What was the greatest post-merger (1970) draft pick in Jets history?

[Wonderboy]

On 5/13/2020 at 10:42 PM, 14 in Green said:

LOL

This is the second time in less then a week you quoted me in a thread for no reason except to get snarky, and both times you've ended up getting all emotional on me.

Tell you what... next time you decide you want to get snarky, I won't reply back. That way you can enjoy your "internet win" on the couch and feel all proud of yourself.

 

 

 

Its a fight, a fight between Boris Badenov and Bullwinkle (RobR). I like both you guys. Kiss and make up.

[Wonderboy]

2 hours ago, T0mShane said:

Douglas was a locker room lawyer, to boot, and continued to be so in Philly. He literally cried at practice out of frustration because he couldn’t figure out how to play OLB. 

My recollections of Douglas were he was a figment of his own imagination.

[Wonderboy]

On 5/13/2020 at 4:25 PM, Jetsfan80 said:

What a haul that 1977 draft was.  Powell in the 1st, Walker in the 2nd, Scott Dierking in the 4th, Klecko in the 6th and Alexander in the 8th.  

Will be outdone by JD's 2020 draft.  JD JD JD JD 

[Wonderboy]

On 5/13/2020 at 4:42 PM, Skeptable said:

Jamal Adams....... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haha ? 

Is that the beer? I hear its pretty good.  

[Wonderboy]

On 5/13/2020 at 10:52 PM, Tony The Wiz said:

To get a player like Klecko in the 6th round is a gem. This has to be the best pick. And he should be in the NFL Hall of Fame. 

Here's some of the greatest values of all time. fascinating.

Tom Brady 6th round  #1 value of all time

Joe Klecko 6th Round*****

Deacon Jones Round 14    Bart Starr round 17    Johnny Unitas round 9    Terrell Davis  round 6    Shannon Sharpe round 7    Bo Jackson 7 round     

[Wonderboy]

On 5/15/2020 at 1:45 PM, Savage69 said:

+1 Klecko being a beast and a all around player allowed Gastineau to thrive as a sack artist.

Klecko was a man beast. Joe Greene like.  How he's not in Hall of Fame is sinful.

[Jet Fan RI]

21 hours ago, SAR I said:

SAR I

Well, except for Namath.

[Bleedin Green]

The votes for Revis are clearly a little excessively reliant on being the one most fresh in people's minds.  Regardless of to what extreme you may consider the peak of his play, there's no coherent argument that could be made as to why a draft pick is an all-time great when it's a very high pick that was a giant pain in the ass multiple times over in his good years, and then a useless pile of money-hemorrhaging garbage in his later years.

If you want to talk greatest single-season performance or some other extremely vacuum-based analysis then it's a different story, but in this case he pretty quickly gets himself veto'ed from consideration if you go a step past the most recent one you remember.  By no measure did the Jets get any great value out of that pick.  There's a reason why the other picks that made this list are based on long-term return and not even his biggest fans could ever argue Revis gave that, considering all discussions really just come down to a 2 & 1/2 year window for him.

[Savage69]

20 hours ago, Wonderboy said:

Here's some of the greatest values of all time. fascinating.

Tom Brady 6th round  #1 value of all time

Joe Klecko 6th Round*****

Deacon Jones Round 14    Bart Starr round 17    Johnny Unitas round 9    Terrell Davis  round 6    Shannon Sharpe round 7    Bo Jackson 7 round     

Bo would have been the 1st pick in the draft but chose baseball instead. The Buc's had his rights but forfeited them when he was going to stay with baseball until Al Davis used the 7th rd pick on him and said he could play baseball and join the Raiders when the baseball was over for his team.. Bo's 40 time was 4.13 LOL

[predator_05]

19 hours ago, Bleedin Green said:

The votes for Revis are clearly a little excessively reliant on being the one most fresh in people's minds.  Regardless of to what extreme you may consider the peak of his play, there's no coherent argument that could be made as to why a draft pick is an all-time great when it's a very high pick that was a giant pain in the ass multiple times over in his good years, and then a useless pile of money-hemorrhaging garbage in his later years.

If you want to talk greatest single-season performance or some other extremely vacuum-based analysis then it's a different story, but in this case he pretty quickly gets himself veto'ed from consideration if you go a step past the most recent one you remember.  By no measure did the Jets get any great value out of that pick.  There's a reason why the other picks that made this list are based on long-term return and not even his biggest fans could ever argue Revis gave that, considering all discussions really just come down to a 2 & 1/2 year window for him.

But the jets were a really good team during those 2 and a half years. For the younger generation (born late 80s, early 90s), he's the best we've ever seen.

 

I don't think anyone comes close. I'm not old enough to remember the other guys!!