There are still too many players who havent gotten on the field yet for me to call this class a bust. Pryor- Struggling, but its clear Rex is forcing him to play a position he clearly isnt comfortable in. Let him play in the box while Jarrett roams a bit more. Amaro- Looks like he's going to be a great player. McDougle- Hurt. Might be a total bust, but lets see him on the field first before we declare him done. Evans- Same as McDougle Saunders- Released. Terrible pick, should have taken Bryant. Idzik doesnt get a pass from me on this one. It was common knowledge among fans this was a bad pick. Dozier- Red Shirted. We'll know more next year. Most people actually liked this pick. Jeremiah George- Signed off our PS. Put on the PS so we could have AJ Edds on the active roster. Pretty sure Edd's is off the team now. Bad pick. Dixon/Boyd- Late round picks get cut, thats just how it works. Some people though Boyd coming in was a superior player to Geno. Now he's in that NFL minor league. I have no clue how Dixon is doing on Tampa though. IK- Hurt/Redshirt. Played great in the preseason. I have moderately high hopes for him next season. Enunwa- Court case is over. I'd like to see what he has in him, but he still isnt on the team, so I'll call this a bust for now. Reilly- 7th Round Special teamer So in my opinion too early to judge.
What you can tell after half a season is if a guy is going to be a star or even a solid starter. But what you can't tell yet is if other players aren't going to have good NFL careers. Like Calvin Pryor. His report card is incomplete so far. Despite all of the brickbats about the secondary within that 3 year span the Jets could end up with an excellent, young group of Dbs. Maybe.
Not even an honorable mention? The writer must not know anything about football. Is he a Mark Sanchez fan?
I don't think Pryor will be good. I like his athleticism but his football/coverage instincts are horrible and the rules will hurt his hitting. I think his future is as a situational run-stuffing/blitzing safety on a team already with good safeties. A luxury player. Not as a full time good starter. I hope I am wrong but that's how it looks to me.
To be fair the writer did not suggest our draft was bad; he just didn't think it was top 10 or worthy of one of the 6 honorable mentions. For all we know we might be 17th on his list. Plus, he's not really judging the teams' drafts per say but how the rookies thus far. 5 years from now we might be #1 when he does 5th year anniversary review of the top 10 rookie classes from 2014. I seriously doubt it but you never know.
Amaro is only player on the field. The difference between Pryor and Jarrett was clear in the Pittsburgh game. Pryor was a Rex pick more than an Idzik pick. Would have been better off wasting that pick on Manziel than on a position where we had some talent.
I'm not going to kill Pryor yet. He is supposed to be a Laron Landry style player. As for Jace he looks like he can separate and make plays. He dropped a ball right to him the other day. Not the first time. What I'm saying is that it's not a slam dunk with him yet that he's going to be good.
I miss Green Guy, he knew his stuff and he didn't have a chip on his shoulder like some of the knowledgeable guys at that point. Even when he was wrong he added to the conversation and didn't chip at people's knees in the process. On topic: there's no way to judge this draft yet. If the Jets get 4 quality players out of it it's a good draft. If you do that every year you build a great roster. I'm not even going to go player by player as to where people are right now because that's pointless. It's where they are in 2016 that will tell us if this draft was good or bad.
"Mark Sanchez said Wednesday that Packers first-round safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is playing better than any rookie he has seen this season." that is my favorite part, what a dagger.
So much of how a young player develops is based on the coaching staff. Some HCs loath to play rookies no matter what (Parcells for example) while others seem OK putting rookies out there and learning by fire. I remember getting angry over Pennington riding the pine for so many games (years?) before finally getting the nod. Same seems to have happened to Jarrett.....we had him around but never even started him (which means he never even practiced with the ones) until now. If Bledsow never got his rib cage crushed in and lungs collapsed we may never have even heard the name Tom Brady. So it goes for so many rookies....
It's a little heart-breaking that we don't have impact players right away but you got a point, I did like what McDougle brought to the table before the injury, he appears to be good at locating the football. Maybe IK sees the field more later in the season and gets better - I would really like to see him on the active roster because that kid has a motor.
Mark's playing against the Pack on Sunday. So he's basically smoozing the guy. And on game day they'll throw at him all day. Pretty smart if you ask me.
mark sanchez being smart is another dagger lol, I wont lie I was one of the people who were frustrated by his play but I still wish he had one more shot with us... something I do not wish with geno...
I would say no to both guys. Mark being smart and buttering up an opponent doesn't mean anything. Being smart and not throwing a red zone pick is being intelligent.
This year has been such a total train-wreck at this point, it's hard to see how the rookies would have been making a major impact in that environment. The CB's going down was bad because that was a preset storyline that the media was going to inflict on us every time the Jets gave up a TD through the air. Losing Milliner and McDougle to IR just lit a match on what was going to be an over-hyped story all year anyway.' The QB's, now that was the killer. We have no idea who decided to keep Geno in as long as they did, however it's useful to remember that Rex stuck with Sanchez through hell and not quite back in 2012. This despite having other QB's on the roster that people were clamoring for. Sticking with his starters through thick and thin is a Rex trademark at this point.
Ftr I don't recall any real positives relayed about McDougle during camp before he got hurt. Going into next year, you're talking about someone who will be coming off two seasons spent on the couch. Add in that most say his pick was a reach, and it's not too early to say this does not look like a good pick. Does that mean it is impossible he will eventually be productive? No, but right now...
