Well - I took a gamble. Washington was throwing a boatload of picks this year (36/40/44) plus 1st and 4th next year. Regardless of how good Kingsley is, I wasn't going to miss out on this kind of great train robbery. So - Kingsley was taken two spots above where I was, so I had to settle with Jordan Morgan. Other than that - Well. I guess I can say I am at least half satisfied. (2 1st next year. And Washington will suck. Mark my words.) ============================================================== 36. Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 40. Christian Haynes OG UConn 67. Sedrick Van Pran-Granger OC Georgia 72. Beau Braden S Maryland 101. Braden Fiske DT Florida State 103. Braelon Allen RB Wisconsin 112. Michael Pratt QB Tulane 114. Luke McCaffrey WR Rice 181. Hunter Nourzad OC Penn State 187. Tanner McLachlan TE Arizona 253. Sam Hartman QB Notre Dame 254. Gabriel Murphy EDGE UCLA 257. Tip Reiman TE Illinois 2025 WAS 1st 2025 WAS 4th
Picking the Bears is wild with how many great 2025 picks you can get just trading down out of #1 overall. I did one where I still had 5 picks in the top 100, and ended up with 5 1sts and 3 2nds in 25. Sent from my genius mind.
NFL Draft Buzz Simulator, No Trades: 10. O. Fashanu T Penn State 72. J. Polk WR Washington 112. J. Wilson WR Fla. State 114. C. Jones T Texas 187. T. Bortolini C Wisconsin 253. M. J. Devonshire CB Pitt. 254. J. Hutchings DT Texas Tech 256. D. Clark WR UTSA
15. Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 46. Cooper Beebe OG Kansas State 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 110. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin 112. Calen Bullock S USC
This was a nightmare draft. Both Alt and Fashanu went in the top 5, and Fuaga went #7. The only trade down offer was to move down to #23, which would have meant that the Jets probably would have missed on a potential starting plug and play starting RT except for Latham (and Alabama OL usually don't work out in the NFL) or Mims (and he's a project). Some people think Barton could play either OT position, so I suppose that I could have accepted the trade down offer and then taken Barton, but his 32 7/8" arms concern me as an OT. I think he will be a very good OG or C, but I'm much less confident in him as an OT. Odunze was still there, as was Bowers, and Jayden Daniels. Adding Odunze would be great, but then who is going to play RT? I opted to roll the dice with Latham. Even all the OGs and other WRs I like were gone by the 4th round. I sure hope the Jets' draft doesn't wind up like this! 10. JC Latham OT Alabama 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 111. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin 112. Tyler Davis DT Clemson
These days I trade out of 1st round by default: 34.Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 46.Graham Barton OG Duke 56.Byron Murphy II DT Texas 68.Sedrick Van Pran-Granger OC Georgia 116.Blake Fisher OT Notre Dame 184.Jaheim Bell TE Florida State 190.Josh Proctor S Ohio State 218.Charles Turner OC LSU 256.Sam Hartman QB Notre Dame 2025 DAL 2nd 2025 NE 2nd 2x 2nd next year. That's pretty juicy, no?
// It's interesting that Barton is generally looked upon as a Center/Guard by draft prognosticators due to his 32 7/8 inch arms. But Jordan Morgan, who also measured with 32 7/8 inch arms, is still mostly looked upon as a Tackle. I was very high on Morgan before the detail about his arm length was disclosed. The fact seems to be that tackles with less that 33 inch arms generally do not have good NFL careers these days. Draft analysts who do a deep dive on Morgan point out that his lack of length (and they mean arm/wingspan length since his height is 6'4 7/8") leaves him at a disadvantage against some rushers. For example, "Lack of length allows defenders to disengage from run blocks. . . . His size can show up in pass protection as well. Morgan simply doesn't have the length that other premier tackle prospects possess. He needs to speed up his dropbacks and cover more ground in his initial pass set. His footwork is sound but Morgan doesn't have the frame to make up for missteps." 2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Arizona OT Jordan Morgan - Steelers Depot It strikes me that, despite his best efforts, AVT (with 32 1/8" arms) has similar problems when the coaches stick him out at tackle. I believe that his short arms have contributed to his two major, season-ending injuries while playing tackle.
The only 2 players that I know that much about and like are Barton and Van Pran-Granger. Morgan could be a good LT, I just don't know much about him or his play. In a normal draft, acquiring 2 - 2nd round picks for the following season would be awesome, but it wouldn't help the Jets this season. I truly couldn't care less about future draft picks this year. The Jets need them now. Of course if they get some picks for next year, I won't complain, but I'd rather they get a 2nd round pick this year.
In general, I agree. I don't like or want OTs with shorter arms, but there are 2-3 in the NFL with arms that short who are very good. It's late and I'm tired and I can't think of their names at the moment, but it would be risky. I hadn't done any research into Morgan, so didn't realize that his arms were that short. I guess that's why he's seen as a 2nd round pick rather than a 1st round pick.
26. Graham Barton OG Duke 46. Christian Haynes OG UConn 57. Kamren Kinchens S Miami (FL) 72. Johnny Wilson WR Florida State 112. DeWayne Carter DT Duke 184. Dylan McMahon OG NC State 218. Kingsley Eguakun OC Florida 2025 TB 1st
27. Jordan Morgan OT Arizona 50. Malachi Corley WR Western Kentucky 66. Sedrick Van Pran-Granger OC Georgia 72. Devontez Walker WR North Carolina 76. Kris Jenkins DT Michigan 110. Jaden Hicks S Washington State 112. McKinnley Jackson DT Texas A&M 146. Garret Greenfield OT South Dakota State 218. Kingsley Eguakun OC Florida 256. Sam Hartman QB Notre Dame 257. Cam Little K Arkansas
10. Taliese Fuaga OT Oregon State 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 110. Kiran Amegadjie OT Yale 112. DeWayne Carter DT Duke 184. Dylan McMahon OG NC State 218. A.J. Barner TE Michigan 256. Sam Hartman QB Notre Dame 257. Cam Little K Arkansas
@NCJetsfan // On a second thought, short-armed LTs are indeed something to avoid. 38. Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU 52. Sedrick Van Pran-Granger OC Georgia 83. Jalen McMillan WR Washington 84. Edgerrin Cooper LB Texas A&M 87. Marshawn Kneeland EDGE Western Michigan 116. Maason Smith DT LSU 119. Dadrion Taylor-Demerson S Texas Tech 120. Michael Pratt QB Tulane 150. Theo Johnson TE Penn State 194. Jarvis Brownlee CB Louisville 256. Daijun Edwards RB Georgia 2025 TEN 1st 2025 SF 2nd 2025 DAL 3rd 1. I did reach Van Pran-Granger, but if the past few picks are any indication, TB always snatches him up at 57. 2. 3 trade downs, with a boatload of picks this year, and 1/2/3 each next year. 3. I decided to bolster the edge and LB department while at it. (Most likely because those I was targetting were either gone or a bit far below.) 4. I think I am pretty content with picks down to 120.
Most good starting tackles in the NFL have 34 inch plus arm length. Exceptionally athletic tackles with 33 inch arms can have great careers. I haven’t been able to find any good starting tackles with less than 33 inch arms. This seems to indicate that both Barton and Morgan will be converted to center/guard, like Skoronski was last year. For the Jets, it also suggests that shoe horning AVT into a tackle spot is taking a big risk for another injury.
This draft, along with signing a younger RT in FA could conceivably fix our OL for the forseeable future. Fautanu at LT or if the Jets sign Tyron Smith, at RT; AVT at LG, Tippman at C, Morgan at RG. Bortolini would be the backup C, and Amegadjie would be the swing OT. Or if the Jets had signed both an LT and a RT, Fautanu could back up LT and Amegadjie back up RT. In the 6th or 7th round they could draft a run-stuffing DT and a developmental S. 20. Troy Fautanu OT Washington 51. Jordan Morgan OT Arizona (move him to OG) 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 110. Kiran Amegadjie OT Yale 112. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin 119. Jared Wiley TE TCU
In this draft the best draft trade down offer I got was from the Rams. All of the top OT prospects were gone except for Mims and Guyton. By #52 all of the top OGs were gone. Similarly, by #72 all of the top WRs were gone. I felt fortunate to get Wilson, McCormick and Bortolini. 19. Amarius Mims OT Georgia 52. Patrick Paul OT Houston 72. Johnny Wilson WR Florida State 111. Mason McCormick OG South Dakota State 113. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin
If the NFL draft goes like this, the Jets aren't going anywhere this year. 10 OL gone in the 1st round and 5 in the 2nd round. All of the top OT and OG prospects gone by pick #74. 6 more OL gone by the end of the 3rd round, and it doesn't include comp picks. 29.Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma 57. Malachi Corley WR Western Kentucky 72. Xavier Legette WR South Carolina 111. Brandon Coleman OG TCU 113. Tanor Bortolini OC Wisconsin 2025 TB 2nd 2025 DET 3rd 2025 TB 1st
