What if McFadden is there when we pick? Are we going to pass up an possible Adrian Peterson Cloan because it is not a position of need? Ol and Dline is a position of need but how could we pass on that. Offensive Linemen can be had in the lower rounds. How could we pass on an instant difference maker?
Unfortunately, this years draft is even weaker then last years or so I have been reading. Supposedly it is only like 10-15 players deep. I hope if the Jets get in the top 5 they would be able to trade down 8-10 spots and stockpile picks. Maybe some team will be hot for a player the Jets will not need like a QB if KC performs well (crossing fingers). That would be a home run scenario. I think for the most part Tannenbaum has been very very astute when it comes to the draft and trades. You can argue many things, however you can not argue his draft record so far. If he continues picking the way he has, he may be recognized as one of the very best GM's in the near future regarding the draft.
It would definitely be tempting. But I had a similar discussion about this very topic with someone else on the board. I am high on McFadden also, but with all of our other positions of need, can we really tie up more money at RB (just from a cap perspective)? Jones will have 3 more years on a large contract and Washington is a definite keeper that needs to be re-signed. So McFadden is going to be getting top 5 signing money, can we really afford to have that kind of money tied up in a back-up RB and riding the bench for 2-3 years? I wouldn't be opposed to taking him, but there are considerable cap ramifications to consider at RB. IMO, I am sick of taking lower tier, journeymen, low round players and putting them on the Oline. We have a promising new young QB, we need to protect him and give him a run game. It has to be a priority, not an afterthought. If the FO wants to sign some top level players in free agency for the Oline I am all for that, and then we can focus elsewhere in the draft. No more average, mediocre, journeymen, stop-gap players for the Oline. If we want to have a championship level offense, we to UPGRADE the line, period. Without that the rest is meaningless. By the way what I said goes for the Dline as well. No more Pouhas, or Hicks, or underachieving Robertsons. The talent on both lines need upgrading because that is where the majority of our problems are derived from, and that is what I want the focus to be on during the offseason. (Never said we had to draft OL in the 1st round again by the way, DT or LB would be fine with me. But OL can't wait until round 6 again).
I agree as regards to Tannenbaum, but I don't think the Jets can afford to approach the draft like last year. To many things to address to trade that many picks away again. At this point quantity is more important, IMO.
To be honest I hope we don't have to make the McFadden decision because it would be alot more cut and dry if he is gone when we pick. If he is available I would hope we picked him because this would be the example of a star player that fell into our lap. If he turns out as billed he then I would Shop Jones next off season or before the trade deadline. Hopefully we will not have to look at a Qb as well. To me the best possible scenario would be for one of the top tier Defensive linemen to be available when we pick and we fill one of our numerous gaping holes on defense. I would even be comfortable trading down for more picks as well as long as our number 1 pick did not fall out of the top 15. I actually have confidence in Tangini with the draft. I do think they believed the teams hype last year and drafted as if they were going to be playing for a Sb this year but I will chalk that up to a learning experience.
it seems that every year's draft class is "weaker than last year". this just does't make any sense to me whatsoever. it only seems like a weaker draft because we are now familiar with the guys who came out last year, but at this time last year we were just getting over learning about the the gys from the draft before that. know what i mean?
Maybe just maybe they thought the draft was really weak in the mid section of it and they saw a shot to get 2 players they thought would be studs in their defense. I mean everyone thought they were luxury picks. Would you say that now? ILB was a major area of need and it looks like Harris is going to fill that slot in spades and CB need I say more as we would be paper thin if Revis was not here. Again not to be argumentative as we are really not arguing. If the Jets did not move down and just stayed as they were, there was no combination of picks within 10 of where the Jets were originally slotted to pick that would be better than the Revis and Harris combo. Fact of the matter is a ridiculously high proportion of this draft has already been cut or relegated to practice squads. So no I do not think it hubris on their part. I think it was more of a plan of getting the most out of a weak draft.
No actually a lot of Juniors came out in 2006 weakening the 2007 draft and then compounding that for 08. There were many underclassmen in 07 because of the prior year weakening the senior class. By all accounts from draft experts, this draft is very weak. 2006 was considered a very strong draft both for seniors and the amount of underclassmen that declared, it certainly does have an effect on future drafts. From what I understand, depending on who declares early, 2009 has the potential to be a very strong draft class. I want to make it abundantly clear, I am not a draft expert. It mst definitely not my expertise. I am just reporting what was reported to me.
The senior class is extremely weak..however the juinor class is rather rich w/ Talent and afew guys declaring(which they should) could make it a pretty solid class.
Thanks, so the info I got was rather mixed. If there are alot of Juniors declaring for this draft, it will be ok, if not than 2009 will be strong.
Everything starts with the OL and DL. We need huge linemen with attitude. We also need a speed WR. Coles is getting old.:jets:
