Including the play of Josh McNown a lot of things went right this year. While I do not want to make excuses for this team or it's unprepared head coach I would ask if it is realistic to expect any NFL team to make the playoffs if it spends millions less than anyone else (aside from the Patriots who have clearly made some sort of pact with Satan)?
The Jets are in zugzwang right now. Any move they make could easily go wrong and cause great consternation. In that light I expect them to make safe moves, like trying to sign Kirk Cousins or trade for Alex Smith. Which of course could easily go wrong, either by the guy wanting no part of the Jets or by them throwing the kitchen sink in to get it done and then finding Neil O'Donnell on the other end of the transaction. I can't advocate wholeheartedly for the draft approach either if it involves trading up. Rosen is the most likely franchise QB but he has major questions to answer as well. Maybe the best approach would be sitting back and taking the QB who falls to the Jets at their pick, or even trading back if they think he will drop to the teens. However the Jets might get slammed for being too passive if that failed to produce a QB the fans found acceptable. If I were the Jets right now I'd remove every television in the facility right after the bowl season. I'd block all the major commentary sites on the internet. I'd set up a semi-comfortable sleeping area and have the FO in a bubble except when they were making trips to interview prospects, go to the combine or pro days. I'd ban McDonalds and any other fast food from the facility and bring in quality food three times a day to feed everybody. I'd have the Jets making their FA and draft decisions in a silent bubble with only the organizational input available. Sometimes a thousand heads are worse than 15. In the tri-state media area they always are.
You would think. But we've seen them try and out smart everybody with some move nobody else would make and that's what they can't do. I'm not even talking about Mac/Bowles either. Btw, not with Alex Smith for this team at all. Cousins yes. Smith is joined with Reed and I don't believe he'd repeat what he's been doing in NY.
Wrap your head around this peyote-induced mock out of the San Diego Union-Tribune. A slew of teams pass on a QB (including the Giants). Rosen falls into the Jets' lap at #7, Jets then get their pass-rushing DE with their first of two 2nd round picks (#38) in Marcus Townsend, TX-San Antonio, and then to complete the pipe dream trifecta they pick Heisman finalist Bryce Love (RB, Stanford) who's still sitting there at #52. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-nfl-mock-draft-2018-two-rounds-20171230-story.html .
The way our past drafts have been would make many believe the FO was in a bubble and didn't watch tv or send anyone to bowl games.. Just saying...
Johnson and smart have never been used together. I believe Gruden has bought the Raiders a Super Bowl.
The Jets are just cursed. You would think they would luck up and find someone to steer this ship for 10 plus years. But then again they are just plain stupid when they think drafting defense every year at the top of your draft is a winning stratergy. Is it a development issue or just avoiding drafting one?
San Diego is desperate for a team. They've probably targeted the Jets as a possibility and are trying to contrast the media markets.
