PHILADELPHIA – Jets GM Mike Maccagnan sat put for his first three picks, then he put on his trading hat. Maccagnan traded down four different times in this draft, the most ever in Jets franchise history. The Jets started this draft with seven picks and left with nine players and the Cowboys fifth-round pick in…
Draft day is finally here! I don’t know about you, but it’s my favorite day of the year. Sure you have that narrative about hope and the future and all that jazz, but really I just love watching how everything unfolds. To see how teams think and build their rosters and how their blueprint differs…
Stop me if you heard this before: the New York Jets are in the midst of a rebuild. Sound familiar? As you prepare for another season of vanilla football at a half-empty stadium, you do have something to look forward to as the NFL Draft approaches Thursday evening. For this day represents a time in the sport…
“With the sixth pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the New York Jets select…” At that point, every Jets fan will be sitting on the edge of their seat, waiting to hear Roger Goodell announce the name of the guy who will be the Jets’ first pick of 2017, the name that could very well…
The cards have been stacked against him. Todd Bowles knows his hand isn’t the best one at the table. Yet, that still won’t force him to fold early. No, this head coach is going to compete to the very end – even if it is one big bluff. On Tuesday, the Jets head coach addressed…
Every year as the draft approaches the classic debate emerges, should you draft the best player available or draft for need. Jets GM Mike Maccagnan is a proponent of the best player available strategy – also the correct strategy – and he should be even more so this year. With the Jets having so many…