Hes basically a receiver, Big, Fast, Explosive, he will be a Huge red zone threat like the pick Trust Mangini Devin Thomas was overrated
It's just funny how you basically had them walking on water, then being 90% sure they were incompetent and wouldn't last much longer. It went from one extreme to the other.
per SNY, some more info on Keller, he went to purdue as a WR...so basically, we have a 250 pound WR, he can play three different positions, imagine the mismatches.....
Mangini seems to be enamored with TE's. So far zero! When I look at this kids film, I finally think they got this one right. He looks like the real deal to me. I was so upset at 1st, Mangini and all the TE busts! WOW is all I can say now and I'm perhaps the biggest critic on drafting TEs and FBs that this regime seems so hell bent on. I Love this kid! Welcome to NY
One Dimensional Reach = Keller Why trade up for this guy when you could have traded down, get your third back, and still get your pick? He was behind Bennett and Davis on all the mocks. How do pick Keller over either one of them? Plus we have to pay him first round money. First round TEs should be able to block also.
This makes no sense. Please review the other threads on this subject and then perhaps you will retract your nonsense.
Actually no..most mocks had Keller above both of those guys. Why? B/c he isnt solely a tight end..he's a very versatile guy who can help in alot of ways.
Your thread said nothing. And those who do not see the value of bringing in a WR/TE that can play the seam and loosen up the linebackers as oppossed to another wide reciever that can not get open after he gets bumped, makes me wonder what they are looking at. We drafted a TE that will play WR and get open...and gain yards after the catch. Now that is innovative for a Jets TE. Baker = Good reciever that does not get open
Keller is faster than Baker. Baker is a tall tackle who can catch. Keller is quicker than Baker. Baker can slip around the red zone and because he is big will be noticed by the QB. Keller will always be confronted by someone who (a) can't keep up with him and (b) can't address his quickness What are you missing?
I haven't been this excited about a Jets TE since we picked Johny Mitchell. This guy actually seems like a good kid unlike Mitchell who was talented but out of his mind.
A 3rd and a 5th to Panthers, a 4th to Packers and a 7th to Raiders. What happened to "build through the draft"? I guess all of our next picks are to be players with knee injury histories.
Ok... my head cleared up a bit, and I thought about it again. Considering their past move, I am forced to think that Dustin Keller will start this year. That means Chris Baker will take a hike one way or the other. While Jets are sorely lacking depth, I guess I understand where they come from; it's rather clear by now, that the Jets FO is convinced that the roster they inherited in 2006 needed complete purging, and this is how they are doing it. I did watch the highlight reel for Dustin Keller, but with a grain of salt; highlight reel made Leonard Peters look like the next coming of Troy Polamalu. You all know what happened to him by the end of TC. But when I watched the reel of this kid, I saw a TE that can actually become a downfield threat, which Chris Baker never was. I feel better with this pick. Again, Mangini will find 2 starters from day 1 picks. I guess that's actually very good - if Gholston and Keller can contribute the way Revis and Harris contributed last year, maybe the Jets are in good hands. If these kids pan out again, then I'll be convinced that Mangini and Tannenbaum have a real good scouting eyes.
I thought it had more Mangini fingerprints.... I don't compare any of this to trading UP for Drob or getting Santana or Bryan Thomas over Reed.... Nugent.... on and on. The ONLY draft pick I fault them on Was Schlegel - every other pick is legit, Last year's was an absolute home run and Keller is basically a WR - Guy's got talent and heart, he's not a Becht.
The difference between Leonard Peters and Keller is that the planet knew Peters was a UFA, and Keller is a top 3 TE prospect, projected to go at the end of the 1st, which he did.
