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Yeah... what a great way to keep having your source give you information

Baylor made offers to both Waddle and Smith fwiw

Right. It’s not as big of a no brainer as some are making it seem. There are some real concerns about Wilson’s durability and the Jets would’ve been dumb to make that trade before seeing his medicals given his shoulder history. It’s obvious most teams have Lawrence/Wilson 1-2 and then it’s all over the place. I think it also proves the legitimacy of the reports of the Jets FO being split on keeping Darnold versus trading him

Lots of people out there thinking it’s not true but I dunno... Apparently the 49ers trading 3 1st rounders to Miami for Mac Jones is though? But you’re telling me one 1st rounder for Darnold isn’t believable? I could see it being true. I mean, I’d wayyyyyyyy rather have Darnold for pick 12 versus Mac Jones for my next 3 1st rounders including pick 12

Aint no hype. Rhule likes Pitts. Always has.

Well Pitts isn’t making it past Miami if he’s even there at 6 And no, Lance isn’t rated higher than Pitts on our board.

Exactly. In 2-3 years from now if whoever we draft becomes the player you envisioned, does it really matter where he was drafted and what position he plays? Yes we need an LT but if Waddle becomes a pro bowl playmaker type are we really going to look back and complain we took him at 8? Same thing with Luke and CMC. I honestly trust Rhule and I know he wants to address the OL. So if we don’t go OL in round 1, I know he’ll address it after that.

Maybe @Vergeknows but I’d have to think there are some teams with Darrisaw as their LT2 with Slater or Sewell being most teams 1’s. I keep thinking Detroit goes OL or trade back. I know they lost all their WR’s but they need to build their lines on both sides of the ball. Plus if they’re going to give Goff a fighting chance they absolutely must keep him upright. Also because we’re talking Waddle here’s a good video about him and Smith...

I agree with your 8. I prefer 1-7 over Waddle though. I’d prefer trade back before Waddle I think. Chase is a true #1 like a Michael Thomas imo, doesn’t blow you away but does everything so well and has really strong hands. Waddle is that luxury playmaker like Tyreek Hill. I’d much rather have the true #1. Chase and Moore can move around. We REALLY need San Fran to actually take Mac at 3. That would move one of these 7 guys down for us at 8.

My fear is Sewell and Slater being gone by 8. Bengals take Sewell and Lions take Slater. Although the Bengals could take Slater since they just signed Reiff. Slater can play RT this season for them. And then the Dolphins take Sewell in this scenario. Let’s assume the Falcons are locked in on Pitts. I’d hope there would be opportunity to trade back if that’s the case. A team trying to jump in front of Denver for a QB.

We currently have a RT playing under the franchise tag that wants to get paid

I wouldn’t be too surprised if we go WR at 8. Last year, a certain WR would’ve been one of the targets had they traded back. I personally want Sewell or Slater and it’s not even up for debate. I don’t care about how deep this draft is at tackle. If they went and got tackles in rounds 1 and 2 I’d be thrilled about it. We all know how valuable a rookie contract for a QB is but the tackles spots aren’t too far behind. If we end up paying Darnold, rookie deals at LT and RT might be needed. Waddle may be this years version of the trade back target of last years draft. If Pitts was there he’d be the pick but that sure as hell ain’t happening so... Give me a damn LT

Ding ding ding

I dunno... Both the Chargers and especially the Vikings could go tackle. If they have Darrisaw as LT2 and really like him, take him at 8. Left tackle has been a massive need for way too long. But again, all depends what their board looks like. If they have 3-4 guys lumped in there closely then it makes sense to trade back but if Darrisaw is their clear #2... just take him

This.

Same. Don’t get cute, don’t overthink it, we NEED a damn LT! It’s been way too long without.

I agree. After the Matt debacle I wouldn’t have bothered. Also... https://www.google.ca/amp/s/jetswire.usatoday.com/2019/08/05/sam-darnold-big-reason-ryan-kalil-unretired-new-york-jets/amp/

He owes us one

It’s why I say I don’t think it’s as far fetched as some may think to practically consider this season to be Darnold’s year 2. No QB in that 2018 draft class that has gone on to have success would be succeeding right now had they been drafted 3rd by the Jets. No young QB is going to succeed these days without coaching. The more I read up on guys talk about Gase and the environment inside that locker room the more excited I get about seeing what a coach like Rhule can do with Sam.

For me, I just want to see him show progress. After hearing Robby talk about the “culture” in NY and Adam Gase, I think the argument could be made to throw out years 2 and 3. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/sam-darnold/32004441-5246-6141-9e5c-6e7d32a03e33 His pro comp in his draft profile was Andrew Luck. He’s tweaked his throwing motion since his college days for the better. He’s still only 23. If he can just get back on track and show more good than bad, I think he’s worth putting time into. It’ll truly be interesting to see which way this one goes. We have an extremely highly touted prospect versus an extremely dysfunctional organization. *I’m not saying he’s Andrew Luck btw or anything. I just don’t think you can comp someone to Luck and be that horribly wrong.

I’m not a PFF fan but ya...

Robby Anderson said this on a podcast a week ago about Gase and brought up him “coaching” Manning... I posted the entire podcast in another thread and it’s a good listen but this is specifically on Gase in this mini clip. He actually talks about the Jets and their lack of culture for about 10 mins

I 100% agree with you on all of this

To the media and public yes but that’s it.