No Jet offer and Miami could pay KC less and Hill less. It was good we were involved. We made Miami pay 30 mill a year. In 3 years we might be very happy we did that.
Sam cost us the sixth overall pick AND three seconds. This is a lot cheaper in terms of draft capital for a player that is a sure thing.
I can't argue with that. Its tough to out crap that trade. But Zach isn't a sure thing either. I'm all for giving him help but the notion that if we gave up all this for Hill, Zach would automatically become a great QB is fantasy. Zach will become a great QB if he is a great QB. We don't know yet, but the odds are slim.
Maybe... I had forgotten Hill had legal entanglements in KC. Not sure if it was in the Kareem Hunt class of fck up though. Thing is, Hill is a game changer. If only for one season, the Jets would have been relevant. '22 might have been a season that lasted past Election Day. Zach would have had a WR that he couldn't overthrow and Hill's presence would have opened up the midrange game for Corey Davis, Moore and Berrios. Now? Its business as usual for the Jet offense. I would have liked to see the Jets pick up Lenard Fournette just as a change of pace from our mighty mouse RB's. That didn't happen either so, '22 will be just another rebuilding season in a long line of rebuilding seasons.
I think Hill never intended to play in NY. Money like you said really didn't matter. He wanted to play in FL. He wanted the Dolphins and that's who he chose. Rejection is tough but necessary to learn how to accept and move on from it. The Jets just aren't a desirable destination no matter how much they try to hype up Saleh's talent for communicating with players.
Should the Jets just give up? Building a team like that requires stability in the front office and coaching staff, as well as constantly adding quality pieces.
At this point I think we should stay the course and hope for a team changing draft. Also, so much depends on Zach becoming a top QB. If he does, we are back in the hunt.
There are a couple of top 10 quality receivers in the draft and a couple more you could argue for top 16 or so. It's a good draft for WR. Now that means the Jets can trade one of the picks down and still come out of this with a good WR prospect and another pick or two in the top 100. That's how I would roll at this point.
This would have been a very iffy deal. The Jets just don't have the depth or talent on the team to give up 4 good draft picks for a 28 year old WR.
This is the right answer. If you want to build a perennial contender it means not taking shortcuts because those shortcuts always come back to bite you. Drafting well is absolutely essential because it's the only way to get elite players who are also temporarily cheap. As long as there's a salary cap you cannot consider talent without considering how much that talent costs. Every dollar spent paying one player is a dollar that cannot be spent on other players. We would've loved having Hill for 1-2 years and hated what it meant after that.
I will give you two or three receivers in the top 20 but you are mistaken. Let's look at players that should not be available at # 11 Evan Neal OT Aiden Hutchinson EDGE Kayvon Thobideaux EDGE Ickey Ekwonu OT Sauce Gardner CB Kyle Hamilton S Charles Cross OT Travon Walker EDGE That only leaves two spots in the top ten and neither one should go to a wideout.
Jets have a tremendous draft opportunity. 2 in first round. 2 in second round. 1 in third. 2 in 4th. 2 in fifth. They have 9 selections in the top 163 players. JD trades might change this but currently the jets get a chance to replace 5-7 players with better players. Off hand, the jets current roster can be improved by 1 edge, 1 wr, 1lb,1db, 1dl and so on. You pick different positions, doesn't matter. 5-7 additions that can start over current players is a BIG CHANGE. And that is what is required for the curve to have an upswing
