The jets needed a full time player from their first round pick, not a situational pass rusher. Huff just signed his second round tender and IS a situational pass rusher. Curious why you assume every player in his final contract year will never be resigned? I saw the poll this a.m. that 72% of jets fans calling in did not like this pick. good grief. You act like it is already 2024--I want to win in 2023.
Just because you draft someone in the first round doesn’t mean they are going to be a full-time player. JSN would not be taking a full workload considering our current receiver room. Broderick Jones would have been in a competition, no guarantee he would win it.
With how much we rotate our DL, McDonald will absolutely get a good chunk of PT this year. This pick screams they really want to kick JFM inside more this season and run an EDGE rotation of Lawson, JJ, Huff, and McDonald. That's some serious speed and versatility off the EDGE, which is something we haven't had in a really, really long time. I still think they look to add a space eater at DT but outside of that, our DL is set.
Except Broderick Jones would not have been a starter for us, at least not until Becton or Brown gets hurt, and even then Mitchell might be the first backup.
If the health of Bechton is the basis of whether or not someone is a full-time player, that is as close to an iron-clad lock that you can ask for.
This is one of the few arguments I'll agree with on the pick last night. I'm with you, I would've reunited JSN and GW. Watching Rodgers throw balls to them for the next year or two would've been fantastic.
What I don't like about the pick is I get the feeling he's a situational player and not a day one starter. In a first rounder, I want someone who's going to be on the field for most of the game at their position and they keep mentioning he's situational or just a pass rusher. Saleh compared him to Randy Gregory and Brian Burns. Those guys weren't first round picks.
Agreed, but I was speaking to the point the member who’s post I quoted was referring to, saying you don’t draft backups/rotational players in the first round. Jones would’ve been a backup.
Randy Gregory was going to be the first defensive player off the board in 2015 until he got popped for weed at the combine. So I’d say that’s a pretty solid comparison.
Yes 72% of arm chair GMs know more than the entire Jets front office. Give me a break. I'm not even saying it's a good pick. It isn't who I wanted, but to crush the FO when 95% of this board probably didn't even know who this kid was is asinine.
Hate to burst your bubble here but Brian Burns went 16th overall back in 2019 and has since produced 7.5, 9, 9, and 12.5 sacks in his first 4 years. Idk about the rest of you all but I sign up for that type of production from my 1st rounder all day, every day.
Yes, also this. Forgot to add it to my post about how Gregory was going to be the first D player taken in 2015.
Brian Burns was 20 years old when he was drafted. This guy is 24, basically, it is four year of development between both players. This guy better light out from day 1 and make the defense even better than they were last season because I don't see him as a building block for the future, he is a pure plug and play type of guy.
With all the quality QBs in the AFC that will be needed to be knocked on their asses to advance to / through the post season, I'm assuming JD wants as much pass rush as possible, and this guy being an older "plug-n-play" guy, and given Rodgers contract some guys will probably be let go next season. I just hope this is the guy
Guess we'll find out soon enough! Also, Burns was 21 when he was drafted and McDonald is currently 23, does that make this selection better for you?
He was hurt most of this year which explains his slide. I also suspect a portion of his time out was protecting himself for the draft. That logic makes less sense when you’re talking about luxury picks. We just drafted the #4 edge rusher on the depth chart walking in. #5 considering JFM’s ability to kick out.
We dress 10 DLM a game. 8 of them play regular snaps. Assuming JFM stays inside to make up for the loss of Rankins, Anderson will be rotating regularly with Lawson, JJ, Huff. On this team, EDGE4 is pretty important. WR5 is not as important.
He is 24 in a month. And yes it's significant for pass rushers. Speed, agility and strength are a key part of the position and he is already behind in term of age. His agility, speed will take a hit in his late 20s and 30s years old not to mention he is already undersized even as a 24 years old.
