Has it ever occurred to anyone that sometimes a GM drafts players with the next few years in mind and not just the upcoming season? There is always next year's draft where we can draft OL in rounds 1,2 and 3. There is always the rest of this year's draft where we can find some diamonds in the rough. Who are the big free agent OLs in 2016? It is WAY harder to find a QB than an OL. The Bryce Petty pick was the right pick, regardless of the outcome. It just makes football sense. Mike Maccagnan has demonstrated in his short time here that he has a scouting pedigree, and has had possibly the best off-season in Jets history. Until he does something completely awful, I trust Mac.
Have you looked at the cap space next year? only around 12 million free with only 47 players on the roster. less than that if they give Mo big money. Yes they can cut Brandon and save around 9m and move some other things around but next year probably won't be much of a free agent year.
everyone realizes that. but thinking of the future, getting a tackle now is kind of important. i hope we go with one in the 5th. looking at brick, it is hard to see him coming back next season with that number. if he is gone, id rather not have a rookie replace him, id rather have someone here who has played a season making that transition
If we end up trading Mo, we can draft two OL in the first round next year. While it's possibly for a good OL to drop to 4, the anchors are in the 1st and 2nd round.
La'el Collins. Minimal risk with a late pick and HUGE reward if he plays this year. Basically a first round tackle for a late pick. He's not even a suspect yet and appears adamant that he is innocent. Could probably be convinced to play and not reenter the draft next year if you give him some kind of incentive laden rookie deal with no $ if he ends up in the pokey
Yes. No one else has thought of this. What a great idea. lol. Obviously there is more to the story as no one is taking him.
None of those OL can throw the ball. I understand that we need OL and so does Mike Maccagnan. He obviously thought that a project QB is better than an OL.
True, but there's a reason no QB's went int he 2nd, only 1 went in the 3rd, only 1 went in the 4th. I think the Jets thought there would be a run on QB's in the 4th and there wasn't. The QB crop this year after you got past 1A and 1B were pretty poor choices to choose from. This was probably the worst QB class in the last 10-15 years.
Not once you got past the top 2 QBs' after #1 and #2 this was the worst draft for QB's My Favorite, Mannion, in most drafts would have been a 6th or 7th rounder.
When you ask out of the draft on the heels of the news surrounding him and his agent doesn't immediately offer up an alibi for the date in question then you have to assume there's way more to this story.
The problem is the Jets have selected a QB in each of the last 3 poor QB drafts.. '09 with Suckchez; '13 with geNO; '15 with Petty.
I think any good GM has an eye on the future as much as the present. You want to put you're team in a position to win. The more talent you have the better.
