The Jets Picks:
4th, 29th, and 35th:
What they WILL do and what they SHOULD do are two different animals. First off, they're going to stink on ice next season no matter WHO they get in the draft. No running game, either a banged-up QB in Pennington or a rookie one in Leinart or whomever, means no offense and no offense means the defense gets so beat up it'll be difficult to grade how really good, or bad they are.
So then, pass on Leinart and pick up one of the interesting QB's in the 2nd round, like Cutler coming out of Vanderbilt. Shore up the nose tackle, receiver, and running back positions, and by 2008 you've an idea if Pennington can hack it, or one of the new kids will be capable of taking over the most important position on the field.
Three to five quality players this draft, three to five more in the next, and the team is back on the road to playoff-caliber football for years to come.
Waste 2 picks on Leinart when he's really only a 2nd rounder who got lucky, and the entire exercise is a waste of time.
2 comments:
Teams that are rebuilding should not even be thinking about a ball handler. Good rebuilding effoprts begin with the defense and the offensive line. One Yahoo! Analyst sez their first pick will be a top offensive lineman, a good start if you ask me.
You should know that the way to build up a team is the way the Mara's work the Giants.
Remember LT in 1981 and how they built a dnasty around what turned out to be the greatest lineback (IMHO) ever to play pro football?
Hmmm?
The problem, arises when...someone so fabdabulous comes along that you can't resist drafting him, and indeed would be foolish to.
This is how the Jets are feeling about Leinart, and I think they're wrong. Were it my money I'd spend two drafts taking nothing but the best defensive players I could find, but nowadays folks don't get as excited as they once did about 10-7 scores. ESPN has them convinced that breakdancing in the endzone is the reason to watch pro football. Not that you can win WITHOUT a star quarterback, but a great many things go into the making of such a beast.
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