office.
And that, may be why you are seeing as we speak, this Adrien Clarke fellow sharing equal snaps with Pete Kendall at left guard. That is the third thing I wanted to point out, because it is the most significant piece of new news. Everything up to that could just be posturing and blowing off steam...but the snaps tell the story. Adrien Clarke sharing half the load at left guard to me makes it clear that they're getting ready to part ways with Kendall.
The question I have, at this point, is why the Jets are taking such a hard line stance on not negotiating him a pay raise? They've admitted his demands are not at all unreasonable, they've acknowledged his place among the leadership of the team and his importance to the team...and they've given Coles a pay raise with 3 years remaining on contract. Why the hard line stance? Is this a situation where Eric Mangini believes Kendall to be valuable enough to the team to warrant the raise, but Mike Tannenbaum does not? Is this a situation where Tannenbaum feels their future negotiating position could be compromised if they once again give a player with 3 years remaining a pay raise? Has there been some kind of new review of Kendall's ability to play that led them to believe he's not worth it? Or, has this all just become a touch personal since Kendall is so vocal about his displeasure?
No matter what it is, Kendall was a stalwart on that line last year, and he was instrumental in helping both D'Brickashaw Ferguson and ESPECIALLY Nick Mangold to come along as rookies. He is Trent Green to Samson Satele's John Beck.
The chances are looking almost certain, at this point, based on the sharing of snaps with Adrien Clarke and the optimism coming from the club about him, that Kendall will be released.
And, once that happens, I think it's near certain he becomes a Miami Dolphin, and becomes their new starting left guard. Right now the team is floundering a bit at that spot...working in rookie Drew Mormino and veteran Chris Liwienski. Liwienski wasn't good enough to keep the rookie on the bench prior to the latest mini camp, and Mormino wasn't good enough to keep his starting spot through more than the first day of the mini camp.
It has been made clear that Samson Satele's lack of experience run blocking at Hawaii will see him playing Center instead of Guard. It has also been made clear that Rex Hadnot will play Right Guard, and Vernon Carey will play Left Tackle. Pulling Pete Kendall into camp will give the Dolphins, IMO, a solid four-front, with the biggest question coming at Right Tackle where L.J. Shelton will attempt to play better than he did the last time he played Right Tackle for the Cardinals. If only Joe Toledo would get healthy...or perhaps someone out of left field, like Julius Wilson or Tala Esera? Anthony Alabi? Who knows.
For me, the latest news about Clarke sharing snaps makes me increase my odds that Pete Kendall starts at Left Guard for the Dolphins in Week One from about 25% to probably about 50-60%.
http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=211&p=2&c=654863
In the end, it is the last note that is of the most interest. Everything else that you've seen and heard about the Pete Kendall situation could just be meaningless talk.
Kendall sounds unhappy, because he is. One local journalist has taken to calling him "Pistol Pete" because he walks into Jets facility and starts firing away at Jets management.
Here is part of a Q&A from Jets journalist Dan Leberfield:
And here is some Q&A from "Pistol Pete" himself...
There are a couple of things I feel it necessary to point out. The first has to do with Kendall's contract demands. As you can see from the Q&A with Pete himself, he's not asking for a ridiculous sum of money and he acknowledges that. IN FACT, the Jets have acknowledged that his request is in no way ridiculous. They asked him to take a pay cut after a bad game, he did that, and now after a full good year he would just like that money back. Plain and simple. He's not asking for, as he says, $18 million over 3 years.
So let's get out of the way that Pete Kendall is a "greedy" player or someone that wants anything more than what should be coming to him.
The other thing I'd like to point out is what I underlined. I underlined this because this is something Pete has referred to on multiple occasions. Somewhere along the way, Eric Mangini had a conversation with Pete Kendall in which he basically acknowledged Pete's role as an important leader and member of the team, by talking some serious hard core business with the guy about the Jets' plans for certain players, the direction they're headed, etc.
Why is this important? Because since the Jets have suddenly decided to take this hard line stance on not negotiating contracts with 3 years remaining (which is ridiculous since, if you read above, they gave Laveraneous Coles $1 million pay raise with 3 years left on his deal)...Kendall has been making thinly-veiled threats to sort of out some of the things that Mangini told him. The evidence points to this potential outing as being disastrous to the coaching staff and front office.
And that, may be why you are seeing as we speak, this Adrien Clarke fellow sharing equal snaps with Pete Kendall at left guard. That is the third thing I wanted to point out, because it is the most significant piece of new news. Everything up to that could just be posturing and blowing off steam...but the snaps tell the story. Adrien Clarke sharing half the load at left guard to me makes it clear that they're getting ready to part ways with Kendall.
The question I have, at this point, is why the Jets are taking such a hard line stance on not negotiating him a pay raise? They've admitted his demands are not at all unreasonable, they've acknowledged his place among the leadership of the team and his importance to the team...and they've given Coles a pay raise with 3 years remaining on contract. Why the hard line stance? Is this a situation where Eric Mangini believes Kendall to be valuable enough to the team to warrant the raise, but Mike Tannenbaum does not? Is this a situation where Tannenbaum feels their future negotiating position could be compromised if they once again give a player with 3 years remaining a pay raise? Has there been some kind of new review of Kendall's ability to play that led them to believe he's not worth it? Or, has this all just become a touch personal since Kendall is so vocal about his displeasure?
No matter what it is, Kendall was a stalwart on that line last year, and he was instrumental in helping both D'Brickashaw Ferguson and ESPECIALLY Nick Mangold to come along as rookies. He is Trent Green to Samson Satele's John Beck.
The chances are looking almost certain, at this point, based on the sharing of snaps with Adrien Clarke and the optimism coming from the club about him, that Kendall will be released.
And, once that happens, I think it's near certain he becomes a Miami Dolphin, and becomes their new starting left guard. Right now the team is floundering a bit at that spot...working in rookie Drew Mormino and veteran Chris Liwienski. Liwienski wasn't good enough to keep the rookie on the bench prior to the latest mini camp, and Mormino wasn't good enough to keep his starting spot through more than the first day of the mini camp.
It has been made clear that Samson Satele's lack of experience run blocking at Hawaii will see him playing Center instead of Guard. It has also been made clear that Rex Hadnot will play Right Guard, and Vernon Carey will play Left Tackle. Pulling Pete Kendall into camp will give the Dolphins, IMO, a solid four-front, with the biggest question coming at Right Tackle where L.J. Shelton will attempt to play better than he did the last time he played Right Tackle for the Cardinals. If only Joe Toledo would get healthy...or perhaps someone out of left field, like Julius Wilson or Tala Esera? Anthony Alabi? Who knows.
For me, the latest news about Clarke sharing snaps makes me increase my odds that Pete Kendall starts at Left Guard for the Dolphins in Week One from about 25% to probably about 50-60%.
