Final Pre-Free Agency Mock

Other than being a little light on LB it would seem all of our needs are addressed/met. I can’t really think of a better scenario than this.

 

LB room is basically unchanged which is an issue but everywhere else we shore up. I don’t love the idea of spending money on a 31 year old Jensen when a cheaper younger McGovern was more than serviceable last year either. Im a fan everywhere else though. We’d be banking on Tartt holding down the fort which is a little scary but it would unfortunately be an upgrade.

 

so now I have Jensen, AVT, Fant and a likely-to-rebound Becton. There is NO WAY im taking another T at 4....nooooo wayyyyy

 

Jensen for McGovern isn’t a huge upgrade, probably isn’t worth the change.
Like to see if they could get honey badger

 

I didn’t think I’d be so gung ho about the badger but he’d be a fantastic signing. He’s worth paying because he’s a culture setter on top of being an elite safety. I’d save the money on the minimal upgrade from Jensen to McGovern and focus on Mathieu/Robinson (if we can’t trade for Cooper).

 

Positives: I like the re-signing of Berrios, Flacco and LDT, and the signings of Jones, Jensen, and Hayward.

I like McGovern, Griffin & GVR being released.

Even though I'm not a fan of Cooper, getting him for a 3rd is decent, and then I like trading back and re-couping a 3rd.

I love your 1st round a lot, and love the picks of Allgeier and Ruckert. Strange is a good depth addition. I've read good things about Pierce, but haven't done any research on him.


Negatives:
IMO we don't need to sign a DT and then draft one, especially in the 2nd round. Jones is a great prospect, but with Jones, Rankins and Marshall, Jones is not needed. That's overkill since you didn't cut Rankins.

The same goes for CB. We don't need to draft and sign a CB in FA. You act like our CB unit was awful last season and it wasn't. I like Gordon, but I think adding Hayward is sufficient. Echols and he can battle for the CB2 spot and he will bring some veteran leadership to the room.

Tartt is not the answer at S. That's a woefully bad S room. Three TEs are not enough, Ertz can't stay healthy, and Yeboah is still too raw. Big mistake with the TE room.

Changes I would make:

1) Replace the pick of Jones with a S, be it Hill if he's still there, or Brisker, or Cine or Pitre.
2) The trade with Dallas for Cooper and just sign AROB or DJ Chark in FA.
3) Don't trade down with Indy. Use that 2nd round pick on Christian Watson and use the 2nd 4th round pick to take Cade Otton or take a RB earlier like Ford, and then take Jelani Woods with the other 5th round pick.
4) Don't sign Ertz in FA. Sign Maxx Williams, Everett, Tonyan or Alie-Cox.
5) Instead of signing Jensen, keep McGovern and sign James Daniels. LDT and Daniels can battle for the starting RG position, and Daniels can move to C next year or you could still cut McGovern and have Daniels start at C this season. Keeping McGovern and adding McDaniels would allow you to cut that stiff Feeney.

 

If your mock would actually happen we would not only have a great OL and great DL we would have amazing depth at both. Not to mention great flexibility on the OL with Ekwonu being able to guard and tackle and Strange center and guard and then having LDT as the 2nd or 3rd guard. These are two dream lines and I imagine exactly want JD would like in building a long term team. Trading for Cooper scares me plus taking on his $20 million salary plus a 3rd. With $20 million the Jets could sign 3 good players in FA plus draft a good one in the third. That is a lot to give up. But once again I love the effort and thought you put into these mocks. Thank you I really enjoy reading them. Only 2 days until legal tampering day one!

I agree with NC about taking Watson in round 2 and signing an Arob in FA. I might prefer Gallup if he makes it to FA or Kirk if he is able to play outside. I also question the signing of Ertz.

 

Great job, @MaximusD163! Any Jets off-season similar to that would be very exciting! Only a couple days left to wait.

 

I don't like Cooper, never have, never will. I think he's grossly overrated by fans. The NFL showed what they think of him and his contract. He's not worth anywhere near $20 million per season imo. I agree that adding a WR like Diggs would be great for Zach. That WR just isn't Cooper. Sign AROB or trade for Cooks or sign DJ Chark.

DJ Jones isn't that old is he? He could be here for at least 2-3 years I think, maybe longer.

I know that JD and Saleh wants two deep, strong lines, but everything can't be done this year. We can draft a DT next year.

Hayward would be cheap, he's good and he would help the youngsters. He is one of the CBs I've wanted JD to sign ever since I checked to see who would be FAs at various positions.

I dislike Tartt because he just isn't very good to me. Yes, he knows the D from playing it in SF, but every time I've seen SF play, Tartt gets beat, misses tackles, makes bonehead plays. There are too many good Safeties in this FA class to settle for someone like him just because he knows the system. Saleh and JD want Ballhawks in the secondary. The two safeties they should be seriously targeting to get one of them are Quandre Diggs and Jayron Kearse.

 

Looks like JD agreed with you so I think you have a better idea of what we’re doing then the person who created this thread. If we paid Cooper 20 million I would of bummed out on our GM and thought here we go again. Signing a big name to sell tickets reeks of Woody. FA hasn’t started and Jet fans are killing our GM. I try to remember that most of our fan base are Met fans which explains a lot. What a bunch huh. Let’s give him 3 days before we go Joe Beningo on them

 

I know you can officially sign contracts on Wednesday, but when do we start hearing about guys agreeing to terms verbally? Tomorrow?

 

I don't know who the Jets will sign, but I bet there won't be any superstars with big contracts signed. I only see that happening that if the Jets need one player for a Superbowl push and they're not there.

 

Zuniga is that scrub still on the roster? Nice offseason scenario. Cooper is gone now the Jets need to target Allan Robinson.