Best draft for the Jets, EVER?

I thought 2000 was the best. This is definitely up there, though.

 

Definitely a fantastic draft, but more importantly IMO is that our coaching staff apparently knows how to coach up the young guys and are not afraid to play them. Seeing the dramatic improvements from DRob and BT is proof of their coaching ability.

 

you have to put eric smith in that as well. The guy is starting to prove that the 3rd round wasn't a complete waste.

 

Drew Coleman had some starts here and there as well.

 

Sorry, but with Drew Coleman, all I can think of his him whiffing on Mark Bradley in the Bears game.

 

He was a 6th rounder for a reason.

A 6th rounder starting 3-4 games for us is impressive, no matter how good or bad our CBs are in general.

 

I still prefer the 2000 draft w/ Pennington, Ellis, Abraham, n Coles then the 2001 draft w/ Santana Moss, Lamont Jordan and Kareem McKenzie. But this year was a great draft

 

2000 was great, but hell, we had FOUR first rounders! If that doesn't turn out to be a great draft, somebody F'ed up big time.

When I saw this thread I went back and looked at the last 25 years...damn we had some BAD DRAFTS!!! I'm impressed with the contributions made by this year's draftees, from top to bottom. Still you really need to assess a draft a few years down the road, I think. This year's could be the best in our history if guys continue to work and produce.

 

1965 draft was better.

 

We had a coupe of real good drafts in the late '70s

They set up our success in the '80s. But this draft was right up there.

 

Fair point about the 2001 draft. 2000 should be #1 also b/c the Abraham pick was really Nick Mangold. No Mangold and 2006 isnt as impressive

 

The Jets will have either #37 or #38 in the 2007 draft because of the trade with the Redskins completed during the 2006 draft

 

Wow this trade looks even better now, maybe a LaMarr Woodley, DeMarcus Tyler, Amobi Okoye or Michael Bush on the board at that point

 

Genom....you're right on!!! Eric Smith has been outstanding on Special teams and in nickel & dime situations. Eric is from Central Ohio, where I live, and he was an outstanding High School player. I saw Eric's School (Groveport) play our local High School and he was a man among boys....hard to believe the Buckeyes let him get away.

I still believe though, both of our 3rd rounders were a reach, but the 4th round made up for both of them.

 

Here are some pretty good drafts from the past:

The 1977 New York Jets Draft:


Rnd Pick Ovrall Name College Pos
1 4 4 Marvin Powell USC T
2 5 33 Wesley Walker California WR
3 16 72 Tank Marshall Texas A&M DE
4 5 89 Scott Dierking Purdue RB
5 4 116 Perry Griggs Troy State WR
5 17 129 Gary Gregory Baylor T
6 5 144 Joe Klecko Temple DT
7 1 168 Charlie White Bethune-Cookman RB
7 4 171 Bob Grupp Duke DB
7 28 195 Kevin Long South Carolina RB
8 5 200 Dan Alexander Louisiana State DT
8 15 210 Ed Thompson Ohio State LB
9 4 227 Matt Robinson Georgia QB
10 5 256 John Hennessy Michigan DE
11 28 307 Dave Butterfield Nebraska DB
12 5 312 Phil Gargis Auburn RB
12 6 313 Dave Conrad Maryland T


The 1979 New York Jets Draft:


Rnd Pick Ovrall Name College Pos
1 14 14 Marty Lyons Alabama DE
2 13 41 Mark Gastineau East Central Oklahoma DE
3 12 68 Donald Dykes SE Louisiana DB
4 14 96 Eric Cunningham Penn State G
4 16 98 Johnny Lynn UCLA DB
5 13 123 Kelly Kirchbaum Kentucky LB
5 15 125 Stan Blinka Sam Houston State LB
6 12 149 Bill Dufek Michigan G
7 14 179 Emmett King Houston RB
7 22 187 Keith Brown Minnesota DB
8 6 198 Marshall Harris Texas Christian DT
8 13 205 Willie Beamon Boise State LB
9 12 232 Gordy Sprattler North Dakota State RB
10 14 262 Steve Sybeldon North Dakota T
10 15 263 Ed McGlasson Youngstown State C
11 13 288 Danny Sanders Carson-Newman QB
12 11 314 Paul Darby SW Texas State WR

The 1989 New York Jets Draft:


Rnd Pick Ovrall Name College Pos
1 14 14 Jeff Lageman Virginia LB
2 14 42 Dennis Byrd Tulsa DE
3 14 70 Joe Mott Iowa LB
4 14 98 Ron Stallworth Auburn DE
5 14 126 Tony Martin Mesa State WR
6 12 151 Marvin Washington Idaho DE
6 14 153 Titus Dixon Troy State WR
7 14 181 Stevon Moore Mississippi DB
8 14 209 Anthony Brown West Virginia RB
9 14 237 Pat Marlatt West Virginia DT
10 14 265 Adam Bob Texas A&M LB
11 14 293 Artie Holmes Washington State DB
12 14 321 Willie Snead Florida WR

The 1993 New York Jets Draft:


Rnd Pick Ovrall Name College Pos
1 4 4 Marvin Jones Florida State LB
2 7 36 Coleman Rudolph Georgia Tech DE
4 4 88 David Ware Virginia T
5 3 115 Fred Baxter Auburn TE
5 8 120 Adrian Murrell West Virginia RB
5 17 129 Kenny Shedd Northern Iowa WR
6 4 144 Richie Anderson Penn State RB
7 3 171 Alec Millen Georgia T
8 4 200 Craig Hentrich Notre Dame K

The 2004 New York Jets Draft:


Rnd Pick Ovrall Name College Pos
1 12 12 Jonathan Vilma Miami (FL) LB
3 13 76 Derrick Strait Oklahoma DB
4 12 108 Jerricho Cotchery North Carolina State WR
4 36 132 Adrian Jones Kansas T
5 11 143 Erik Coleman Washington State DB
6 13 178 Marko Cavka Sacramento State T
7 12 213 Darrell McClover Miami (FL) LB
7 33 234 Trevor Johnson Nebraska DE
7 34 235 Derrick Ward Ottawa (KS) RB
7 35 236 Rashad Washington Kansas State DB

 

The reason all of these players had an impact, besides from being excellent draft picks, our HC wasn't afraid to have an open competition. Our former Coach gave starting positions to Vets by default, even if they didn't deserve it. A rookie can't show their talents sitting on the pine..........ala Cotchery the last 2years.

 

I will say tho if Kellen Clemens is as good as Ron Jaworski and Merrill Hoge said on draft day, then this will be the draft that defines us for the next 5 to 10 years and the greatest draft in Jets history

 

Is it the draft, or is it the system?

Obviously Mangold is a stud, and im certain d'brick is going to be a very good player aswell.

Leon Washington is also very talented. If he had left after his junoir year at Florida state, he was projected as a late 2nd round-3rd rounder.

but for the other guys, the eric smiths of the world (don't get me wrong- i like this kid a lot), you wonder if they are truly the long-term answers or thriving because of the situations they're in.

Brad Smith remains the wild card. This year, he was basically the handy-man of the team. It remains to be seen if we can harnass his tremendous ability into a hines ward (who many people forget was a QB at Georgia) type of weapon.