I think that it's a pretty safe assumption that Kyle Wilson slipping to #29 had more to do with the Jets passing on Kindle/Hughes than Jamaal Westerman did.
LMAO......Yeah 10% is a bit ambitious. If he moved up to 10% that is an order of magnitude more than he has given to cumulatively in his 2 years.
Not to dispute that Jets drafted on a need basis but Ducasse was being discussed as a distinct possibility @ 29. So to have him there @ the bottom of the 2nd really made it a pick that in all likelihood fit a bit of both need/BPA. Anyway, BPA is such a full of shit ideology. It is so easy for a GM when asked wasn't player X a reach? All the GM has to say well he was the BPA on our board..... just look @ the Jags as an example....... lol yeah he was BPA, pull this leg an it plays jingle bells. For the most part almost every pick in the draft can fit both BPA or need, if you really want to use semantics.
Tanny pretty much crapped all over his previous statements about BPA before the draft after day 1. When he was asked about the Kyle Wilson pick, he said something like 'It was the perfect situation of need and value aligning.' NEED? BLASPHEMY!
we had the number 1 defense without a real pass rusher last year. Pass rusher isnt necessary for a rex defense as much as good DB and LB play is. Any pass rush we get is just a nice extra.
I'm looking forward to how Westerman plays this season. Given opportunities, I expect good things, whether it be on Defense or Special Teams. I'm curious, do you (or anyone else) have a link to this post? It's pretty cool that his brother posts here.
It may not be necessary to have the #1 Defense in today's NFL, but Rex wants more than that, he wants an all time great D.
Westerman found himself on the field against the Texans week 1 and got a sack... I can't say the same for Gholston... ever.
Having the top D gets you deep into the playoffs. But you need to have the offense to go up against the other top offenses. There will be days where you need to just outscore people. There will also be days where the D may need to add a score or get field position for an easy offensive score...the Jets are doing what they can do have both.
I agree that signing Taylor made a difference in the draft but I don't think having Westerman on the roster had anything to do with who we drafted in the first couple rounds. Westerman has a lot of potential, but to me he hasn't come close to proving he can be a pass-rushing specialist, so if Rex thought he needed another pass rusher, I don't think Westerman would have influenced that decision. And it's possible that he could take BT's spot, but that's also something he's a long way from earning.
I agree that Taylor did change their plans, but with the trades and cuts that were made after certain picks, I see that they did take BPA. Wilson falling was pure BPA, once they knew Ducasse was going to fall, they took him as their BPA and cut Faneca. McKnight was BPA, so they traded Leon. I don't see Conner being BPA at that moment, but I do see him being a staple on this team for a long long time. I'm predicting him to be the next Mack Strong.
Did you really not expect that? Just because his responses are more than two mumbled sentences doesn't mean he hasn't learned anything from getting his start in a Parcells regime. Tannenbaum just chooses to give disinformation or no information in more verbose phrases.
You could make the arguement that Kyle Wilson was actually the best player on the team's draft board thus filling a need while taking BPA at the same time. I'm really hoping Ducasse can be a mauler on this o-line, he has a great group of guy to learn from so he should be decent at the very least. The Joe Mcknight pick was actually a really smart pickup my Tanny, he has the potential to be a leon type back for us and he already has some chemistry with Sanchez. Combine that with the fact that he hasn't had any significant injuries recently and we don't have to pay him as much as we do with Leon and it turns out to be a really good pick. We basically have the same starting linebackers from last season and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the coaching staff is very happy with the flashes that Westerman had shown last season with the limited time he had on the field. It makes sense considering Westerman played about as much as you'd expect a late round pick to play and the only time we could have actually picked up a linebacker was somewhere in the late rounds. It just didn't make sense not to give this guy more time to see what he could do then to draft a late round rookie and make them fight for playing time. For the most part we still have basically all the players that made this defense ranked #1, we simply added a few players and really strenghtened out weak points on defense.
