We hope Demario Davis steps up this year, as David Harris is likely to be a cap casualty next year. Calvin Pace is a stop gap to hopefully groom someone we draft. Jury is still out on Coples as an OLB. Who in this draft can we take in the later rounds to help us with linebacker depth, both inside and outside? I'm hoping we can grab Jeremiah Attaochu but we might want someone else, and he probably won't be around past the third, maybe even the second. Let's start talking about this position because without a top flight secondary, our front 7 is going to have to really give teams a tough time, especially since we are facing teams this coming year with elite receivers - Denver, Chicago, Green Bay, Detroit, and Pittsburgh even though they just have Antonio Brown.
I want Shayne Skov in the 4th round,. as for OLB I'd take Ford in the first or Kyle Van Noy in the second, or Attaochu in the third.
Can Ford play standing up though? Seems like he's more meant to play with his hand in the ground, and we need someone who can rush as well as drop back into coverage. Van Noy looked very stiff in combine drills but I believe he's got good game tape. I don't know much about Skov, but I remember evreyone being all over Chase Thomas from Stanford and he went undrafted and has jumped around to teams because of his lack of speed.
I'd like to take a late round shot on Derrell Johnson from ECU, 6'2" 258lbs and ran a 4.65 at his pro day this past week. He played DE and 3-4 OLB for ECU but he is projected as a 3-4 ILB in the NFL.
Dee Ford prefers to play standing up. He can do both. he has to work on his coverage, he has little experience on it, but I'm sure he's been working on it. Van Noy had a decent combine. I'm glad he didn't have a great one because then he would have sky rocketed. Van Noy's game tape speaks for itself. He's an all purpose linebacker who gets involved in every play. I've seen him do it all at BYU. Skov and Thomas are different. I admit I was a big fan of Thomas but he just didn't pan out. Skov plays inside and has excellent sideline to sideline speed. He would be David Harris eventual replacement. An interesting tidbit, is some compare him to Harris. So there's that.
Anthony Barr Kyle Van Noy Dee Ford If Jets draft any of the two [or one of the three and Attaochu], that would make a real happy man right here.
I don't think the Jets rule out Chris Borland in the 2nd. 3-4 ILB and compares to a poor man's Luke Kuechly.
I'd like to see one of each added. Carl Bradford is an intriguing name and may project either inside or outside
Great player, smart, instinctive and very physical. I think he's a little undersized for what Rex wants to do and he would be a reach at #18 and will be gone by #49.
Agreed on all counts....but if, and that's a BIG IF, there was a trade down available and IF OLB was what they wanted to do and Ford and Barr were off the board at #18 he would be a very solid pickup. And I don't know, Rex has played around with several smaller outside LB's that were cast offs from other teams so who knows. At this point I think the LB corp could use a couple of quicker LB's.
I feel like the Jets are into Shazier and see him as Harris's replacement...a trade back from 18 with the Browns for #25 and we could select Shazier there. But who knows...I really want Jeremiah Attaochu
I do not but it's just a feeling. Isn't everything we post on here assumption? lol The only other team with the draft picks would be the 49ers if they wanted to trade up to our spot as they have multiple mid round picks. For a trade back scenario, San Fran and Cleveland seem the likeliest partners.
No not everything posted here is an assumption with literally zero founding. If Shazier even came to visit the Jets I'd give it an ounce of credibility, but you totally plucked that name out of the air as someone you think the Jets are targeting.
