JetNation Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 With the 14th overall selection in the 2007 NFL Draft, the New York Jets selected Darrelle Revis. Revis, a 6'0", 197-pound University of Pittsburgh product, is both an accomplished cornerback and kick returner."I feel great, man," said an excited Revis when reached at his grandmother's home in Aliquippa, Pa. "I was just sitting here watching all these picks and just to see... More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfilippone Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I thought it would be fun to dredge up a thread from 2007. Jets' 2007 1st round pick: Darelle Revis Jets' 2008 1st round pick: Vernon Gholston Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Do you want to discuss Revis or Golston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonWaterfalls Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Gholston was the next great pass rusher and we just never gave him a chance. Just ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I thought it would be fun to dredge up a thread from 2007. Jets' 2007 1st round pick: Darelle Revis Jets' 2008 1st round pick: Vernon Gholston Discuss. Next time pick a thread where there was some discussion in it so we can mock those who were wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 "I really don't understand this Darrelle Revis pick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain The Foe Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Damn. It feels like "throwback saturday" today with all of these old thread being bumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsRiverJet Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I thought it would be fun to dredge up a thread from 2007. Jets' 2007 1st round pick: Darelle Revis Jets' 2008 1st round pick: Vernon Gholston Discuss. LOL Holy crap.... amazing in a great way and a year later amazing in a "WTF were u thinking kinda way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrien2Toon Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I wanted Leon Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 M A N G I N I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Nut Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 LOL Holy crap.... amazing in a great way and a year later amazing in a "WTF were u thinking kinda way". Funny how easy it is to say this when you have 7 years to look back on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycdan Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well he's no Kyle Wilson but he's okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENBEAN Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 This was the actual thread? Weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I was in the car that day listening to the draft on WFAN. I remember Joe Beningo was pumped up because he thought the Jets traded up to get Brady Quinn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaJetsFan Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 . Revis, a 6'0", 197-pound University of Pittsburgh product, is both an accomplished cornerback and kick returner. More... So this Revis kid can return kicks you say? We're kind of looking for someone with that special talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 So this Revis kid can return kicks you say? We're kind of looking for someone with that special talent. Double threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Double threat. a few year years ago maybe lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Trying to recall my thoughts. Revis pick: I think I wanted the Jets to stay pat (or even trade down a bit to gain another decent pick) and take a guard like Grubbs at the bottom of round 1. Moore, at the time, was just ok and Kendall - while still good - was winding down his career soon. (They decided to get no guard and still cut Kendall at the end of the summer. Shrewd.). But while I don't remember exactly, I don't think I liked the idea of trading up for Revis before the draft, when we were discussing it. To be fair, though, I never saw Revis play (not even highlight clips), and was just going by draft guides/values written by others. I knew I just wanted a demon OL so good it could make any just-ok RB look really good. Also because I liked a RBBC approach better, and since RBs can get hurt so easily didn't want just one (non-QB) injury to so horribly weaken an offense. Thought it was easier to build a line across the board with resources than to use those same resources to keep swinging and missing until we found one RB who was so all-that. A RB who can get injured so easily at that. Gholston pick: I legitimately never saw him play but did remember seeing him climb up from being around the #20 pick to around the #5 pick as a prospect. Most likely I rah-rah/go-team rationalized it after we did take him, but I know - especially when trading up to get him was thought to be an option - I didn't like the idea of taking a player that high and moving him to a new position instead of using him at the position that made him such a high pick prospect in the first place. I do remember I didn't like DMC because I thought he was built to frailly and looked like he had a WRs body. Seemed like all the big play clips were of him using his elite speed to make the most of an opening that was cleared (some of them were huge, huge holes). As an every-down RB, which is what he'd be if you take him that high, I didn't like him and thought he would get injured a lot. In hindsight, though we didn't have a chance at DMC anyway, and even though I was right about him getting hurt all the time, he still would have been an infinitely better pick than Gholston anyway. The move to make was to pay the ransom for Ryan and save us from the players we did take with those picks (Gholston and Sanchez), and we'd have change left over in the form of the 2nd round pick we also used to trade up for Sanchez as well as a mountain of cap space available by paying one top-5 draft pick instead of two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Trying to recall my thoughts. Revis pick: I think I wanted the Jets to stay pat (or even trade down a bit to gain another decent pick) and take a guard like Grubbs at the bottom of round 1. Moore, at the time, was just ok and Kendall - while still good - was winding down his career soon. (They decided to get no guard and still cut Kendall at the end of the summer. Shrewd.). But while I don't remember exactly, I don't think I liked the idea of trading up for Revis before the draft, when we were discussing it. To be fair, though, I never saw Revis play (not even highlight clips), and was just going by draft guides/values written by others. I knew I just wanted a demon OL so good it could make any just-ok RB look really good. Also because I liked a RBBC approach better, and since RBs can get hurt so easily didn't want just one (non-QB) injury to so horribly weaken an offense. Thought it was easier to build a line across the board with resources than to use those same resources to keep swinging and missing until we found one RB who was so all-that. A RB who can get injured so easily at that. Gholston pick: I legitimately never saw him play but did remember seeing him climb up from being around the #20 pick to around the #5 pick as a prospect. Most likely I rah-rah/go-team rationalized it after we did take him, but I know - especially when trading up to get him was thought to be an option - I didn't like the idea of taking a player that high and moving him to a new position instead of using him at the position that made him such a high pick prospect in the first place. I do remember I didn't like DMC because I thought he was built to frailly and looked like he had a WRs body. Seemed like all the big play clips were of him using his elite speed to make the most of an opening that was cleared (some of them were huge, huge holes). As an every-down RB, which is what he'd be if you take him that high, I didn't like him and thought he would get injured a lot. In hindsight, though we didn't have a chance at DMC anyway, and even though I was right about him getting hurt all the time, he still would have been an infinitely better pick than Gholston anyway. The move to make was to pay the ransom for Ryan and save us from the players we did take with those picks (Gholston and Sanchez), and we'd have change left over in the form of the 2nd round pick we also used to trade up for Sanchez as well as a mountain of cap space available by paying one top-5 draft pick instead of two. Good gawd dude. Memory like a trap. I barely remember what I ate yesterday. I just know there was none left when I finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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