JD is desperate, he knows he made a mistake with Saleh and his young CS and now he is doing everything in his power to save his job. What he should do is draft best blue chip players on the board and continue to build the team. If team sucks, he should fire Saleh and get a veteran HC, he should have hired Doug Pederson but that’s water under the bridge. My point is at least the team will still have good young players that a veteran staff can work with, as opposed to everyone learning on the job!
As will Green Bay. There may be some movement & a run on WRs starting earlier than originally expected.
Just a thought, I would be interested in Burks at 10 and Christian Watson at 35....that would definitely help Zach....big, fast, strong wide outs
Had this typed out in the Fire JD thread which got closed before I could post, figured it belongs here now: This move would've been too short sighted for my liking, I think I actually knock JD for being willing to do it rather than praise him. Hill is an amazing weapon, no doubt, but it's highly probable we'd only have gotten ~2 years out of him before his ability started to decline steeply. When you're as reliant on speed and quickness as he is you fall off a cliff at a certain point because speed and quickness are hard to keep with age. Does anyone think it's likely we'd be competing for a Super Bowl in the next 2 years? Even with Hill? Then what? We'd be paying a ton of money for a significantly worse player than we initially traded for. This was my fear with JD this offseason - he'd begin to feel his seat warming up and break the bank trying to save the near term while screwing us over the long term. We're lucky this didn't work out. Now let's hope he can hit on a WR in the draft.
Even if you are right about the WR's in this draft being a bit over-rated that just means that the chances there is a good WR available on the 35 or 38 go up. I'm not looking particularly hard at the draft this year because I don't think anything the Jets do is likely to matter until the other big problems are solved. However I can squint and see a half dozen guys I'd love for the Jets to have at WR by the time the 38 pick is in the books.
I think getting a WR from pick # 27 on could be a good idea. I just think there are better players at other positions near the top.
If the team sucks next year I doubt that JD gets 2023 or another HC hire. This Jets team is arguably the worst in franchise history, with only the Kotite years in the running to be worse. If the Jets suck in 2022 they will be capping the worst run in franchise history and I don't see the ownership going double-or-nothing for 2023 when 2020-2022 have been the pits.
JD in on Hill is telling. This year is put up or shut up for JD! Needs to be improved team with results to back it up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think the Jets could trade down into the mid-teens and find a future star at WR. They've already got a burner in Elijah Moore. They can put a bigger receiver opposite him and still put tremendous pressure on the opposing defense down the field. You get one of the big play guys this year with Moore in the slot and Davis on the other side and the new guy becomes the wildcard in whether or not the Jets passing game improves. Alongside the QB of course. The problem Douglas has is that his talent acquisition has been all over the place. Add to that his hire of a rookie coaching staff and it's hard to see where things get better next year. The Jets need to fix the problems at QB and on the offense in general at the same time they fix the worst two defenses in team history. That's a huge amount of work that needs to get done and if the problems on offense are actually the QB then nothing is going to save another Jets wipeout.
Yes it is. Not everyone is greedy or pinches every penny. When players are making tens of millions of dollars a few hundred thousand in taxes is nothing, compared to being happy with where they live and the team they're on. Look at Berrios. He could have made more in FA, but he chose to take less to remain with the Jets.
Wrong! Both Uzomah and Conklin chose to come to the Jets. They wanted to be a part of what we're building.
I cannot disagree with you about the likely decline but this move was not only about winning but helping a young QB develop. Giving ZW Hill to go along with Moore would have been huge and made his job so much easier. Both players would threaten the edge with Jet sweeps and bubble screens, force DL to slow their rush, add a deep threat and help beat man coverage. Last year the offenses biggest issue was beating man coverage. Outside of Moore we were bad. All of our division plays really good man coverage. Hill turns a liability into a strength and would likely accelerate Wilson’s growth and confidence. Like Wilson or not the Jets future hinges on Wilson developing. JD was trying to do all he could to make it easier for ZW. I cringe at the idea of spending future assets for short term gain but I have a hard time disagreeing with giving Zach toys that can help him reach his potential.
JD is desperate, he knows he made a mistake with Saleh and his young CS. I ask you and the other mindreaders to tell me what company warren buffet is going to buy next. No reason you cant read his mind also. I want to get in before he buys
I still wouldn't have done it. We still have too many needs. If Hill was 23 or 24, maybe, but not for a 28-year old.
Yes, you're probably right. Watson will probably never make it to #35. People would scream, but I would take him at #10.
There wasn't a no-trade clause involved https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/03/23/t...t=Despite not having a no,deal, and he got it.
Thank you for posting the article that confirms there was a no-trade clause involved: "Kansas City would have selected New York’s offer, per ESPN, but Hill chose Miami."
