The Jets are in need of a backup QB. What are thoughts on addressing that via the draft. There are many project QBs in this draft. With the extra third rounder, I am not opposed to using the 4th round pick on the best QB prospect still available. The Jets would be well served with a Gardner Minshew type of backup QB. The Patriots model always involved a talented and competent backup QB, that not only filled in admirably but later led to them recouping an asset via trades. Is this the year to spend a 4th rounder on a QB? If the Jets do this they have to avoid a MaCagnan in trading down 4 slots for a conditional 6th round pick when he is convinced nobody else will take the guy he wants, and then another team does.
I agree that we need to draft a backup QB, but unless a great prospect falls into their lap, I think we should wait until next year. IMO this year has to be about upgrading the OL and WR corps and adding a RB. If we address any other position, imo it should be edge or CB.
I agree but I think we have too many holes in the starting roster in 2020. I’d rather use a 3rd/4th in 2021 to get a good prospect than a 6th/7th in 2020 to get a slightly-better-than-UDFA pick. And, yes, I know Sam hasn’t proven himself to be super durable thus far.
draft a QB every year. its a smart move. Jalen Hurts would be a decent option if/when he falls to the later rounds. He is experienced and tough.
Hurts will go in the 3rd/4th which is higher than I'd want to commit. He's a good choice and at the very least he'll be a good backup because he's a great soldier and a hard worker. Definitely someone you'll want to keep around your team. Later in the draft, where we'll be looking, I like Nate Stanley and Brian Lewerke. Both big armed Big 10 quarterbacks. Stanley doesn't move well at all but he's got the Roethlisberger type of stature and is great throwing outside the numbers. Lewerke should've had a better season and set himself up to be a higher pick. That team was destroyed by injuries though. I prefer guys like that who played with coaches who could easily be NFL coaches against good defenses than the Big 12 and Pack 12 guys that just put up gaudy numbers.
You wanna draft a developmental QB in the late Ed’s that fine. However we should not be using anything higher than a 6th on a QB when that pick can & should be used to help our Qb. You’re not gonna go into the season relying on a mid round rookie QB as the main back up anyway, the back up QB needs to come out of FA.
While I agree that drafting a QB almost every year till you have a high potential in waiting is usually a damned good idea I would say not this year. This team has a young QB already with an inadequate support cast and we must first and foremost build that up. We should look at free agency for a suitable back up for 2020. Next year hopefully we have more flexibility to strike if a QB with the potential to be a starter falls to us with a mid range pick. The risk/reward is big if we hit.
