I was looking back at the now classic jet draft video -- and although the Jets' draft picks didnt work out -- and didnt make sense -- in certain years -- no one else was much better. You can only judge the next 20 something players -- because if everyone passed over a guy -- its hard to say that you should have taken them in that round. The one that comes to mind is Johnny Mitchell in 1992. He was terrible but Im not sure who everyone wanted. Not much http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_NFL_Draft#Round_one 1993 was Marvin Jones and 1994 was Aaron Glenn. 1995 was a disaster with Brady over Sapp.
I just finished looking at the Tannenbaum drafts from 2006 to now: 2006: D'Brickshaw, Mangold, Clemens, Schlegel, E. Smith, B. Smith, Washington, Posciak, Coleman, Adams 2007: Revis, Harris, Bender, Stuckey 2008: Gholston, Keller, Lowery, Ainge, Henry 20 players drafted. 6 (D'Brickshaw rd1, Mangold rd1, Washington rd4, Revis rd1, Harris rd2, Keller rd1) have been very good for us. 4 (Clemens rd2, B. Smith rd4, Stuckey rd7, Lowery rd4) have been serviceable (especially looking at the round). 4 (E. Smith rd3, Gholston rd1, Ainge rd5, Henry rd6) are question marks 6 (Schlegel rd3, Posciak rd5, Coleman rd6, Adams rd7, Bender rd6, Garner rd7) are disappointments. Now if you consider that out of those six disappointments some are still on an NFL roster (so the jury is still out on them), that Ainge and Henry play in positions that are rarely given a shot in the first year in the league, and that Gholston might still turn out to be a very good player under Ryan, I think Tanny and the Jets draft really well!!!
Best part of the draft blunders video: Pete Rozzell: The New York Jets first round selection...fullback... Guy in the Audience: OHHHH NOOOOO!!!!
Fullback, Roger Vick. That may have been the worst one of all. Passing over Marino was second. Some of the reactions are unfair -- Freeman McNeil -- and you hear boos -- turned out to be excellent. No one really thought Blair Thomas was the wrong pick..
Good Post. I would not say that anyone drafted in 6 or 7 is a disappointment. Go back 5-8 years, and look at rounds 5, 6, 7 -- and see how many names you recognize. Not many.
the Johnny Mitchell pick was very popular and a good pick. We have drafted very well in rd 1 for the most part since that Marvin Jones pick.
I think that alot of people get caught up in ho many players are drafted vs how many stick, which is misleading IMO. I think that 1st and 2nd rounders should be concidered failures if they do not make a significant contribution to the team. 3rd and 4th rounders are failures if they don't make the team at all or have no active role 5th round and below is gravy. I don't think it's a failure when these guys don't make it. Instead, teams should consider it a big win when players taken in these rounds wind up significantly helping the team that drafts them. Just my opinion
Dave Cadigan was an awful, awful, awful pick. First Round, pick 8, 1988. Jets could have had HOF Randall McDaniel and instead got this bum.
The question is (and i have no idea) -- was it considered a good pick at the time. For example -- Roger Vick was not.
Both Cadigan and Haight were complete busts. The Jets tried so hard to get KOB some protection in the late 80's. It's sad that they completely busted b/c Toon was really coming into his own as a WR and had alot of other weapons to work w/ offensively.
Some of the Jets' draft woes are due to dumb decisions but some are truly due to bad luck. Blair Thomas was a highly touted RB out of Penn State who most draft experts probably had in their top 5. Even Gholston wasn't considered too bad of a selection at the time he was picked. The Jets were in a real bad spot last year. The 3 guys they coveted (Chris Long, Ryan and McFadden) were all off the board and Gholston was the only pick that made sense at #6. Should've tried harder to trade down though.
Exactly... that means our only true disappointment was Schlegel in the 3rd... very good draft record IMO. Ps: I'm afraid E. Smith will become a disappointemtn too though...
It's alittle before my die hard following(I was a fan but very young) and I cant find any info on him..what exactly what the story behind Roger Vick? He was only w/ the team for 2 years...did he show any promise? why was he cut so quickly?
David Clowney web site and article David Clowney web site and article. I would link it, but I can't do that yet. w w w. davidclowney87 .com h t t p: //playerpress.com /articles/ a-new-qb-a-friend-traded
Roger Vick....man that sucked. Jeff Lageman comes to mind for me. And the subsequent battle between Kiper and the Jets front office sniping at each other as Kiper repeatedly blasted them. Lageman was servicable, but not worth where he was picked.
Agreed, but he certainly wasn't worth a top 10 pick. You can get "decent" UFA's and mold them into starters at times. That pick along with the Haight, Lageman and Vick picks made the Jets into league-wide laughingstocks every year on Saturday draft day.
I think that's a little bit of an exaggeration. They snagged a pro bowl caliber player in the 4th round in Kerry Rhodes which is very rare. Justin Miller still has potential, and has made a pro bowl for returning kicks. Sione Pouha has gotten better every year, and has gotten a lot of playing time in his career. Cedric Houston was considered a great pick before he retired early for personal reasons. Dreesen, a 6th rounder, is still in the league and has been a serviceable role player. I don't think that can be considered an atocious draft by any means. The only terrible pick was Nugent.
