I agree to an extent but the problem is does anyone really trust Mac at identifying a QB considering he selected Hack and passed on both Mahomes & Watson? Like I said I’m not crazy about Allen either but a lot of professionals are and this draft is considered to have 5 legit first rd prospects. It will be inexcusable to not come out of the first rd with one of them and I would seriously question Macs ability if he doesn’t. Whether he has to trade up or down is up to him but his Jets career depends on first getting one of the QBs and then having that QB work out. Assuming of course Jets don’t sign Cousins.
Like Bowles said yesterday, you gotta have a plan A, B, C, D and E! I want Cousins here too, but its not looking good. Jackson won't last till round 2. I think he's going in the top 15-20 picks especially if he shows up at the combine. And hell no, I don't wanna see him in a Patriots / Bills / Dolphins uni.
I know we've been through it before, but the best case scenario to me is the Bills or Dolphins blowing a first round pick on Lamar Jackson. I don't think either of them will. I'm not sure anyone will unless, like you said, he has a great combine. But I think a lot of GMs will be able to put two and two together considering his style of play and why the combine would probably make him look better than he is.
Hope he can throw passes too. We've gone down this rabbit hole for the last 10 years and where has it gotten us? You could draft J.J Watt, Joey Bosa and Kacey Rodger would not know what to do with them. Let it go with the defensive players in the top of the draft. This league is geared to score points.
Hell no playing Lamar Jackson twice a year. Put the bong down my friend. I absolutely disagree on this. I also don't think you know his style of play, his TRUE style of play. The BEST case is one of them drafting Mason Rudolph.
Saying we'd play him twice a year implies he's good enough to start I've watched Lamar Jackson plenty. I actually loved him coming into this year. Was all aboard the Lamar train after his sophomore year. Then he just didn't get better. Maybe it's because there's a bunch of good QBs this year, but I came away wanting nothing to do with him.
I would say the best case is both the Dolphins and Bills stay with Tannehill & Taylor as we already know both are turds.
Well yes, this is the best case scenario. But it would also be nice for them to blow a first round pick on someone who will be awful and probably out of the league in 4 years.
That has been his M.O. since he got here. Even more plausible since they just cut Wilkerson. We have lost Snacks, Ricjardson and Wilkerson since Macc has arrived on the scene. I dare him to take a defensive player this year. It will just expedite Macc and Bowles exit from the Jets.
If one of Cousins, Mayfield, Darnold or Rosen is not wearing a Jets jersey come week one then we riot and torch this place. A couple more names MAY pop up i'll add to this short list but at this very moment only these 4. I haven't lost all my faith in Mac yet like some (justifiably) have but this would be the last straw.
I would say give him 4 games and he will be ready to start. I am sorry, but your 2nd sentence is a straight up lie, his biggest improve was this year in terms of being a QB ... watch the tape and observe his ability to play in the pocket, observe the reads, don't watch the highlights, watch the games. Perhaps you are looking at the entire team as a whole and their record.
It could be, but not necessarily. That all depends upon one's point of view, i.e., whether one is a glass half full or a glass half empty type of person. Just because McCown (or whomever the vet QB is) is starting day one, doesn't necessarily mean that he will be starting all season. Granted, I don't trust Bowles very much, and have been one of the most critical of him. At least based on what we've seen to date, he is more likely to trust and go with the veteran over a rookie at the QB position, but that could be a product of whom the Jets young QBs were. That could change this season, with a better young QB. The Jets haven't had a QB they've drafted in the 1st round. Perhaps with a more talented young QB prospect who has greater accuracy, command of the offense, and ability to read opposing Ds, Bowles may opt to go with the rookie after a few games or even start him week one. It could be a case where the rookie isn't quite ready to start week one of the season, but by the 3rd or 4th game, he might be ready to go, and Bowles makes the switch. It will depend on whom the Jets are able to draft. IMO only Rosen and Mayfield could start their rookie seasons. They could be ready to start week one, but then again, it might be mid-season before they were really ready to start. There's no sense in throwing them to the wolves. The important thing is that whoever the young QB is that he succeed once he hits the field. Darnold, Allen and the rest of the QBs may need to sit for their rookie season. We'll just have to see. If the Jets are fortunate enough to get Mayfield or Rosen, and they look very good and ready or close to ready in preseason, then I'll be as pissed as anyone if Bowles doesn't start him by at least mid-season. If that QB looks like he's not ready and doesn't have command of the offense, then I'll understand why Bowles sticks with McCown (or whomever the vet QB is). McCown isn't Fitz.
Except unlike last year that QB needs to play and I mean not at the end of the season. Playing McCown does nothing for this team at all. Expecting a bum like him to have another career year is asking alot (remember Fitzpatrick?). 3-5 games max and then bring in the rookie. Rather see someone else entirely instead of McCown. Hope he goes off into retirement.
To each their own. I think you can give him 4 years and he won't be ready to start . No I didn't just watch the team, I watched a lot of Jackson himself. He's an exciting player, I LIKE watching him. I just don't think he's an NFL QB unless you come up with a gimmick offense for him to run, literally and figuratively. A sub-60% completion percentage throughout college is alarming. He's got a freakin cannon and he can buy time with his feet... but I still worry about trying to become a pocket passer in the league. His footwork ain't great and it's only going to get worse when he's staring down the barrel of behemoth DLs. If we took him in the second, I'd support it. If someone else grabbed him before then, I wouldn't care.
I disagree. If the Jets draft a rookie QB and he's not ready to start week one, starting McCown would definitely do something for the team and for that rookie QB. There is no good reason for starting the rookie just because he isn't McCown if he isn't ready to play. The last thing you want to do is get him injured or ruin his confidence right out of the gate. You want to give the kid a chance to develop, learn how to play QB the right way, adjust to the NFL, know the offense, be able to read Ds, etc., and not just throw him out there to the wolves.
Its exactly Fitz 2.0. if McCown comes back and starts. Both had career years and the Jets thought they were going place. The only reason its not Fitz 2.0 he had a better first year than McCown and more TD's.
I disagree, the main issue with LJ is his lower body mechanics that correlates to his inconsistent accuracy. It's well documented. The Eagles won the SB based off a "gimmick" offense called the RPO. It will not be hard to develop plays for Lamar Jackson. A scared, close minded OC perhaps. This year, he showed the ability to play in the pocket and have the patience. Again, you have to look at his full body of work this year. I threw away his first 2 years solely for the fact that he was a different player this year. Honestly, I judged Lamar based off this year and this year only and I saw a lot of growth and that's what you want to see from college QBs, growth. The sub 60% is an issue, but it didn't stop Stafford from being the #1 pick (shade under 60% at 57.1) and it sure as heck didn't stop Wilson from winning a SB. His footwork is inconsistent, but it can improve. That to me isn't a HUGE glaring issue. To me, I want the best QB and Lamar is in the top 3. I am taking him in the first round before 15. We can agree to disagree on that, but I am not going to wait too long.
