Bad News for the Jets

Braylon Edwards was traded this morning from the Cleveland Browns to the New York Jets for wide receiver Chansi Stuckey, linebacker Jason Trusnik and two 2010 draft picks. And what do the Jets get? The big-play making receiver that gang green fans have been yearning for.

Something that Jets fans don't realize is that Edwards has had the case of the "drops" for the past two seasons that I wouldn't consider #1 receiver material. Yes, Edwards had a huge 2007 season with over 1,200 yards and 16 touchdowns, but even then Edwards was second in the NFL with 12 dropped passes and three fumbles.

This decline in production or lack of concentration has been placed on him wanting to get out of Cleveland and their losing ways. Now some people might take this as, "hey, this kid just wants to win." But I take it as him quitting on the team. I don't want don't someone on my team that doesn't have that desire to win, or will to push a team to victory.

And this might not be apparent first to gang green, but give it a year or two after the honeymoon is over, maybe the Jets aren't as successful as this season, maybe he's not getting the ball enough and then guess who quits on the team? That's not something or someone I want involved with my organization.

I haven't even mentioned the recent problems that Edwards has gotten himself into in Cleveland, that might have been the last strike for him in Cleveland to initiate this trade, after punching Edward Givens (a promoter and close friend of Lebron James) outside a nightclub.

The NFL has said they are looking into the situation and if any legal actions are taken you can be sure that a suspension may be around the corner and I'm sure that's what Mike Tannenbaum and the New York Jets wanted when they made this trade...a four week suspension.

Was the price the Jets paid for Edwards too steep? I suppose time will only tell.