-- Jets to Trade Pete Kendall --

[jatfly]

How about Kendall to shore up that RT spot?


-- Jets to Trade Pete Kendall --
Thu Aug 23, 2007 --from FFMastermind.com​

The New York Daily News reports the Jets were on the verge last night of trading OLG Pete Kendall (right shoulder) to an undisclosed team. Multiple teams expressed an interest once the Jets made it clear they wanted to move Kendall, 34, a starter for the Jets since he arrived in 2004. Kendall is expected to receive a new contract, and it's believed he will earn at least $2.7 million for the coming season. He was due to make $1.7 million from the Jets and was seeking a $1 million raise, but they refused to renegotiate his deal, which had three years and $6.1 million remaining. In return, the Jets will get an undisclosed draft choice. As of midnight, details of the trade still were being finalized. An announcement is expected this morning. Kendall must pass a physical before the trade is official. Kendall's agent, Neil Schwartz, declined to comment. It became apparent yesterday that something was brewing because Kendall was pulled off the practice field by Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum. Kendall didn't practice the last two days because of an injury to his right shoulder, which doesn't appear serious. While riding a stationary bike on the sideline, he was approached by Tannenbaum, who invited Kendall to his office, according to an eyewitness - an indication that a deal was in the works. A few minutes later, Kendall was back on the bike. The Jets rid themselves of a headache, but the quality of their offensive line takes a hit. They will turn over the left-guard job to rookie OG Jacob Bender or OG Adrien Clarke, whose NFL resume consists of only 13 games and four starts, all with the Eagles in 2005. Clarke started the first two preseason games, but the new flavor of the week is Bender, a sixth-round pick from Nicholls State. Bender, working with the regulars this week in practice, probably will start Saturday night against the Giants.

 

[Crow]

Trade for a LG an play him at RT? Why not just move our current LG back to RT?

Trade for Kendall and put Gallery at RT. I can dig it.

 

[jatfly]

Trade for a LG an play him at RT? Why not just move our current LG back to RT?

Trade for Kendall and put Gallery at RT. I can dig it.

that works to, it just seems we have 3 good linemen. two good centers, and we could use him.

 

[jatfly]

KENDALL SENT TO 'SKINS

A league source tells us that the Jets have sent guard Pete Kendall to the Washington Redskins. It is believed that Washington sent a fourth-round pick to the Jets in exchange.

Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News reported on Thursday that a deal to an unnamed team was close. Our source says that a deal to D.C. is done.

Cimini also reports that Kendall will get, in his new NFL city, the $1 million raise that he craved for the coming year, pushing his salary from $1.7 million to $2.7 million.

It had become increasingly clear that a divorce was needed. Cimini devoted a recent item to Kendall's history of using painkillers to allow himself to play. Though Kendall stopped short of saying that he wouldn't continue to use medications in order to be able to suit up and perform, a source with knowledge of the situation made it clear to us that Kendall would not be using any pain medication if the team didn't adjust his contract.

The root of the problem, as we understand it, is that when Kendall restructured his deal in 2006 at the team's request, the team verbally promised to re-adjust the deal if he performed well. Kendall's perspective was that he fulfilled his end of it, and then the Jets reneged on a commitment that necessarily was unenforceable.

Kendal and the team traded barbs in training camp, with Kendall being relegated to the second team and assigned initially to the rookie dorm. Kendall loudly complained, piping down only when it seemed that the organization was getting ready to suspend him for conduct detrimental to the team.

Last week, the Jets had him play center in a preseason game, a position that he strongly dislikes. There were suspicions that two bad snaps in the game were influenced, consciously or otherwise, by Kendall's unhappiness.

 

[R4Life]

good.
Did not want him. Ever. Those snaps at center were him sabotaging the team (Crucial errors at crucial times). Screw the baby.