Well I have become a big fan of yours sir as I have enjoyed pretty much all of your articles. While I’m a Knicks( not Nets) fan I still read your Nets work. But, ( there’s always a but😂)as a 60 year+ Jets fan I’m not passing on Tyler Warren. He solves a multitude of problems for us. He blocks, he is a playmaker in the passing game and will free GW up from double coverage and provide JF’s a easy target in crucial 3rd down or red zone situations. Looking at our current roster the TE room is basically vacant. Fortunately there are many intriguing TE’s options in this draft. The more talked about other than Warren have one thing in common, they are below average as blockers and not well suited to play the Y ( inline) position. Looking at our roster we have the 6’4” 226lb kid (Smartt) we signed in FA from the Chargers. Obviously at that size he’s not blocking anybody. Jeremy Ruckert is still waiting for his first successful NFL block after 3 years on the roster? So a blocking TE is a major requirement. Tyler Warren is clearly the best blocking TE in the early stages of this draft. My guess is we may draft a second TE like Jackson Dawes ( a great blocker) from Ga.Tech a little later We can get a quality RT a little later in rounds 2 ( Ozzy Trapillo (BC) or Williams( Texas) in round 3. I think DT is the next need and can be filled in rounds 2 or 3 depending on on where we take the OT. While there’s a shortage of top WR talent there are intriguing guys that will be there in the middle to late rounds like Arkansas Isaac TeSlaa or his teammates Andrew Armstrong( 6’4 205) or Tyrone Broden 6’7 215) 6th round? Tennesse has a 6’5” WR Donte Thornton who ran a 4.30 at the combine. The later rounds are always interesting. Joe Douglas made a lot of mistakes drafting but he was pretty good picking out UDFA’s so hopefully Mr. Mougey is as well. Thanks for another good read.
Whether it’s because I’m still shell-shocked from Kyle Brady or have been too bought in on the positional value theories of team-building, I’d prefer they take an O tackle or pass rushing D lineman with a premium pick. What I really hope is that they trade down into the teens and get another early 2.
Steve, yeah, I get that but there are always exceptional players that blow that old positional value narrative out of the water. Last year we could have drafted Brock Bowers. But we needed a LT and as much as I liked Bowers I pounded the table for the LT. This draft puts us in an entirely different situation. We need a RT but we are fortunate that there will be quality options after the first round. You brought up positional value so you need to remember that RT is not nearly as high on most draft boards as LT in terms of positional value. Most starting RT’s are failed LT’s. College stars at LT not athletic enough to guard the blindside. A lot of that positional value stuff has changed for NFL teams. There are a lot of TE’s that are key components in their teams offense these days. Much more so than in 1995 when we picked Kyle Brady. 😂
Well I have become a big fan of yours sir as I have enjoyed pretty much all of your articles. While I’m a Knicks( not Nets) fan I still read your Nets work. But, ( there’s always a but😂)as a 60 year+ Jets fan I’m not passing on Tyler Warren. He solves a multitude of problems for us. He blocks, he is a playmaker in the passing game and will free GW up from double coverage and provide JF’s a easy target in crucial 3rd down or red zone situations. Looking at our current roster the TE room is basically vacant. Fortunately there are many intriguing TE’s options in this draft. The more talked about other than Warren have one thing in common, they are below average as blockers and not well suited to play the Y ( inline) position. Looking at our roster we have the 6’4” 226lb kid (Smartt) we signed in FA from the Chargers. Obviously at that size he’s not blocking anybody. Jeremy Ruckert is still waiting for his first successful NFL block after 3 years on the roster? So a blocking TE is a major requirement. Tyler Warren is clearly the best blocking TE in the early stages of this draft. My guess is we may draft a second TE like Jackson Dawes ( a great blocker) from Ga.Tech a little later We can get a quality RT a little later in rounds 2 ( Ozzy Trapillo (BC) or Williams( Texas) in round 3. I think DT is the next need and can be filled in rounds 2 or 3 depending on on where we take the OT. While there’s a shortage of top WR talent there are intriguing guys that will be there in the middle to late rounds like Arkansas Isaac TeSlaa or his teammates Andrew Armstrong( 6’4 205) or Tyrone Broden 6’7 215) 6th round? Tennesse has a 6’5” WR Donte Thornton who ran a 4.30 at the combine. The later rounds are always interesting. Joe Douglas made a lot of mistakes drafting but he was pretty good picking out UDFA’s so hopefully Mr. Mougey is as well. Thanks for another good read.
Whether it’s because I’m still shell-shocked from Kyle Brady or have been too bought in on the positional value theories of team-building, I’d prefer they take an O tackle or pass rushing D lineman with a premium pick. What I really hope is that they trade down into the teens and get another early 2.
Steve, yeah, I get that but there are always exceptional players that blow that old positional value narrative out of the water. Last year we could have drafted Brock Bowers. But we needed a LT and as much as I liked Bowers I pounded the table for the LT. This draft puts us in an entirely different situation. We need a RT but we are fortunate that there will be quality options after the first round. You brought up positional value so you need to remember that RT is not nearly as high on most draft boards as LT in terms of positional value. Most starting RT’s are failed LT’s. College stars at LT not athletic enough to guard the blindside. A lot of that positional value stuff has changed for NFL teams. There are a lot of TE’s that are key components in their teams offense these days. Much more so than in 1995 when we picked Kyle Brady. 😂