JC Deep Dive: Is Tannenbaum right about ‘blueprint?'
NY Jets Confidential|September 2020
Former New York Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum said the team’s current GM, Joe Douglas, showed his players a “blueprint to get out” by giving in to Jamal Adams by trading the safety to Seattle, July 25, after Adams bashed the organization in the Daily News and on social media.
JC Deep Dive: Is Tannenbaum right about ‘blueprint?'

“I’ve sat in that seat and I dealt with the exact situation with Darrelle Revis (in 2010) where he was mad at me,” Tannenbaum said on ESPN. “His agents were mad at me. He wanted a new contract. He was a great player, and we hung in there. I wouldn’t trade him and we figured out a solution.

“While I think the Jets and Joe Douglas did a good job over the weekend… there’s a blueprint to get out.”

In other words, Tannenbaum believes if a player runs a scorched-earth campaign against the Jets in the press and social media, Douglas might give in to his trade demands.

Did Jets cave to ‘petulant child?’

Vegas Stats & Information Network’s Patrick Meagher also said Adams forced his way out with his nastiness toward the Jets’ organization this offseason.

“A petulant child,” Meagher said. “I’m sorry, that is what Jamal Adams is.”

But did Douglas cave to Adams’ petulance, or did he just make a good football decision?

Douglas claimed that Adams’ nasty comments about him, coach Adam Gase and the organization weren’t the reason for the trade, and that he’s not concerned about setting a bad precedent by letting a player “shoot his way out.”

“You think about precedent in every big decision you make,” Douglas said. “I certainly don’t feel like this is a precedent to shoot his way out of town. It just so happened the situation worked out the way it did. No, I’m not concerned about that precedent.”

An offer he couldn’t refuse?

This story is from the September 2020 edition of NY Jets Confidential.

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