Brian Bassett on the telephone
I had some leftover ribs for lunch, so excuse the bags under my eyes. That’s the itis.
Also, regarding my snarky comment on Kerry Rhodes: I’ll allow that Rhodes is probably actually a decent safety. I recognize that he covers a lot of ground in the secondary, and I don’t think either Eric Smith or James Ihedigbo can do that as well as Rhodes.
But Rhodes is endlessly frustrating to watch because of the way he bails out on tackles so much and occasionally blows coverages. Brian knows I feel this way because I spent most of our prep time for these every week during the season complaining about Rhodes’ tackling.
So I’m fine with that deal, even if it feels like the Jets didn’t get a great return, just because I don’t want to watch Rhodes not hit people anymore.
