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Vernon Gholston's tenure with Jets may soon be ending
Published: Saturday, January 29
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he Jets started Vernon Gholston at outside linebacker at first, but moved him to defensive end this spring. He still has not recorded a career sack.

Defensive end Vernon Gholston, the first-round pick the Jets have been working to develop since 2008, was inactive for each of the team?s three postseason games. As the Jets evaluate their personnel this offseason, his time with the franchise may be nearing its end.

?Certainly, he?s been given his fair share of opportunities,? general manager Mike Tannenbaum said on a season wrap-up conference call Friday. ?It could be time to move on, but obviously we?re not ready to say that yet.?

Tannenbaum cited cornerback Drew Coleman, who leapfrogged first-round pick Kyle Wilson as the team?s nickel corner this year, as an example of a late-blooming player who flourished under coach Rex Ryan.

The Jets started with Gholston, selected sixth overall, at outside linebacker but moved him to defensive end this spring. Though he came close on a few occasions this season, he still has not recorded a career sack.

Tannenbaum said they would examine if ?there?s anything else to try.?

?Not playing toward the end, obviously, is something we?re going to take a long look at and see if there?s a role that makes sense for him,? Tannenbaum said. ?If there is, obviously we?ll keep him, and if not, we?ll move on.?

The Jets restructured his five-year rookie deal in April, bumping up his base salary this season but dropping it in 2011 and 2012. It was set up so that if he proved himself this year, he could recoup the rest of his money through roster bonuses and incentives, but if not, the team could cut ties without huge losses.
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http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2011/01/vernon_gholstons_tenure_with_j.html
 
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3074326;1880675; said:
From Adam Caplan's Twitter:



Best of luck, Vern. Hope you catch on with a 4-3 team.
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Yeah. It was the right city and right team for Vern. It just not the right schemes nor coaching for his playing style.

Somebody will pick Vern up based on his physical abilities alone - look how long David Boston stayed in the league.
 
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SEREbuckeye;1880679; said:
Yeah. It was the right city and right team for Vern. It just not the right schemes nor coaching for his playing style.
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Right city, wrong team. The Giants play a 4-3 and I think Vernon would've fit better there.
 
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March 1, 2011
Vernon Gholston, and the Canary in the Combine
By TONI MONKOVIC
New York Jets

It was almost as if the Jets were broadcasting a message to the rest of the N.F.L. on Monday: Let us be your early-warning system about putting too much stock in the combine.

The Jets are releasing Kris Jenkins, Damien Woody and Jason Taylor on Tuesday. They?re also releasing Vernon Gholston.

Gholston, a defensive end from Ohio State, was a so-called workout warrior at the combine in 2008. His performance quieted some concerns about his play and helped lift him to the sixth pick in the draft. By contrast, a player like running back Ray Rice, who didn?t impress scouts at the combine but who had a great career at Rutgers, was chosen in the second round of that draft.

Greg Cosell of NFL Films was onto Gholston, who has had zero sacks in three seasons, before the 2008 season even started.

A number of things struck me as I watched six Ohio State games on tape, and I did this after I witnessed his athletic feats at the NFL Combine. First, Gholston?s athleticism on the field, during games, did not match his off-field measurable skills. He did not play anywhere near as fast as he timed in the 40-yard dash.

In addition, his level of energy and effort varied from play to play, game to game. He did not come across on film as a consistent competitor, and that?s always a red flag. In fact, in three of the game tapes I broke down, I would not have known Gholston was on the field if not specifically watching him

Before the defensive coordinator Mike Pettine joined the Jets, he also had doubts about Gholston after scouting him. The New York Post: ?I thought he was a tremendous athlete, but being in shorts is one thing and how it carries over to the field is another,? Pettine said in 2009.
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http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/vernon-gholston-and-the-canary-in-the-combine/
 
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-trigger-the-easiest-contract-escalator-ever/

Teams often include “likely to be earned” incentives or likely to achieve escalators into a player’s contract.
Some of these benchmarks are almost impossible to miss. The player basically just has to show up, and the
money should be his. When deposed Jets defensive end Vernon Gholston restructured his contract last offseason,
his agent included a $9 million escalator in the deal.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Gholston just had to record one sack or forced fumble or fumble recovery
to reach the escalator. So if Gholston had one lucky bounce of the ball go his way, his salary in 2011 would
have ballooned $9 million, forcing the Jets to cut him.

Gholston wound up achieving his status as an unrestricted free agent the old fashioned way.
Guys that don’t record a sack or forced fumble in three seasons don’t tend to stick around.
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Ouch! Well, I hope he finds a good match and gets his fresh start.
 
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Gatorubet;1880882; said:
According to ESPN?s Adam Schefter, Gholston just had to record one sack or forced fumble or fumble recovery
to reach the escalator. So if Gholston had one lucky bounce of the ball go his way, his salary in 2011 would
have ballooned $9 million, forcing the Jets to cut him.
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I don't think there's a DE in the league who wouldn't get cut with that kind of clause in his contract. It sounds pretty much like a poison pill. You don't agree to have that in a contract if you want to be there next year and the team doesn't agree to it either if they think they might want you back.

I think a change of scenery is best for both parties in this case.
 
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The curious case of Vernon Gholston

by Marla Ridenour on March 3, 2011

On Wednesday, the New York Jets released linebacker Vernon Gholston, completing one of the most puzzling sagas in recent NFL drafts.

Then-Jets coach Eric Mangini selected Ohio State defensive end Gholston with the sixth pick in the 2008 draft. Mangini wasn?t the only one who was smitten with Gholston, whose 22 1/2 sacks in his sophomore and junior seasons were the most in the country in that span. He set the OSU single-game record with four sacks against Wisconsin in 2007 and his 14 sacks that year broke Mike Vrabel?s single-season record of 13.

?There?s four logical picks for No. 1 and he?s one of them,? NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said of Gholston before the 2008 draft. ?I think he?ll end up at Oakland.? Oakland held the fourth selection.

Gholston had a sculpted body when football coach Thomas Wilcher of Cass Tech High School in Detroit first saw him as a freshman. Even then, some wondered if he liked weightlifting more than football.

While his former high school defensive coordinator and long-time mentor Charleston Fobbs called him a ?Lawrence Taylor type? before the ?08 draft, Gholston started only five of 45 games he played with the Jets and totalled no sacks. In 2010, he played little, making only 12 tackles and was inactive for the playoffs.

Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Heacock described Gholston as ?a very quiet, internal guy? before he was drafted. ?I don?t think you?ll ever see Vernon show his emotions,? Heacock said.

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http://marla.ohio.com/2011/03/the-curious-case-of-vernon-gholston/
 
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