How can you leave out UDFA Snacks! Also Antonio Allen is a 6th round pick I believe and he looks like he can make an impact.
I don't think the plan is to find 12 starters in this years draft, or even 4-5. The plan is to improve the depth of the core. If you think our starters are not great, what does that tell you about our second and third level players? The foundation of this team is weak and needs to be fixed, we can do that through a couple of drafts. Some will turn out to be starters, some will be second tier players, but all will be improvements. Its not hard to see 6 new players on our roster from this draft.
Yea I really dont know what people expected. I dont see us possibly being a SB contender until atleast another 2 years. We have a chance to make the playoffs this season of course but I dont expect to. Our team was an absolute mess. It takes time to fix.
I think the Jets are planning to start 4 or 5 guys out of this years draft. They only made 7 picks last year and they started 4 of those guys and let them take their lumps. I would be really surprised if they don't have the first 3 rounds plus one of the 4th rounders plus potentially a later pick who comes on in camp starting this year. Everybody the Jets took in the first 3 rounds last year wound up starting.
Fun Fact that I just realized: The Jets have 12 draft picks in 2014. From 2009 to 2011 (Ryan's first three seasons with Mike Tannenbaum as the GM), they had a total of just 13.
4-5 starters is asking quite a lot. Maybe if its a good draft 4-5 players that contribute a lot their 1st year would be very good. What positions could a potential draft pick start? Possibly 1 WR, possibly a TE if we take one in the 1st two picks, possibly an OLB, Possibly a safety, possibly a guard and possibly a punter. Potentially that is 6 positions we could draft a starter. This draft is pretty deep and people say a third rounder this year may have the talent of a normal 2nd rounder. So it is possible we get 3-4 starters. Maybe what you said is not to unrealistic. But it might be asking to much and its certainly something you cannot plan just hope they are as good as you think. But 4-5 or maybe 5-6 players that are major contributors this year might be realistic. Regardless this years draft is pretty exciting. Waiting until May seems far too long.
Having a lot of draft picks is obviously a good thing but people need to realise the difference between having a player start and having a starting calibre player. Those are two totally different things. We might end up starting 6 of our draft picks but anyone who believes we will get 6 starting calibre players out of this draft with a good number of those picks being 4th and 6th rounders is going to be sorely mistaken. Hell, we had two firsts last year and who did we have start? Richardson (awesome), Milliner (garbage for 3/4 of the season, benched a few times), Geno (no legit competition once Sanchez went down and had up and down season to say the least, benched), Winters (bad), Tommy Bohanon (FB with no competition and contributed 62 yards all season). Adding depth is great, if nothing else maybe our special teams will suck less, but unless these guys improve they are just the guys you cross your fingers and hope don't have to play because it means an actual NFL calibre starter just got injured if they are on the field.
WR, TE, FS, CB, OLB, ILB, SS, OG, QB are all positions in which a talented rookie could take the job with a strong camp. WR, TE, FS and CB are positions that appear to have a vacancy at the moment. The thing to remember about Idzik vs the past regime is that Idzik values production over potential. He's not going to take projects in the first half of the draft and probably only sparingly after that. Maybe the 6th round is where you could start looking at project picks.
I think people need to realize we won't be able to perfect every single solitary position this year with above average/elite talent, some spots will be filled by average at best contributors who show up in decent degrees within their given systems after being given an opportunity to start. and thats okay, really its going to take time and years of drafting high end players in certain positions (and NOT drafting them in others) with a little bit of luck on lower round picks before we have a full roster of "starting caliber players" we want to solve everything all at once, but things aren't that simple, having this many picks should help expedite the process a bit though. also, you not from the states? realise? calibre? Would you say center or centre?
For the record I am cool with it taking some time it just seems some people are of the attitude "who needs free agency? We can just fill all our areas of need through the draft" and while we can do that I don't think we will be a super competitive team if we have 6th rounders filling areas of need on day one. And, yeah, I am Canadian which should explain my spelling. Sometimes my tablet changes it to American spelling though so I kind of flip back and forth haha
We currently have the lowest payroll in the league at 86mill and change,that's kinda sad when you consider this a NY sports team ,
Why is it "sad?" It's not like we're playing a sport without a cap and the biggest spenders win. In the NFL, the team that has the most talent relative to salary wins the Super Bowl. In essence, the thriftiest team often does best. That said, we do need to spend 89% of cap over a 4 year period, so I'm not convinced that we're done spending just yet. I just think our next round of free agent pickups will come in May after the draft.
The Jets' interest in CJ2K is picking up steam: Another source, Ian Rappaport, confirms Cimini's article from last week. If he is released, I would be on board with this.
I think I'd like this as well, although I wonder if he would be interested in being part of an RBBC situation. However, I would think such an approach would maximize his play-making potential
yea but who's gonna be left to sign by then?I just wanted another wr and a saftey or cb this way we can stay away from defense in round 1 .I'm not convinced we aren't drafting defense in round 1 again
Really were intrested in Chris Johnson but not Dsean?Johnson doesn't like running back by commitee and will be a head ache
The Jets need a play maker and cannot discriminate on the position that play maker plays. Johnson's open field play making ability is undeniable and would be an immediate open field, pass catching in the flat threat. At some point the agent needs to step in and explain to his client the makeup of all RB situations across the league. There is no market for RBs and the Jets could get him for cheap, if they make a move.
