If the Jets trade up to 4 - who are they taking?

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If they trade up to 4 who do the Jets take?

  1. Matthew Stafford or Mark Sanchez

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    33.3%
  2. Tyson Jackson

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    2.3%
  3. Josh Freeman

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    1.1%
  4. There's no chance they'll trade up to that slot

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    63.2%
  1. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    Let's say the Jets trade up to the 4 in a blockbuster deal on Friday night. Are they taking the QB left there of the prime two? Are they taking Tyson Jackson to solidify their 3-4 line? Do they really consider Josh Freeman to be that good and make the move to guarantee him? Or are they not going to make that kind of deal regardless of who they think is going to be there?
     
  2. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I'd still want BJ Raji.
     
  3. NDmick

    NDmick Revis Christ

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    D Rob.

    Sanchez first, then Jackson if he's really going to go that high, then Raji.

    Those are my top 3.
     
  4. Mambo9

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    They won't make the move... remember we are in a tight salary cap position and by singning a player to a top 5 contract we'd be in deep sh*t for next year.
    17 is really a great position... you can keep the pick and get K. Moreno or trade down a bit and still be able to select a top WR.
     
  5. PinPointPenning10

    PinPointPenning10 Well-Known Member

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    Is this a serious thread? Josh Freeman at 4? The only guys I think they'd consider at 4 are Sanchez, Raji, and Crabtree; and I doubt they'd pay the huge price to get to 4 and not to take a franchise QB.
     
  6. tomdeb

    tomdeb Well-Known Member

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    now you're talking. Trade DOWN into the 20s, recoup some picks and get a WR!
     
  7. southparkfanciz

    southparkfanciz Active Member

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    There's no way the Jets would trade up for the 4th slot. However, if be some extremely weird chance that they want the 4th spot, they'll take Sanchez without any 2nd thought about it.
     
  8. Br4d

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    2 weeks before the 2003 draft nobody would have predicted D Rob going that high. Freeman is rising hard and fast at this point. I think it's a huge error in the public perception of his value but it is there. I could see Seattle taking him at 4 if Stafford and Sanchez go 1 and 2.
     
  9. Altoona

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    Ditto. :up:
     
  10. MBGreen

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    There's no way Tanny trades that high....no bloody way.
     
  11. Royce Parker

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    If the Jets traded up to 4 and took Freeman there would be widespread rioting and mayhem.
     
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    There is no player in this draft worth what it would take the Jets not only to move up to 4 to select them, but also the pay packet that comes with being that high a selection.
     
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    If the Jets traded up that high, I would only want one player (as tempting as Curry would be, despite our ILB situation), and that is B.J. Raji. Raji all the way.
     
  15. Mambo9

    Mambo9 Well-Known Member

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    btw i hope with Josh Freeman you meant Mark Sanchez... not even his mother would take Freeman at #4...
     
  16. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    I'm starting to think that it may be a buyer's market to get into the top 5. With the economy tanking and so few blue chippers, including no "names" in this draft, teams have to be thinking about trading out of the top 5 cheaply just to avoid having to pay a B+ guy an A contract.

    If you're an NFL team worried about revenues over the next few years and you're not in a big market you really have to be wondering about putting another $40 million into one player.
     
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  17. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    DeWayne Robertson was the 4th rated defensive lineman in the 2003 draft a couple of weeks before the draft, with Jimmy Kennedy, Johnathan Sullivan and Kevin Williams all rated above him and Ty Warren and Michael Haynes very close also. Then the hype machine went into over-drive and somehow we got suckered into trading up for D-Rob instead.

    It still burns me years later that we could have just sat on our original pick and gotten Ty Warren.
     
  18. EAF29

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    If we were to trade up to #4 we better take Crabtree. He is by far the best player in this draft and a solid of a receiver as anyone coming out of the draft in the last several years.
     
  19. Mambo9

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    He is kind of an enormous dick-head though....

    WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (Soph.-3)
    Crabtree may not have a laundry list of arrests, but his ego is abnormally large to the point where he repeatedly demeaned training staff, his work ethic has been described as ?marginal at best,? and his intelligence and ability to handle success remain major question marks. One thorough evaluator compared Crabtree?s mental makeup to that of former LSU and Buccaneers 2004 15th overall pick Michael Clayton, who made a big splash in the NFL as a rookie before going on to average 31 catches, 378 yards and a half-TD catch each of the past four years as he lost focus, bought into the hype and stopped working at his craft the way young receivers must do to be great. Crabtree's competitiveness noticeably stands out on tape, and he did play through injury last season. However, when the Red Raiders were getting whipped by better competition (Oklahoma and Mississippi) during the final two games of the season, Crabtree did not finish either game. After he gets a taste of success in the pros, evaluators are not confident he will be able to handle the trappings of the pro game

    http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDraft/Draft+Extras/2009/wwhi040909.htm
     
  20. Mr Electric

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    He's also slow with questionable hands...(that system at Texas Tech sure made him look a lot better than he really is)
     

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