Nathan Shepherd signed

[Larz]

 

[T0mShane]

Terrific news. He looks like he’s 56 years old. Dikembe Sheptumbo.

[sourceworx]

The dude is built like a ******* truck. 

[Larz]

 

 

Jets Sign 3rd-Round Pick Nathan Shepherd

 

Randy Lange

NYJETS.COM CONTRIBUTOR

 

 

 

The Jets have signed defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd, their third-round selection (No. 72 overall) in last month's NFL Draft.

Shepherd (6'4", 315) grew up in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, and began his college football career at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, the only NCAA-affiliated school north of the border, in 2011. Financial issues forced him to leave school two years later and pursue factory and construction work for two years.

But he never lost his love for the game. He kept training and saved his money and walked on to Fort Hays State's Division II football team.

With the Tigers, Shepherd showed great progress as he posted 12.5 tackles for loss as a senior and 10 sacks for his career. His level of honors also kept improving each year — from All-Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association third-team honors in '15 to second-team in '16 to MIAA Defensive Player of the Year and some All-America recognition last season.

 

 

[Embrace the Suck]

Always good to see guys who persevered get ahead.  

[Larz]

Saw a claim its 

4 years, $3,447,000 with $987, 000 signing bonus 

http://nfltraderumors.co/jets-sign-third-round-dl-nathan-shepherd/

[Thai Jet]

1 minute ago, Larz said:

Saw a claim its 

4 years, $3,447,000 with $987, 000 signing bonus 

http://nfltraderumors.co/jets-sign-third-round-dl-nathan-shepherd/

Sounds like real decent money for a 3rd rounder.

[Thai Jet]

39 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

Terrific news. He looks like he’s 56 years old. Dikembe Sheptumbo.

 

3 minutes ago, Embrace the Suck said:

Always good to see guys who persevered get ahead.  

Exactly. How can you not root for this guy ?

[greenwichjetfan]

41 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

Terrific news. He looks like he’s 56 years old. Dikembe Sheptumbo.

He should do the Dikembe after every TFL.

[Embrace the Suck]

4 minutes ago, Thai Jet said:

Sounds like real decent money for a 3rd rounder.

They probably figure he's gonna be a lunchpale high effort kinda guy and considering his story figure give the guy a little extra since the cap isn't strapped. I think he's going to play a lot, maybe even start if the other guy we traded for gets hurt.

[T0mShane]

3 minutes ago, Thai Jet said:

 

Exactly. How can you not root for this guy ?

Seems like a good dude. I hope it works out for him. They should get an edge rusher to pair with him right away.

[Larz]

5 minutes ago, Thai Jet said:

Sounds like real decent money for a 3rd rounder.

It's look like that was an assumption based on the slot he was picked 

I posted it because it's cool that he worked so hard and basically got a million dollar check today 

I love that stuff 

[32EBoozer]

1 hour ago, T0mShane said:

Terrific news. He looks like he’s 56 years old. Dikembe Sheptumbo.

Looks like "Big Pappi" David Ortiz

 

[BigRy56]

This guy is gonna be GOOD

[varjet]

I think he is going to be good.

He is going to be popular with the fans.

He is going to help the Jets be competitive over the next 4 years.

Then he is going to retire.  

[Patriot Killa]

3 minutes ago, varjet said:

I think he is going to be good.

He is going to be popular with the fans.

He is going to help the Jets be competitive over the next 4 years.

Then he is going to retire.  

He’d only be 29 in 4 years lol.

[Titan24]

Kid/older kid  seems like hard working guy.  You find those ultra motivated DL who don’t take things for granted you keep em.... unlike some others that have come this way Wilk(lazy) Sheldon (doesn’t seem to care) wants to get paid.... for? Who knows 

[UnknownJetFan]

2 hours ago, T0mShane said:

Seems like a good dude. I hope it works out for him. They should get an edge rusher to pair with him right away.

I am really hoping the UDFA OLB Luvu we picked up makes the team and we can use him as a 3rd down pass rush specialist to start. We'll go from there and see. The guy had 6.5 sacks last year in college so the potential is there, then again Gholstan(sp?)  had a good amount of sacks in college as well, so we'll see, but UDFAs usually have much higher drive motivation since they are unhappy not being drafted. 

[jetsfan_toronto_canada]

2 hours ago, Larz said:

It's look like that was an assumption based on the slot he was picked 

I posted it because it's cool that he worked so hard and basically got a million dollar check today 

I love that stuff 

Actually about 1.3 million CDN when he gets home to Ajax!!!

I live about 10 minutes from Ajax, so cool not only that he got drafted - but drafted as a jet!!  I  think the last Canuck was Jamal Westerman - hope this works out better lol - although to be fair I’m pretty sure westerman went on to have a very successful CFL career, he still plays for Montreal.

[Nixhead]

3 hours ago, Larz said:

Saw a claim its 

4 years, $3,447,000 with $987, 000 signing bonus 

http://nfltraderumors.co/jets-sign-third-round-dl-nathan-shepherd/

Great . Everything looks great. Great story. Great guy. Blah blah blah. Now get on that field and earn your money by becoming an All Pro then we have something to talk about!

[The Crusher]

2 hours ago, T0mShane said:

Seems like a good dude. I hope it works out for him. They should get an edge rusher to pair with him right away.

Nope . They trying to free Leo up on the inside. Macc made that pick you know?

[The Crusher]

1 hour ago, BigRy56 said:

This guy is gonna be GOOD

He looks like he can be and I certainly think he will give everything he has. I gots no idea exactly what that is. Gotta be better than Mo playing like he’s in a handicap scooter at Wal  Mart. Cheaper too.

[Drums]

This guy is the Thomas Jones of DL. He's a brick sh*t-house. Can't wait to see him in preseason-- but at the same time I want to enjoy my damn summer first.

[TuscanyTile2]

10 minutes ago, Drums said:

This guy is the Thomas Jones of DL. He's a brick sh*t-house. Can't wait to see him in preseason-- but at the same time I want to enjoy my damn summer first.

This

[dbatesman]

17 hours ago, Larz said:

 

what channel is the TV on

[CTM]

11 minutes ago, dbatesman said:

what channel is the TV on

Chrome cast 

[Miss Lonelyhearts]

I have a hard time trying to look at this pick in a vacuum. Macstupid inherited a roster with one thing -- ONE THING -- going for it and managed to turn it into the most spectacular failures of asset management in economic history. The materiel return of 2, 3, Kearse is sh*t and totally swallowed up by using 6 on Williams. Same with the usual benefits of going cheaper and younger getting drowned out by paying Mo only to replace him with a Canadian senior citizen. Ignore it all because the deuce went into the trade up to 3 if you like, but please know that you are why this team will never ever be any good.

[slats]

14 hours ago, varjet said:

I think he is going to be good.

He is going to be popular with the fans.

He is going to help the Jets be competitive over the next 4 years.

Then he is going to retire.  

If he's a good player, he'll get a second contract. And because of his age, it won't be a deal that breaks the bank. 

10 minutes ago, Miss Lonelyhearts said:

I have a hard time trying to look at this pick in a vacuum. Macstupid inherited a roster with one thing -- ONE THING -- going for it and managed to turn it into the most spectacular failures of asset management in economic history. The materiel return of 2, 3, Kearse is sh*t and totally swallowed up by using 6 on Williams. Same with the usual benefits of going cheaper and younger getting drowned out by paying Mo only to replace him with a Canadian senior citizen. Ignore it all because the deuce went into the trade up to 3 if you like, but please know that you are why this team will never ever be any good.

Well, it's not this guy's fault that Maccagnan isn't great at his job so, in that respect, I can root for the player in said vacuum. 

If Darnold is in the pro bowl in the next couple years, a lot of Mac's failings will be forgiven and forgotten (except by Sperm, who will still be posting anti-Mac manifestos). He's got to get better at his job, there's no doubt about that. He needs to build an offense around this QB and add a pass rusher or two. He needs to get better at understanding positional value. Meanwhile, Bowles deserves his share of the blame for not being able to get keep Mo and Sheldon on course. 

[the Claw]

19 minutes ago, Miss Lonelyhearts said:

I have a hard time trying to look at this pick in a vacuum. Macstupid inherited a roster with one thing -- ONE THING -- going for it and managed to turn it into the most spectacular failures of asset management in economic history. The materiel return of 2, 3, Kearse is sh*t and totally swallowed up by using 6 on Williams. Same with the usual benefits of going cheaper and younger getting drowned out by paying Mo only to replace him with a Canadian senior citizen. Ignore it all because the deuce went into the trade up to 3 if you like, but please know that you are why this team will never ever be any good.

Derp derp

[Miss Lonelyhearts]

19 minutes ago, slats said:

Well, it's not this guy's fault that Maccagnan isn't great at his job so, in that respect, I can root for the player in said vacuum. 

Nobody is talking about not rooting for the player and I am pretty sure you know that.

[JetFaninMI]

For me Macc is still a suspect GM. He got lucky 3 times with guys falling into his lap in the draft. His other picks aside from Maye are not looking that good right now and he has yet to address the OL IMO. Ignoring a problem will NOT make it go away and he has done that. Yeah, yeah he signed some guys but drafted NONE. WTF? Macc did draft Darnold but lets not forget the rest of his picks have been bad. I hope Shepherd works out andI will be rooting for him as I do all Jet players but stop giving Macc all these accolades for getting lucky three times.
 

 

[slats]

11 minutes ago, Miss Lonelyhearts said:

Nobody is talking about not rooting for the player and I am pretty sure you know that.

Maybe it was the part where you referred to him as a Canadian senior citizen that threw me off. 

People here sometimes hold a player's draft position against them, or who was left on the board when the player was drafted, etc., and DTs generally take a backseat in that regard only to safeties. So no, that wouldn't've been shocking. 

[Miss Lonelyhearts]

33 minutes ago, slats said:

Maybe it was the part where you referred to him as a Canadian senior citizen that threw me off. 

People here sometimes hold a player's draft position against them, or who was left on the board when the player was drafted, etc., and DTs generally take a backseat in that regard only to safeties. So no, that wouldn't've been shocking. 

I called Sanchez the worst draft pick of all time, possibly developmentally handicapped, and a girl, and I still rooted for him. If I took the time to be conspicuously nice while being right beyond what relative civility requires it would take me about four times as long to write anything and it's just not ******* worth it. And again you were not thrown off but rather saw in blunt criticism an opportunity to respond with the ol' mommy mommy look at what a good fanboy I am bc I ROOT for my TEAM routine. Don't do that.

[rangerous]

18 hours ago, Embrace the Suck said:

They probably figure he's gonna be a lunchpale high effort kinda guy and considering his story figure give the guy a little extra since the cap isn't strapped. I think he's going to play a lot, maybe even start if the other guy we traded for gets hurt.

he's about the same size as wilky. i realize he's from a d2 school but it's not like temple isa football powerhouse so maybe the jets got the big fish in the small pond.

[rangerous]

1 hour ago, JetFaninMI said:

For me Macc is still a suspect GM. He got lucky 3 times with guys falling into his lap in the draft. His other picks aside from Maye are not looking that good right now and he has yet to address the OL IMO. Ignoring a problem will NOT make it go away and he has done that. Yeah, yeah he signed some guys but drafted NONE. WTF? Macc did draft Darnold but lets not forget the rest of his picks have been bad. I hope Shepherd works out andI will be rooting for him as I do all Jet players but stop giving Macc all these accolades for getting lucky three times.
 

 

mac's draftsare still being reviewed.  but the first rule for a gm is to not let those players that fall into their laps get away.  i suspect some gm's would've passed and drafted for need.  and as we saw with darnold, two gm's did pass him by.  how smart are they?