{"id":93002,"date":"2020-10-20T02:17:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T23:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jets-stuck-in-endless-rebuild-after-trade-from-2020-white-flag\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T02:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T23:17:34","slug":"jets-stuck-in-endless-rebuild-after-trade-from-2020-white-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jets-stuck-in-endless-rebuild-after-trade-from-2020-white-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jets stuck in endless rebuild after trade from 2020 white flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jets stuck in endless rebuild after trade from 2020 white flag<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n During the second half of Sunday\u2019s 24-0 Jets loss to the Dolphins, television cameras caught general<\/a> manager Joe Douglas, sitting alone in the press box, in several candid states of uncomfortable body language.<\/p>\n

One shot showed him with a look of utter bewilderment that was well app<\/a>arent through the dark face covering with a Jets logo he was wearing.<\/p>\n

Another showed him with his head buried in his hands.<\/p>\n

A third camera shot showed Douglas staring down at his cell phone, his fingers tapping away.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t be certain whether or not that was the moment Douglas was executing the trade of Jets veteran defensive lineman Steve McLendon, a deal that was announced shortly after the Jets\u2019 sixth consecutive loss this season without a win, or whether he was texting his wife or playing a video game<\/a> to distract himself from his team\u2019s disgusting display of football.<\/p>\n

Either way, Douglas and the Jets traded McLendon, their longest-tenured veteran and \u2014 more importantly \u2014 a heart-and-soul figure inside their locker room.<\/p>\n

At its core, the deal was made because McLendon, at age 34, in his 11th NFL season (fifth with the Jets) and playing on a one-year contract, was not going to be back with the team in 2021 and this was an opportunity to acquire another draft pick.<\/p>\n

Douglas, as we\u2019ve come to know, likes to accumulate draft picks like young boys with toy trucks in that he can never have enough of them.<\/p>\n

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A fan wears a bag on his head while watching Joe Douglas\u2019 Jets lose to the Dolphins on Sunday.<\/span>AP, Bill Kostroun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This deal actually netted the Jets only a slight draft-pick upgrade as they sent a 2023 seventh-round pick to Tampa Bay along with McLendon for the Buccaneers\u2019 2022 sixth-rounder.<\/p>\n

Of more significance, the trade delivered a depressing message to the team\u2019s locker room that the white flag on the 2020 season is being raised.<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, though: That flag was on its way up the pole before McLendon was dealt.<\/p>\n

Cutting running back Le\u2019Veon Bell last week was part of that, though Bell tweaking head coach Adam Gase on Twitter<\/a> accelerated his departure. So, too, did the petulant actions of safety Jamal Adams, who whined his way out of Dodge and was traded before the season began for a couple Seattle first-round picks.<\/p>\n