It’s not as if this was unexpected. This was more like the inevitable but it is here. As reported earlier in the day and confirmed by Rich Cimini of ESPN, the Jets have declined to pick up the fifth year option on linebacker Darron Lee. Again, this is no surprise. Everyone knows that Darron Lee…
Time to grade the Jets draft class of 2019. It was a highly anticipated class, and Mike Maccagnan’s fifth since he arrived at Florham Park, NJ. Who would he choose? How would he handle each of the team’s six picks? Here they are to remind everyone, with a link to our write up of each…
Florham Park, NJ – After seven rounds the 2019 NFL draft is officially over but not everyone who entered the draft was fortunate to have their name called to the stage in Nashville. Many of those players’ phones started ringing as soon as Mr. Irrelevant was announced, they know the odds are stacked against them…
In the sixth round of the draft, the Jets remained on the defensive side of the football. Many have hoped that they would address the cornerback position and they finally did. The selection was Blessuan Austin cornerback out of Rutgers. He has had some difficulty staying on the field over the last couple of years,…
Well the Jets fifth round pick is in the books, and another Cashman is headed to Gotham. The Jets have selected Blake Cashman, linebacker out of Minnesota. Cashman played four years at Minnesota and had a big season as a senior. In his final year as a Golden Gopher, Cashman posted 104 tackles, 15 TFL’s…
Florham Park, NJ – After trading down twice in the fourth-round, picking up a fifth-round pick then swapping that fifth-round pick to move up further in the fifth, the Jets settled on tight end, Trevon Wesco, from West Virginia. Wesco is 6’3″, 267 lbs., and ran a 4.89 40 at the combine. Wesco, who is from…
Florham Park, NJ – With their second, third-round pick Jets GM Mike Maccagnan drafted offensive tackle, Chuma Edoga from USC, which marks the highest draft pick he’s ever spent on the offensive line. Maccagnan has only drafted one starter (Brandon Shell) on the offensive line since he’s been the general manager here, instead chosing to try…
Florham Park, NJ – Jets fans desperately wanted GM Mike Maccagnan to draft an edge rusher with the third overall pick in this draft, instead Maccagnan took an inside defensive lineman that can rush the passer in the first and managed to draft a first-round talent at edge rusher in the third-round. When you watch the…
Florham Park, NJ – Jets fans have wanted an edge pass rusher since John Abraham left to play for the Atlanta Falcons, they didn’t get their edge rusher tonight but the absolutely got a pass rusher in Alabama’s Quinnen Williams, and a potentially dominate one at that. They say there’s more than one way to skin…
Day one of the NFL draft is wrapping up in Nashville as I write this post. Day two will be here before we know it. It looks like the Jets will be staying put with two third round picks and none in the second round. You never know, of course, but it seems to be…