I’m really not one who gets too worked up (high or low) about draft picks. Below are a few that I found memorable (recent times). What’s crazy is that I could have probably ran the Jets drafts for the past twenty years and done just as well. It’s amazing people get paid for this. Hated the pick and was right: Christian Hackenberg Calvin Pryor (wanted Brandin Cooks) Quinton Coples (wanted Melvin Ingram) Jamal Adams (wanted Patrick Mahomes or DeShaun Watson) Mike Nugent Dewayne Robertson (didn’t want to trade up) Bryan Thomas (wanted Ed Reed) Kellen Clemens Darrron Lee (wanted to trade up for Tunsil or draft Paxton Lynch) Nathan Shepard Hated the pick and was wrong: DBrickashaw Ferguson (wanted Matt Leinart) Quinnen Williams (wanted Josh Allen) Sheldon Richardson (wanted Geno Smith) Marcus Maye (wanted Dalvin Cook) Loved the pick and was right: Santana Moss Nick Mangold David Harris John Abraham Leon Washington Brad Smith Loved the pick and was wrong: Justin Miller Jace Amaro Devin Smith Stephen Hill Shonn Greene Sam Darnold Mark Sanchez Dustin Keller Jon McGraw Jachai Polite
Great thread. Will keep this here for a while and move to draft forum later. Hated Jamal Adams pick. Wanted Mahomes. I was right. Hated Marcus Maye pick. I was wrong. Loved Becton pick. I was right. Loved Geno Smith pick in the second round. I was wrong.
I couldn't believe it when we somehow managed to land Namath. I was psyched! I thought for sure he'd end up in the old NFC.
Loved the gamble on Brad Smith and Leon Washington. I still think the Jets could have utilized Brad Smith more. Loved the Ken O’Brien pick even with the deep class, and thought was a steal and was wrong for obvious reasons. Was Disappointed and wrong on Lamont Jordan. Though he was going to be a bull dozer, eat up yards. Mike Nugent. WTF???Knew it was a wasted pick.
Hated the pick and was right: Vernon Gholston Mark Sanchez Anthony Becht Dewayne Robertson Rick Terry Darron Lee Jace Amaro Kyle Brady Stephen Hill Alex Van Dyke Devin Smith Hated the pick and was wrong: Demario Davis Keyshawn Johnson Sheldon Richardson Brad Smith Leon Washington Sione Pouha Loved the pick and was right: Shaun Ellis Aaron Glenn D'Brickashaw Ferguson Marcus Maye Laveraneus Coles Jerrico Cotchery Loved the pick and was wrong: Dorian Boose Shonn Green B.J. Askew Derrick Strait Kyle Wilson Dee Milliner Loved the pick and still not sure: Hugh Douglas Dustin Keller Victor Hobson Kerry Rhodes Hated the pick and still not sure: Bryce Petty Vlad Ducasse Dakota Dozier Chuma Edoga Ashtyn Davis
I get it, don't waste a 2nd round pick on a fricken kicker. Yet, kickers are usually the leading scorer on the team. NFL History actually. Having a kicker that can nail a 50 yarder as time expires in the playoffs is worth his weight in gold. I get it that kickers can be had later in the draft, or even udfa. But if there ever WAS a college kicker that was extremely special (Nugent wasn't), then I'd have no problem burning a higher draft pick on him. That one decision could add 3 wins to every season. No other player can do that alone.
There are more than 32 men on earth who can competently kick field goals in the NFL. Unless you have Justin Tucker it’s not worth investing in.
Most of the guys I want don’t get picked. I have a hard time hating the picks once they are picked. The Jamal Adams pick is probably the only one I can think of that I hated. Passing on a QB, more specifically Mahomes, for an in the box safety was the height of stupidity. Jamal’s loud mouth didn’t make it any better.
The greatest pick in terms of bpa meeting needs was Vilma. Absolutely the perfect player at the right position for the team we had.
In the Jets defense at least Adams was an All Pro caliber player. Look at the guys picked before him: Mitchell Trubisky Solomon Thomas Corey Davis Leonard Fournette Adams is better than those guys for sure. I will never be a fan of drafting a safety in the top 10 (6th overall). It’s the least valuable position in the league behind running back.
I don’t think that’s the case. 2019 was bad, but Ficken was fine last year until he got hurt (not that it mattered). Prior to that the Jets had a pretty good run of kickers with Chandler Catanzaro and Josh Myers.
Chandler was out of the blue! I was really pulling for him. Then he missed 2 xtra points in the same game, costing us the W, and he was sent back to the end of the line. I can only recall maybe two surefire kickers in the last 20 years. Guys who just make the critical kick, no matter the pressure. Buffalo wishes they had one of them a few years ago.
You must've been really thrilled when they took another safety with their second pick and not say, Dalvin Cook, JuJu, Joe Mixon or Alvin Kamara - all of whom were still available at positions of need...
Just a weird question but how exactly was Shonn Greene a failure? I always thought he was serviceable and it's not like he was severly overdrafted.
I am with you on FG kicker who puts up points and you put up all valid points which I agree with most if not all of them. Jets were coming off a heart breaking lost to the Steelers in the playoffs where Brien (?) missed a key FG to give the Jets a win to the big show. So I get that the Jets still sting from the lost wanted an accuracy FG kicker in the following draft. Understood this completely. I would have drafted a FG kicker but later. However what struck me was the Jets didn’t have the first round pick in that draft which made Nugent the Jets’ first pick. Also I could be wrong but I believe that was the year Jets had 8 picks but I think half of them coming in 6th and 7th rounds. I thought that was when they pick a FG kicker. That was why it was WTF moment for me.
