Hopefully the Bowers talk is a smokescreen and that the Jets and the Colts have a handshake on a deal.
Bower’s talents would be wasted here because Hackett doesn’t have the necessary skill it takes draw up plays and schemes. The fact that the Jets can’t draft certain players due to the mediocrity of the coaching staff is a Johnson legacy of total organizational
Incompetency.
This coming Saturday at 12 noon , fans of all 32 NFL teams will collectively weigh a sigh of relief.
Two other important times this coming week for Jet fans only should be approximately 9pm Thursday and 7:30 pm on Friday.
Since about mid December, mock drafts started turning up on the internet. As fans of 31 teams ( intelligentJet fans knew their season was over when Rodgers went down on 9/11) were hoping their team would be making the playoffs, bloggers were starting their mock madness.
As playoff teams competed, the mocks increased.
As soon as the Chiefs were crowned champs, mock drafts madness started at a vicious pace.
There was once a time that fans would be happy to see the mocks, but as the mock industry has grown, the fan bases have become weary of them, way too many. Wayne too many wrong.
Ridiculous conclusions, trades that make absolutely no sense, basically square pegs were being put into round holes. New Mocks turning up on the internet faster than robo calls selling solar panels on your phone.
It is totally amazing that anyone would have the time and knowledge to mock all 257 draft slots plus have about 4-5 first round trades included.
You would think an individual with such futuristic insight would rather be making millions on the stock market.
It has become traditional with some of these bloggers to come out with mocks after the first round is completed,
Then they continue their madness Friday night with mocks of the players not selected between Thursday’s first round and Fridays 2nd and 3rd rounds.
Thusly when the 4th round starts noon on Saturday, the mock season is finally over, finished. Fans everywhere will say thank god it’s over.
I’m sure there could be an industrious blogger who might publish UNDFA signings predictions on Monday. It won’t be a Kiper or Jeremiah maybe an individual like Sebastian the Jet fan from Bensonhurst might attempt that madness.
Times this week, important to Jet fans.
This Thursday at approximately 9pm, the football world should know who the Jets selected. Only a trade down will extend the agony to hopefully around 9:15-9:30.
Will it be a wide receiver, Bowers or an offensive tackle, at this point all we Jets fans can hope for is they get it right. Any selection that doesn’t meet the above positions, will be greeted by the sound of thousands of tv remotes bouncing off of Jet fans walls.
Friday at approximately 7:30 pm, the Green Bay Packers will be making a second round pick using the pick they obtained from the Jets in the Rodgers trade fiasco. Thusly completing the Rodgers trade.
Presently the Rodgers trade is the worst trade in Jets history. It is the Anti Jamal Adams trade. While JD fleeced the Seahawks in the Adams trade, Green Bay picked the Jets pocket in the Rodgers deal. The Jets in a deal where neither team had leverage panicked the week before the draft and surrendered way too many assets for a 39 year old quarterback.
There was no way Rodgers would be playing in Green Bay in 2023.
The situation then resembles the present situation between Zach Wilson and the Jets. But the Jets capitulated, they raised the white flag.
Rodgers injury turned a terrible trade into a catastrophic year for the team and its fan base.
The Packers received a switch of first rounders, a 2023 second rounder ( which the Jets obtained by trading Elijah Moore and a third rounder to Cleveland for ) and the Jets 2024 second rounder which is basically a first rounder due to the depth of this draft.
So the trade cost the Jets a switch of first rounders, 2-2s, a 3 and Elijah Moore.
The return was 4 plays from Rodgers and Nate Hackett with his prevent offense. You could also add the outstanding performances from the Jets Lambeau Leapers Club of Lazard, Cobb, Amos, Boyle and Turnstile Turner.
Aside from the Denis Byrd injury, the Rodgers injury was the worst in Jets history. Jet fans were both stunned and numbed for days.
The only thing that could turn the negative dynamic of the Rodgers trade is an AFC East championship and an appearance in the AFC championship game. Anything less than then that would once again say “ Same Old Jets” and probably say bye bye or sayonara or Hasta la vesta to JD and Saleh.
The trials and tribulations of being a Jet fan, it never ends.
Attention!! Attention, the New York Jets have just announced that available for a limited time, limited supplies available Official NY Jets Draft Week TV remotes.
These quality remotes made in Myanmar, Asia are Green with white trim embossed with the new Jet insignia are a must have for all Jet fan remote throwers.
They are also adorned with a collage of previous Jet first round disasters such as Blair Thomas, Roger Vick, Ron Faurot, Vern “ the Ghoul” Gholston and Dee Millner.
Two hours before the Jets make their pick, study the collage, it will help get your arm ready.
They are also guaranteed to withstand up to 4 rounds or 4 terrible picks of throws.
For the low price of $19.69 plus shipping and handling, be prepared for Draft week.
I'm all in on a tackle - there's got to be a decent one left at 10. When you've got a 40-year-old QB coming off a snapped achilles, signing two 33-year-olds with injury histories on one-year-contracts is a big risk. Plus when the dust has settled on the Rodgers win-now plan, you'll still have the foundation of a decent offense with Tippman, AVT, Garrett, Breece and others.
Bowers does look great, but Conklin managed 60 receptions with average QB play, he could markedly improve with Rodgers at the controls. As long as Rodgers is protected...
I posted the following yesterday/last night on the last thread, but I think maybe only Daniel saw it, so I'm re-posting it here today. As David said, it could be smoke or a team trying to get Nabers to drop. I trust the guy who posted this. I know him pretty well and he knows Tony Pauline and he knew Joel Buchsbaum who was perhaps the best and most knowledgeable draftnik ever.
Take the following information with a grain of salt, but on another Jets fan site a poster I know and trust posted the following. I don't know if I trust Pauline, however. If Pauline is correct about the following regarding Nabers, I'd take him off of my board entirely.
Brief chat w Tony last night. Confirmed the "diva issues" about Nabers.
1. Busted w a gun during Mardi Gras. Plead down, promised ot never carry a handgun again and charges were dropped.
2. Punched a teammate in the jaw
3. Refused to get up at 9am during combine and "was a real bitch" the entire time there.
4. Refused to do certain things bec "MH Jr didnt have to do them so why do I?"
5. May have assaulted a girl on campus that was covered up.
Guys...this guy scares the sh*t out of me. Sometimes talent isnt enough to overcome personality. See OBJ, Diggs and Antonio Brown as great examples.
Other small tidbits:
1. Rumors swirling that Jets leaning towards OLman at 10
2. Doesnt think Fuaga can play LT but can play OG.
3. Made a good pt about Fanuata (Fautanu)...Penix is a lefty so technically Rosengarten was protecting his blind side
4. LOVES Fanashu (Fashanu) and thinks that should be the Jets pick at 10 unless Odunze falls to them
5. Very high on Bowers...says he was never really asked to block at GA but has ability to. Thinks he may not get to 10 anyway.
6. Rumor he heard was Pats moving down to 11 and taking Pennix there
Thursday will be exciting, drama from the third pick on , grab your popcorn 🍿, I’m a trade down OT guy, Like Fautanu big time. On board with taking Olu at 10, very curious to watch his draft stock since January. The players are at the facility, hoping that we get a couple of extensions or restructures that will create some CAP space. Jets our currently 31st in CAP space, with about 1.2 million, not enough to sign our draft picks. Please don’t trade JFM. Looking to sign a couple of cheap vets for depth. McGovern for the Offensive line, looking at Joshua Kelley as a veteran minimum RB, and a WR depending on who we draft. Friday, we only have 72, there maybe Defensive Value here, but pounding the Table for a WR. Remote is in bubble wrap. Saturday, scour the availables, we have two fourth round picks, 185 a sixth round pick, and finally two seventh round picks at the end of the draft. Sunday UNDFA’s begins. Are you ready ?
Thoughts on the QB pick - I'm intrigued about it. I am an FSU fan and watched the majority of games Travis played in. He's small and unless he bulks up, it's going to be rough road for him in the NFL. I tend to be overly skeptical because I don't like looking through rose colored glasses. That said, I'll give him this - he learned the FSU offense and played well within it's confines, although there were throws he'd like to have back. QBs can have sick physical traits, but those with the ability to learn quickly are in short supply. This backs up David's comment about being a developmental prospect, but I think that's right up his alley. He's got to recover from his injury last year, but I'd be excited to see if it would work out.
Great, albeit short article today, David. Safe travels, and have a great time!
I love your draft projections! I hope that you're right about the Jets not taking Bowers, taking an OT in round 1, and trading Zach, both for the Jets' sake and his sake. I'm torn between Travis and Pratt, but hope that they will take one of them, rather than Leary or Hartmann. I hope that you're wrong about the Jets taking a DT, but fear that you aren't for the reasons you listed. I expect that they will draft at least one, if not two defensive players, Again, I think S is a much bigger need than DT at this point in time. If they do take Sweat or Kris Jenkins I wouldn't hate it. I'd rather they take someone like Khristian Boyd in the 6th round if he falls that far.
This is funny, but Bobber points out the absurdity of the Draft Industry, and how it has been promoted into an extravaganza. At one time the draft was held in a ballroom of a New York Hotel, with 100 fans, it evolved and moved to the Felt Forum where there were two to three thousand on the first day, but only 20 of us stayed for day three, scattered around this immense facility, watching them announcing unknown seventh round picks.
Zach Wilson has been traded to the Denver Broncos. The Jets traded Wilson and one of their 7th round picks for Denver's 6th round pick. The Jets are paying half of Zach's salary ($2.75 million).
Oh and also...as a Knicks and Rangers fan, LETS GO!
That weekend could not have gone any better.
Hopefully the Bowers talk is a smokescreen and that the Jets and the Colts have a handshake on a deal.
Bower’s talents would be wasted here because Hackett doesn’t have the necessary skill it takes draw up plays and schemes. The fact that the Jets can’t draft certain players due to the mediocrity of the coaching staff is a Johnson legacy of total organizational
Incompetency.
This coming Saturday at 12 noon , fans of all 32 NFL teams will collectively weigh a sigh of relief.
Two other important times this coming week for Jet fans only should be approximately 9pm Thursday and 7:30 pm on Friday.
Since about mid December, mock drafts started turning up on the internet. As fans of 31 teams ( intelligentJet fans knew their season was over when Rodgers went down on 9/11) were hoping their team would be making the playoffs, bloggers were starting their mock madness.
As playoff teams competed, the mocks increased.
As soon as the Chiefs were crowned champs, mock drafts madness started at a vicious pace.
There was once a time that fans would be happy to see the mocks, but as the mock industry has grown, the fan bases have become weary of them, way too many. Wayne too many wrong.
Ridiculous conclusions, trades that make absolutely no sense, basically square pegs were being put into round holes. New Mocks turning up on the internet faster than robo calls selling solar panels on your phone.
It is totally amazing that anyone would have the time and knowledge to mock all 257 draft slots plus have about 4-5 first round trades included.
You would think an individual with such futuristic insight would rather be making millions on the stock market.
It has become traditional with some of these bloggers to come out with mocks after the first round is completed,
Then they continue their madness Friday night with mocks of the players not selected between Thursday’s first round and Fridays 2nd and 3rd rounds.
Thusly when the 4th round starts noon on Saturday, the mock season is finally over, finished. Fans everywhere will say thank god it’s over.
I’m sure there could be an industrious blogger who might publish UNDFA signings predictions on Monday. It won’t be a Kiper or Jeremiah maybe an individual like Sebastian the Jet fan from Bensonhurst might attempt that madness.
Times this week, important to Jet fans.
This Thursday at approximately 9pm, the football world should know who the Jets selected. Only a trade down will extend the agony to hopefully around 9:15-9:30.
Will it be a wide receiver, Bowers or an offensive tackle, at this point all we Jets fans can hope for is they get it right. Any selection that doesn’t meet the above positions, will be greeted by the sound of thousands of tv remotes bouncing off of Jet fans walls.
Friday at approximately 7:30 pm, the Green Bay Packers will be making a second round pick using the pick they obtained from the Jets in the Rodgers trade fiasco. Thusly completing the Rodgers trade.
Presently the Rodgers trade is the worst trade in Jets history. It is the Anti Jamal Adams trade. While JD fleeced the Seahawks in the Adams trade, Green Bay picked the Jets pocket in the Rodgers deal. The Jets in a deal where neither team had leverage panicked the week before the draft and surrendered way too many assets for a 39 year old quarterback.
There was no way Rodgers would be playing in Green Bay in 2023.
The situation then resembles the present situation between Zach Wilson and the Jets. But the Jets capitulated, they raised the white flag.
Rodgers injury turned a terrible trade into a catastrophic year for the team and its fan base.
The Packers received a switch of first rounders, a 2023 second rounder ( which the Jets obtained by trading Elijah Moore and a third rounder to Cleveland for ) and the Jets 2024 second rounder which is basically a first rounder due to the depth of this draft.
So the trade cost the Jets a switch of first rounders, 2-2s, a 3 and Elijah Moore.
The return was 4 plays from Rodgers and Nate Hackett with his prevent offense. You could also add the outstanding performances from the Jets Lambeau Leapers Club of Lazard, Cobb, Amos, Boyle and Turnstile Turner.
Aside from the Denis Byrd injury, the Rodgers injury was the worst in Jets history. Jet fans were both stunned and numbed for days.
The only thing that could turn the negative dynamic of the Rodgers trade is an AFC East championship and an appearance in the AFC championship game. Anything less than then that would once again say “ Same Old Jets” and probably say bye bye or sayonara or Hasta la vesta to JD and Saleh.
The trials and tribulations of being a Jet fan, it never ends.
Attention!! Attention, the New York Jets have just announced that available for a limited time, limited supplies available Official NY Jets Draft Week TV remotes.
These quality remotes made in Myanmar, Asia are Green with white trim embossed with the new Jet insignia are a must have for all Jet fan remote throwers.
They are also adorned with a collage of previous Jet first round disasters such as Blair Thomas, Roger Vick, Ron Faurot, Vern “ the Ghoul” Gholston and Dee Millner.
Two hours before the Jets make their pick, study the collage, it will help get your arm ready.
They are also guaranteed to withstand up to 4 rounds or 4 terrible picks of throws.
For the low price of $19.69 plus shipping and handling, be prepared for Draft week.
Woody’s operators are waiting.
I'm all in on a tackle - there's got to be a decent one left at 10. When you've got a 40-year-old QB coming off a snapped achilles, signing two 33-year-olds with injury histories on one-year-contracts is a big risk. Plus when the dust has settled on the Rodgers win-now plan, you'll still have the foundation of a decent offense with Tippman, AVT, Garrett, Breece and others.
Bowers does look great, but Conklin managed 60 receptions with average QB play, he could markedly improve with Rodgers at the controls. As long as Rodgers is protected...
I posted the following yesterday/last night on the last thread, but I think maybe only Daniel saw it, so I'm re-posting it here today. As David said, it could be smoke or a team trying to get Nabers to drop. I trust the guy who posted this. I know him pretty well and he knows Tony Pauline and he knew Joel Buchsbaum who was perhaps the best and most knowledgeable draftnik ever.
Take the following information with a grain of salt, but on another Jets fan site a poster I know and trust posted the following. I don't know if I trust Pauline, however. If Pauline is correct about the following regarding Nabers, I'd take him off of my board entirely.
Brief chat w Tony last night. Confirmed the "diva issues" about Nabers.
1. Busted w a gun during Mardi Gras. Plead down, promised ot never carry a handgun again and charges were dropped.
2. Punched a teammate in the jaw
3. Refused to get up at 9am during combine and "was a real bitch" the entire time there.
4. Refused to do certain things bec "MH Jr didnt have to do them so why do I?"
5. May have assaulted a girl on campus that was covered up.
Guys...this guy scares the sh*t out of me. Sometimes talent isnt enough to overcome personality. See OBJ, Diggs and Antonio Brown as great examples.
Other small tidbits:
1. Rumors swirling that Jets leaning towards OLman at 10
2. Doesnt think Fuaga can play LT but can play OG.
3. Made a good pt about Fanuata (Fautanu)...Penix is a lefty so technically Rosengarten was protecting his blind side
4. LOVES Fanashu (Fashanu) and thinks that should be the Jets pick at 10 unless Odunze falls to them
5. Very high on Bowers...says he was never really asked to block at GA but has ability to. Thinks he may not get to 10 anyway.
6. Rumor he heard was Pats moving down to 11 and taking Pennix there
I would rather Pratt. They cant take a guy that wil never play in the NFL again (Hackenburg, Petty, Clemons etc )
Thursday will be exciting, drama from the third pick on , grab your popcorn 🍿, I’m a trade down OT guy, Like Fautanu big time. On board with taking Olu at 10, very curious to watch his draft stock since January. The players are at the facility, hoping that we get a couple of extensions or restructures that will create some CAP space. Jets our currently 31st in CAP space, with about 1.2 million, not enough to sign our draft picks. Please don’t trade JFM. Looking to sign a couple of cheap vets for depth. McGovern for the Offensive line, looking at Joshua Kelley as a veteran minimum RB, and a WR depending on who we draft. Friday, we only have 72, there maybe Defensive Value here, but pounding the Table for a WR. Remote is in bubble wrap. Saturday, scour the availables, we have two fourth round picks, 185 a sixth round pick, and finally two seventh round picks at the end of the draft. Sunday UNDFA’s begins. Are you ready ?
Thoughts on the QB pick - I'm intrigued about it. I am an FSU fan and watched the majority of games Travis played in. He's small and unless he bulks up, it's going to be rough road for him in the NFL. I tend to be overly skeptical because I don't like looking through rose colored glasses. That said, I'll give him this - he learned the FSU offense and played well within it's confines, although there were throws he'd like to have back. QBs can have sick physical traits, but those with the ability to learn quickly are in short supply. This backs up David's comment about being a developmental prospect, but I think that's right up his alley. He's got to recover from his injury last year, but I'd be excited to see if it would work out.
Great, albeit short article today, David. Safe travels, and have a great time!
I love your draft projections! I hope that you're right about the Jets not taking Bowers, taking an OT in round 1, and trading Zach, both for the Jets' sake and his sake. I'm torn between Travis and Pratt, but hope that they will take one of them, rather than Leary or Hartmann. I hope that you're wrong about the Jets taking a DT, but fear that you aren't for the reasons you listed. I expect that they will draft at least one, if not two defensive players, Again, I think S is a much bigger need than DT at this point in time. If they do take Sweat or Kris Jenkins I wouldn't hate it. I'd rather they take someone like Khristian Boyd in the 6th round if he falls that far.
This is funny, but Bobber points out the absurdity of the Draft Industry, and how it has been promoted into an extravaganza. At one time the draft was held in a ballroom of a New York Hotel, with 100 fans, it evolved and moved to the Felt Forum where there were two to three thousand on the first day, but only 20 of us stayed for day three, scattered around this immense facility, watching them announcing unknown seventh round picks.
Zach Wilson has been traded to the Denver Broncos. The Jets traded Wilson and one of their 7th round picks for Denver's 6th round pick. The Jets are paying half of Zach's salary ($2.75 million).
Well, David called it.