Are you excited about drafting Zach Wilson?

[playtowinthegame]

Just now, JiFapono said:

Hell yes I'm excited!  You'd have to be dead not to be!!!
 

[GreenReaper]

[Biggs]

Hell yes.  Just when I thought we blew the tank for Trevor, Zach came out of nowhere to make those 2 wins relevant.   Not only am I excited, I'm actually going to root for Jets wins next year.  

[JustInFudge]

6 minutes ago, PS17 said:

I’m sure you’re a real catch. 

I've met Pac, he's quite handsome.  Are you familiar with Antonio Banderas?  Similar yet different but both beautiful. 

[JustInFudge]

5 minutes ago, Biggs said:

Hell yes.  Just when I thought we blew the tank for Trevor, Zach came out of nowhere to make those 2 wins relevant.   Not only am I excited, I'm actually going to root for Jets wins next year.  

[Morrissey]

[bitonti]

[slimjasi]

Yes, to an extent. 

But, after Darnold, I don't have any expectations. 

I'll be pleasantly surprised if he's good. 

 

[Warfish]

1 hour ago, T0mShane said:

Simple yes or no question. Obviously, it’s a wait and see thing/let’s rally around the pick/let us pray/etc, but, right now, will you be excited about the Jets adding Zach Wilson on Thursday? 

Yes.

But I'd be excited drafting Fields.  Or Lawrence.  Or Mac Jones.

My excitement is about a "new start" with Saleh, with a new QB not named Sam Darnold.

It isn't specific to Wilson, who isn't the guy I prefer.

But he can't be worse than Darnold....can he?

[THE BARON]

No.  Only the Jets would be inept and fool enough to blow their chance at taking Trevor Lawrence.   If you are excited about Wilson, you'd probably be excited about leftovers in the fridge that have become moldy.  That what the Jets brass will be consuming in this draft.  Left-overs.  

As per Walter Football... And they got it exactly just right with this comment. 

https://walterfootball.com/draft2021.php

" Jacksonville Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson 
The Jaguars were gifted the No. 1 overall pick due to the Jets' incompetence. This was a franchise-altering turn of events that even had the mayor of Jacksonville thanking the Jets via Twitter. This is an obvious selection. "

[Joe W. Namath]

Sam Darnold will not be the qb of this team.  Thats enough to make any jet fan excited about this pick.

[BroadwayRay]

I'm somewhat excited. But I'm not going to cheer, jump off the coach, scare the dog and startle the wife like I did when they selected Darnold. After Darnold, I'm jaded to the core.

[Jetlife33]

I really got attached to Sam and wanted him to succeed, more so than guys like Geno, Hack, Sanchez, etc. I’m hesitant to be all in again so quickly. But yes, excited for Zach. More of me praying he’s the one like you mentioned. 

[Grandy]

Not gonna hedge my bets on him completely, but I've watched a lot of his game and seen analysis on it and I like what I see. Also stuff like Qbase is quite high on him. His stats, film, and brain seem to check out.

Anything can happen, but the guy undoubtedly has crazy arm talent. I also think the fact that most criticism leveled against him here has to do with hm being too small at 6'2 210, and playing weak competition is a promising thing.

I'll say it once again. There is little to no correlation between college competition and pro success, especially with the numbers he put up. Overall though, he's definitely an exciting and high potential prospect but I'm not gonna anoint him until I've seen him in live games.

[Lith]

I have been a Jet fan too long to get excited by potential.  I need to see if on the field, for an extended period of time before I get excited again.  I guess you could say I am hopeful, about not just Wilson (assuming we draft him) but I am hopeful about Saleh and Douglas.  But I am not going to get excited until I see it start to pay dividends on the field.

[freestater]

52 minutes ago, Pac said:

Almost as excited as that time I exchanged messages with a girl on Match.com only to find when we finally met she looked like Meatloaf..   

The singer, not the dinner. 

Although cone to think of it she looked a little like the dinner too.

Soooo....you're saying, you would do anything for love, yes you would do anything for love, but you wont do that? 

[Beerfish]

Yes

[Paradis]

I’ve accepted that we’re chasing waterfalls in Utah - and will put my faith in Joe/Rob - but excited? Cmon. Fields would have exciting. Maybe/Maybe not better prospect but it would have been different. This is more of the nail biting same. 

[DetroitRed]

I am. I actually wanted to hold on to Sam, since  nobody has a clue if he will play like Nathan Peterman. But , I am excited 

[Bungaman]

1 hour ago, JiFapono said:

Hell yes I'm excited!  You'd have to be dead not to be!!!
 

I must have one foot on a banana peel and the other in my grave, then. A solid meh. Ask me again a week after the whole draft. I might still be alive.

[Embrace the Suck]

2 hours ago, RutgersJetFan said:

Tbh I don't get excited about anything anymore, ever since the accident. 

[Jackie Treehorn]

If ZachAttack throws a pick 6 with his first NFL-pass...

But yes of course I am excited! Who would have thought a mormon midget without hair in his balls would ever play in the NFL?

[GreenReaper]

2 hours ago, playtowinthegame said:

This is what happens when you trade his NYJ QB Darnold and stress him out with a rookie QB..

 

[More Cowbell]

I don't  get excited watching someone else funeral  so no. 

[JazzyJet]

I'd be more excited if we kept Sam (or signed a competent veteran to keep the seat warm) and let Wilson sit for a year. The new trend of throwing young QBs into the fire right out of the gate is stupid.

We're going to be back in the same place 3-4 years from now. And Wilson will be the next in a long line of promising QBs to have their flame extinguished here.

[Embrace the Suck]

15 minutes ago, Paradis said:

Fields would have exciting.

Would it though? It would have been a different can of worms, at least until it wasn't. Fields played tougher competition, but Rutgers isn't exactly a powerhouse, and Fields was generally on the team with superior talent. Same for TL, I grew up a Syracuse fan, they've never been very good at football. Besides Miami the ACC doesn't offer much competition consistently. 

[Embrace the Suck]

1 hour ago, Morrissey said:

Oh, yeah Jesse started taking amphetamines to study around the clock. Studying draft prospects for months on end will do that.

[bitonti]

1 minute ago, Embrace the Suck said:

Oh, yeah Jesse started taking amphetamines to study around the clock. 

Zach Wilson ADHD medication joke here 

 

[Lupz27]

1 hour ago, JiFapono said:

The Mets, Knicks and Islanders are all above .500, at the same time.  

So Blue and Orange are in this spring.

[Joe W. Namath]

44 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I really got attached to Sam and wanted him to succeed, more so than guys like Geno, Hack, Sanchez, etc. I’m hesitant to be all in again so quickly. But yes, excited for Zach. More of me praying he’s the one like you mentioned. 

So if you compare now to 3 years ago:

1- Wilson is a much better prospect then Sam. 

2- Much better coaching staff in place

3- Much better gm in place

4- More draft picks to build a team around him

Instead of being hesitant to be excited, realize how foolish it was you were excited 3 years ago.  

Now look at the setup now, and realize how exciting this truly is.

[Larz]

He’s parcels worst nightmare,  star QB with little college experience. 
 

he’s gotten like 5 endorsements this week and Darnold got a single sock endorsement, no lie. 
 

he’s tiny. Spare me the 220 number that was bs. He put weight on for the pro day. 
 

 

[sourceworx]

I'll be happy with Wilson or Fields. I think both are good prospects in their own way. 

I'm also excited to see what the JD has in store for the rest of the draft.

[jetstream23]

I guess I feel kinda funny...

 

 

[Embrace the Suck]

52 minutes ago, Jetlife33 said:

I really got attached to Sam and wanted him to succeed, more so than guys like Geno, Hack, Sanchez, etc. I’m hesitant to be all in again so quickly. But yes, excited for Zach. More of me praying he’s the one like you mentioned. 

They're football players, not your high school crush who didn't know you existed. Treat players like the girl who came back begging for more no matter how you treated her. Eventually some player will truly earn your affection and you'll just know it's right. Otherwise you're just being used for ratings and jersey money.

[joewilly12]

14 minutes ago, JazzyJet said:

I'd be more excited if we kept Sam (or signed a competent veteran to keep the seat warm) and let Wilson sit for a year. The new trend of throwing young QBs into the fire right out of the gate is stupid.

Regardless if the pick is going to be Wilson or Fields why didn't JD sign a decent veteran way before now. 

Who's left from the scrap heap.