LT comes to the Jets to replace Thomas Jones, begging the question, was this necessary? Thomas Jones was the 3^rd leading rusher in the league last year and he only one year older than LT and he got paid 5 million over 2 years to go to the Chiefs after the Jets cut him. Now the Jets pay roughly the same amount, slightly more, to LT who averaged 3.3 YPC last year. Granted, he was running behind a horrible offensive line, but why would the Jets sign a worse and only slightly younger running back to replace Jones, who they could have had for the same price if not cheaper. LT could turn around him career behind a drastically better line in New York, but I doubt he’ll be anything like what Jones could have been. The only possible reason I could think of LT being better than Jones for the Jets is if Jones refused to take a secondary role to Shonn Greene and LT was fine with this. I do find that a bit hard to believe though, considering LT said himself that he still considers himself a feature back.

Grade: C