Jets' must do better in this years draft. Jets' left alot of needs on the board last draft & received alot of praise from mostly there 1st round picks & Leon Washington. All the rest of players are & were rated very marginal. Jets' must be careful drafting only "Mangini Guys". They better make sure they draft really good football players, or they will get left in the pack. Clemens must prove top be the real deal or that was a wasted 2nd rounder. Jets' left alot of highly rated OL on the board last draft. They basically wasted there 2 3rd round picks. Pats' have 10 picks so far in this draft & 2 first round picks.....scary. Jets' can't afford to miss & need to nail some real impact players or else...progress will be minimal. I know alot of people & posters praised the Jets' last draft, but they left alot of good players on the board when they had there chance to really clean up. Scout.com had alot of players the Jets' drafted rated lower than when the Jets' selected them ??? Scout.com is usually pretty accurate about alot of these players & we saw how the players selected performed. Jets' need to do much better this year & be very careful about drafting these "Mangini" type guys....IMO.
You talk as if a good draft is where every player we pick turns out to contribute right away. In reality this doesn't happen. The fact that we got 3 starters and a third wide receiver is pretty damn good. WE cant expect for all of the players that the jets draft to contribute right away and drastically improve our team. That's just unrealistic. I think if we have the same quality draft in 07 as we did in 06 we will be in very good shape.
What about players like Eric Smith and Brad Smith who were both contributers to last seasons team? Eric Smith showed great ability to hit and Brad Smith obviously showed a lot of promise as a tricky player. We also picked a future QB in Kellen Clemmens. Of course, we have no idea how good he will be but at some point you need to take a chance on a QB sometime.
Last year was one of the best drafts we've had...top 10 all-time for us no doubt about it, probably top 5. And that's without seeing if guys like Clemens and Schlegel work out. I'd have no problem if we follow the same path we did in drafting players last year.
If you throw in the 2nd rounder we pilfered from washington, then it was a good draft. Schlegel and smith were big reaches in round 3,however--I can't believe they didn't use one of those picks for the d-line.
Thats exactly what I mean...That 3rd round. That 3rd round is biting the Jets' right now. They coulda had 2 impact players but instead, they drafted 2 marginal players. I complained about it then & I'm still feeling the bite from it & so are the Jets'.
No offense, but this is a lousy review of our draft... As you mentioned, we got two keys to our offensive line with a LT in D'Brick and Nick Mangold, nearly a Pro Bowler. Great picks... We also got a promising QB with Kellen Clemens, who coaches, scouts and analysts that include Ron Jaworski and Mel Kiper speak very highly of. Good pick there... Anthony Schlegal had a silent and disapointing season, but you can't call him a bad pick because he didn't play as a rookie. Give him at least a season or two of him not producing before labeling him a bad pick... Eric Smith was a good pick too. He was a very solid tackler and hard hitting SS. He even notched a pair of interceptions. He could very well start over Erik Coleman. Brad Smith was a key special teamer and all around weapon on offense. He could be our slot reciever this season. Great pick there... And one of the steals of the draft in 2006 was a Leon Washington. He provided game-breaking ability that won us games down the stretch. He adds another dimension to our offense from a rushing, recieving and returning standpoint. He'll provide an excellent 1-2 punch with Thomas Jones... Jason Posciak went on IR early so we have no judgement on him. Drew Coleman played pretty solidly minus the infamous Mark Bradley play against the Bears, which ended his season really. He did well up until then especially for a 6th round rookie CB. He'll probably stick around as a reserve corner and special teamer... Not bad for a 6th round pick. Titus Adams was cut... Oh well, 7th round pick... What can you do? I don't see how in the world we need to draft any better than that? It doesn't matter what a website says about our draft... If the Jets have a draft this successful this year, I would be in shock. Also, if we did have that good a draft again, we'd go into the playoffs again and deeper.
Congratulations for the most absurd post of the offseason. I encourage you to watch at least one of last year's games and start following the Jets. Last year's draft was probably the best one we ever had besides in 2000. We got two extremely solid OL , a nice change of pace running back, a safety who contributed as well as a gadget player who might turn out to be our 3rd wr. Plus, we got out backup quarterback who will most likely be our qb of the future. I am sorry the Jets werent able to please you and draft a Tomlinson/Manning type player in every single round from 1-7. It would be a huge cause of concern for us if Mangini and the rest of the FO paid attention to what the almighty scout.com says.
Frankly I thought we had an unusually good draft. We got a great mix of leadership/hold the fort type guys, long term starts w/ upside, and developmental prospects for the future. The 3rd round may not have been great value wise, but Smith looks like a keeper and may compete for a starting role as early as this year, and Schlegal has alot more potential than many are leading on.
What do you expect - the Jets to go 8 for 8 or 9 for 9 with their draft picks. Last year's draft was probably the 2nd best in the last 10 years (2000 is probably a little better because of the 1st round picks). The got 2 OL that will anchor their line for the next 10 years. They found a sleeper RB, and all-around great athlete in Brad Smith and a possible QB of the future. What more do you want?
Good post. Titus Adams was cut at the end of TC, was resigned to the practice squad and ultimately signed to the active roster of the NY Giants. So, for a 7th rd draft pick, that's certainly acceptable performance. I really liked him, thought he had potential, but I wasn't at practices.
I liked what i saw from Adams at practice. He certainly needed some work w/ his technique but he had the skills to contribute in the 3-4. Unfortunately the Giants liked him alil too much and snagged him from our PS.
First of all, your thread title is quoting. . . apparantly you. Second, your post makes very little sense. Learn grammar.
No need for insults, stating your opinion is one thing, it's another to reply w/ nothing but negative feedback for another poster
Smith was a good pick, Schlegel, we dont know yet. Remember, they got Kim Von Holfen, whatever his name is, who people were saying was going to be good but couldn't have been any worse. Then Pohua went down with an injury. So they thought the DL was taken care of before the draft, although they could used more depth. They added depth at other positions with Eric Smith and Schlegel. You cannot fill all your needs in one draft. This year, they added dept at the DL with the off season signings. I hope they draft an offensive lineman in the first round. That would help the running game a lot. And judging by last year's draft, they may do that.
Don't get me wrong, Jets' did ok in last years draft, but they had a chance to get some blue chip talent....that would have helped the needs ^ reached for some broken chipped talent. Now...thats a fact. Now if you're satisfied with that, then you are satisfied with mediocrity. And I for one am not. . I also noticed that most posters that responed, only responed to the comment of how "the Jets' had to do better in draft ." There was much more important things mentioned ...such as the Pats' have 10 picks this year, etc. "Mangini -type guys", as opposed to the best players available. You cats' seem caught up by emotions & not by winning & dominance :up: "Now...Thats my view. :grin:
last years draft was tremendous and also herms last 2 was key to our secondary unit. i still say we should go offense with our first pick and and get a couple of starters as well.
1. Brick: Maybe not worth the 4, but he had a good rookie year, and it's early to tell how much better he gets. If we have a good, consistent starter for 10 years at LT, he was a fine pick. Still up in the air on the degree of how good it was. 1. Mangold: Looks like a superb pick with no reason to think otherwise. 2. Clemens: Too early to tell, but if Chad improves upon last year with a full year of rest, this pick could be made obsolete 3. Eric Smith-Seems like a decent pick, too early to tell. He's shown promise 3. Schlegel-Looks like a completely wasted pick at this point, but he deserves another year to potentially show promise. 4. Leon Washington-Looks like a very good pick at this point. 4. Brad Smith-Has shown flashes, hopefully he can become a solid enough player 5. Jason Pociask-Got hurt, didn't really have an injury history before, can't really blame the Jets. 6. Drew Coleman-For a 6th round pick, he did fine 7. Titus Adams-Caught in a numbers game, signed to PS, got signed away. For a 7th round pick, whatever. Getting 5 immediate contributors as well as your possible QB of the future, a possible RB of the future, and a stud C and possibly a stud LT is a very good draft.
The only team that gets the type of value Run_N_Gun10 seems to expect is the Ravens, or maybe your franchise team on Madden with the difficulty level set to All-Pro. We got a lot of steal talent as well as a few blue-chippers in the early rounds. E. Smith could end up starting over Coleman at SS this season, Brad Smith is converting to a new position but still is a huge contributor as well as getting respect from opposing defenses without actually doing much yet. Think about it, teams were shifting for a rookie with no experience switching to wideout. Those teams scouted Brad Smith and were scared enough by what they saw to gameplan him overtly. Leon, I can't say anything that someone in this thread hasn't already said. So far he is the steal of the Jets' 2006 draft. Mangold and Brick are what they are, and the jury hasn't even convened for Clemens yet. but you do have to like the way many of the critics agree that he is a dynamic QB, intelligent and physically gifted. The 2006 draft was successful if you judge it by current results, although the truth of that will not be known for a few more years. I could only hope to do as well this year.
