God only knows we have plenty of "who should be draft at No.4, 29th and 35th " threads, each as diverse and creative as the next. Franchise QB or OL DL help is the question. I enjoy the thought process many of the folks in this site take and respect their football knowledge. Here is my take. I can't help but think that Mangini and his taff will be approaching this as a 2 to 3 year building block of long term contributors, not a do or die for the 2006 season via this year's draft. In my opinion they will be targeting smart, overachieving players that can exceed in a team environment much like NE or the Steelers, and not necessarily one or two big name super stars like the approach taken by Philly, Colts, Giants or the Falcons. Last year taugh us a couple of very painful lessons. Game one agains the Chiefs showed total, absolute lack of preparation by our coaching staff. I truly believe that will not happen with this new FO. Game two showed us the glaring weakness of our OL, where we lost both QBs and our season was immidiately lost on account of it. Can we realistically think therefore that Mangini will target a QB at 4, and if so without major help up front how can we hope that our OL does not get Chad and or Ramsey or whoever killed. Do we want to pay a kings randsom for a QB this year for him to sit on the Bench? How much will he learn by watching Chad or Ramsey run for their lives behind a paper thin line? The same analogy stands for a RB, you can not run behind a line that opens no holes. In my opinion Mangini and the gang have no choice but to start with the fundamentals. Build the line, through the draft and some free agency(iffy). With a better OL the likes of Chad, Ramsey, Curtis and so on can flourish under the new regime. With a solid D we can stay competitive. With a super star QB now we can only hope he does not get killed, or discouraged, or lock us into cap hell before our time. This year's NYJ draft can set the stage for a strong future for a change. We ought to do it from the ground up.
This is exactly what the Jets need to do. If you can't runblock and you can passblock and you can't hike the ball, your offense is going to have troubles no matter who is in the backfield. Fix the trenches and then get the superstars.
I agree. Games are won on Blocking and Tackling. The Jets need to adress the O line and I believe they should with the 4th overall pick. Thus the reason for my avatar.
yes...wait no...never mind. this draft should be primarily olineman, however not in the first round. There you work on building a scary defense with the BADP. In 1A u take the BA o lineman which should be mangold however if jax takes him then Max Jean Gilles. 2nd round i would, contrary to popular belief, take a WR. I think the 2 of the top 3 WR's might be there...so we should take one. If not, LB. 3rd round i think you take o'callaghan and sure up RT.
