Draft Pick Update
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Bent
In case you’re interested…entering overtime at the Meadowlands:
Jets win = Jets pick 6th in 2008 draft
Chiefs win or tie = Jets pick 3rd
Update: Jets win 13-10, so they pick 6th, so they drop a few positions, but save some money on the salary cap.
Update 2: Oops, hang on, the kick has been called back because of a penalty.
Update 3: OK, it counts this time. Jets finish up 4-12 with a triumphant win and will indeed pick sixth.
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Thoughts of McFaddin are gone, but I am happy to see Herm leave the Meadowlands with a loss. Glad to have this otherwise disappointing season end on a winning note. Strong effort by the defense today.
Bassett, I came here expecting the first posting of our draft position and was not disappointed — by you.
I was shocked by how inept and out of depth Kellen looked. Yikes! There is no way our staff should anoint him the starter as Herm has (mistakenly) done.
While I know we need new DEs, probably should let Hobson walk, and need to replace BLT who is worthless and Barrett, I really want to replace Clement, Moore and all the LG with guys who can run and pass block.
Can you imagine how TJ would look with actual holes? I bet Chad would resemble an NFL QB with pass blocking and a run game.
Well, I am happy about the pick. Traditionally, there is great value from picks 5-7. I sure hope we don’t screw this up.
harlan
I would like to find a partner who a give us their #1 somwhere between 12-16 & a #2 & #4 or a #1 in 2009
As a fan, I wanted us to win, but . . . this is bittersweet. At 3 we would have been guaranteed one of the Long’s or McFadden. At 6 we might with a little luck still land Chris Long (I don’t see him being a great fit for Oakland, Atlanta or KC and St. Louis used its first pick on Carricker last year (the player from last year’s draft Long’s game is most similar to). If not Chris Long, then I would expect us to take one of the 2 highly rated DE who can play OLB in the 3-4, namely either Derrick Harvey or Vernon Gholston. This is probably a little bit of a reach, but I don’t see us taking a LT, QB or an ILB at this spot, so if Long is gone we might have to reach a little.
Toon, agree with your post- we have alot of holes to fill (atleast 2 OL, OLB, CB, tall fast WR, et al) and the more day 1 picks the merrier, the problem is getting a team to do such a deal with . . .
Harlan-
Credit to Bent, he was the one who made the post. :D I was out eating sushi! But came back and have crunched the numbers and it works like this:
MIAMI – 1 WIN
SAINT LOUIS – 3 WINS
KANSAS CITY – 4 WINS — 127 opp. wins
OAKLAND – 4 WINS — 130 opp. wins
ATLANTA – 4 WINS — 131 opp. wins
NEW YORK – 4 WINS — 133 opp. wins
Basically as the only team with the Pats twice on the schedule, their going 16-0 killed the Jets draft order. Had the Pats won “just” 14 games, the Jets would have drafted 4th.
WE STINK!!! i am not an expert on the draft at this minute….but the drop from 3 to 6 is significant from what i know. mcfaddon and long are peaced….2 impact players we could have used!!!! wow this team loves to torture us!!!
“I was shocked by how inept and out of depth Kellen looked. Yikes! There is no way our staff should anoint him the starter as Herm has (mistakenly) done”.
Harlan,
Go back to draft day when I said then, and continue you say. Drafting Kellen Clemens was a huge franchise destroying mistake made by a couple of amateurs. I wrote way back then that Clemens was a system QB (run and shoot) who only put up great stats in the six games in his senior season before breaking his leg. The prior three seasons in a pro style college offense he wasn’t rated among the top 30 NCAA QB’s in any passing category.
What I have been saying for two years is that a strong armed QB who is inaccurate results in low completion percentages, too many INT’s and dropped passes, a reincarnation of Browning Nagle.
To paraphrase Denny Green “He is what I thought he was”.
Jets top priority in the draft is a franchise QB
Are you sure its #6? Where did you get the strength of schedule update? I went through all the teams at 4-12 and added up the wins and losses and I came up with Oakland, KC and Atlanta having identical SOS records with the Jets 1/2 game ahead, meaning if Tennessee wins the Jets would be tied with the other four teams, but if Tennessee loses the Jets would have the worse SOS record and therefore be #3.
I’m not sure how I did it wrong, its definately possible, but I’m curious where you got your info
Thanks
I counted KC’s opponents wins below and they equal 131, not 127
Hou – 8
Chi – 7
Minn – 8
SD -11
Jax – 11
Cin -7
Oak – 4
GB – 13
Den – 7
Indy -13
Oak – 4
SD – 11
Den – 7
Tenn – 9
Det – 7
NYJ – 4
Add that up and it equals 131, not 127. Unless I’m a complete dope, your numbers are wrong
I hate to tell you this, but I have the JETS picking 5th not 6th. Please recheck your math or your sources.
For what it’s worth, SNY Jets Post Game kept saying the Jets are picking 6th.
Do the jets have any extra picks by any chance? Just wondering, thanks.
The Jets have 132 opponent wins with Tennessee going tonight not 133.
Oakland has 131 too, not 130 with both teams playing tonight, so they will be at 132.
seems you guys are right, i was going by nfl.com and the wins weren’t updated … cheers
as far as I can tell, the game tonight is then meaningless and OAK’s SoS would still be higher.
Fire all of them now that there is still time. Tannenbaum first, Mangini second. These kids are not only unprofessional they are stupid.
Should the Jets trade Pennington?