IMO, our DL depth is adequate at best, nothing special. Shaun Ellis is getting up in age. A 3-4 DE and a NT are needs this spring.
Yeah, it's nothing great but guys like Devito, Pitoitua, Pouha seem like they're good enough to give the starters a breather from time to time. Plus, Rex's defense has a ton of different looks and we have a bunch of versatile players in the front 7.
If the Jets can get a guy like Mount Cody, Ryan could use him just like he used Ngata in Baltimore. Bart Scott and Jimmy Leonhard were the first pieces of the puzzle. Marques Douglas is a stop gap player at defensive end. Ryan got his quarterback in Sanchez and Thomas Jones' successor in Greene. I'm confident that this FO will find a free agent wideout that wants to play with Mark Sanchez and for Rex Ryan. Dustin Keller and J-Co give this team better receivers than everyone thinks. It'd be nice to find another good receiver to play opposite Cotchery though. 2010's draft will be all about defense for the Jets.
I think your comparsion of Cody to Ngata is spot on. Cody has a quick burst, incredible for a guy his size. Eventhough the defense is off to a good start, I'm sure Rex feels he needs more defensive players that fit his system. Not a good sign for Gholston. I didn't put Cody on my list of Jet's targets,..cause I believe he will be a top 15 pick. Rex had to get his Franchize QB and was lucky Sanchez declared and he found an idiot to make that draftday heist. I really see the Jets concentrating on the Front 7.....DE, NT and a rush OLB. If we don't get a WR in FA, a day one pick is a given.
Exactly. This has to be the year we build up both lines. I've said in other threads, I will not be upset if this team drafts a right tackle with one of its early picks. Cody is my guy right now - especially with how much success this team is having. For being so big, he's incredibly quick off the line. Versatility is key...he can line up at end and at the nose. Kris Jenkins won't be here forever... If we end up with a pick in the twenties, Cody will be GREAT value. Corey Wootton would also be a very nice pick at the end of the first round.
Cody would be awesome in this defense. I agree with going defense in the first round. We're already elite, but there are holes at DE and it's pretty thin behind Jenkins at DT. Cody-Jenkins-Ellis. Scary. Also, I agree with picking a RT early. Not in the 1st round, but if we went with one in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, I'd be pretty happy. Damian Woody is way up there in age and we need security behind him.
Ngata and Cody are nothing alike, Ngata is 340 lbs and moves like he's 260, he's a freak of nature, and he can line up anywhere. Cody = a poor mans Jamal Williams He's going to need a lot of plays off, plays the run well, and offers nothing as a pass rusher, he's a first and second down NT, I think he'll be a very good one, but thats all he is.
With a NT and a DE in the first two rounds, the talent in those positions would be so great, that we could pick two guy, that could be great for the next 10 years! This would make our LBs even better, create an AWESOME passrush, and make the job a whole lot easier for our secondary. We would only need to put 3 points on the board to win games!!!
I think in terms of what each player can do vs the run and pass the comparison is similar, but I mean Cody, as stated above is a 2 down tackle, Ngata plays like an every down DE
You can call him a poor man's whoever all you want...Cody's achievements do most of the talking for me: consensus All-American, first team All-SEC. Mount Cody is the best nose tackle prospect to come out since Vince Wilfork. He was playing at 385 to 390 last season and Saban made him slim down to 365... Sure, Cody is going to get tired late in games...Kris Jenkins, Vince Wilfork, and Casey Hampton all need to come off the field at certain times. Their bodies aren't built to go hard the ENTIRE game. I'm not comparing Cody and Ngata in terms of physical talent, but they can definitely be used in the same ways. Cody is incredibly explosive and quick for a guy his size - I see no reason why he can't line up at defensive end while Jenkins is at NT. If we selected Mount Cody, Ryan would find a way to get him and Jenkins on the field at the same time.
Right now, Cody is the best nose tackle in the country...by far. Calling the most dominant tackle in the SEC a two down player is ludicrous. Alabama's defense would be nothing without him. The motivation and the work ethic are there - with NFL coaching and training, he'll be a dominant player...and he won't have to play every snap to make a difference. He's a damn nose tackle, in the 3-4, his job is to come on the field and draw a double team. Cody would make Kris Jenkin's life so much easier.
2010 draft should be all about the lines and a WR. The priority should be getting a weapon for Sanchez then I would spend the rest of the picks on bolstering both lines, at least two each on the OL and DL.
a WR, NT, DE and RT are our biggest needs right now. I wouldn't mind settling WR in FA (but with who?) and bolstering the lines in the draft. If we don't do that I hope we fill those needs in the first 3-4 rounds... After that BPA as usual... PS Question: Since we'll lose TJ at the end of the season is there a RB that might fall in the lower end of the draft that could interest us? I watch Tennesse (sigh) games and I think Hardesty isn't that bad of a player... and he is excepcted (as of now which means nothing of course) in rd 7 or FA... I think he'd be a nice pick up...
There will be no reason to spend a draft pick on a backup running back. Shonn Greene will be Thomas Jones' successor...even if he isn't seeing the field at all right now. Leon Washington and Shonn Greene will be our running backs. Anyone else will be the odd man out. The team should sign a cheap FA to fill the third running back spot. Also, I think Montario Hardesty has shocked a lot of people with how good he's been so far. He's a mid-round pick in my opinion. He should get drafted between the 3rd and 5th rounds...maybe even higher if he has a good combine.
