Jets draft praise thread

[HawkeyeJet]

I know it’s April and I know we still have to actually win games, but if you can’t enjoy not only NOT being the punchline for a change, but actually being universally praised, then you have no soul?.  I wanted to get a thread going that highlights done of those positive vibes.

 

[HawkeyeJet]

 

[PS17]

Can’t wait to hear from Rich Eisen on Monday. 

[HawkeyeJet]

 

[Irish Jet]

Of course Dez Bryant's a crypto/NFT enthusiast. 

[Larz]

My dad , the Giants fan since the 50s, who has been calling the Jets “the JV team “ for years just raved about our draft to me for 10 minutes……then I dropped the bomb on him that Ruckert is from Lindenhurst (he’s from Bay Shore) and he was almost speechless lol

[Larz]

7 minutes ago, PS17 said:

Can’t wait to hear from Rich Eisen on Monday. 

If he makes it to Monday lol

[Grandy]

Beautiful draft. With the Mets no-no last night, and how well the Jets drafted I haven't felt this great about sports since the pennant run in '15.

[Greenseed4]

10 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

 

This was incredible… until Woody got on the phone and manufactured a second wave of excitement, like Max isn’t going to see this, lol. 

[Long Island Leprechaun]

Every reason to be excited about the improvement in this roster. The AFC arms race is hot, so the actual relative progress of the Jets vs. Dolphins, Pats, Bills is more about trying to keep up than pass anybody. In time, drafting beats enormous contracts for veterans, but for now we have a team to watch with some enthusiasm and hope. Let's see what our coaching staff can cook up with so much young talent.

[Tony The Wiz]

WE HAD A WONDERFUL DRAFT BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 1 THING.  THE QUARTERBACK PLAY. ITS THAT SIMPLE. 

[juxsta]

 

[Barry McCockinner]

4 minutes ago, Tony The Wiz said:

WE HAD A WONDERFUL DRAFT BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 1 THING.  THE QUARTERBACK PLAY. ITS THAT SIMPLE. 

It's nice to finally have a GM who understands you need to support your QB to give them the best opportunity to be good. We've been flailing for so long.

[Warfish]

I’m very happy.

[HawkeyeJet]

 

[HawkeyeJet]

 

[RedBeardedSavage]

7 minutes ago, Tony The Wiz said:

WE HAD A WONDERFUL DRAFT BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 1 THING.  THE QUARTERBACK PLAY. ITS THAT SIMPLE. 

CAPS AND BOLD AND BANALITY.

L'ETAT C'EST MOI.

[Marshmello]

 

[Joe W. Namath]

We have the best young gm/hc tandem in the league.  We have Post UK Woody who decided to let people smarter then him make the decisions.  We have a roster with the most young talent in the nfl.

This is an absolute dream.  The year 2023 has been circled on Douglas's and Saleh's calendar as the year we take this league by storm.

But honestly, they might have done so well, it might even start this year.

Say it loud!  Say it proud!

Thank you Joe Douglas!  Thank you!!

[Lurker89]

A++++ Draft ....so stoked .... I was getting on a flight and literally had the #10 pick come through as they were telling us to Airplane mode/ turn off electronics.

Landed to see we nabbe JJ at 26 and didnt give up much to do it. WOW!!!

As a Jets fan super happy we picked up Breece.... however as a Michael Carter owner in DynastyFF I'm devastated as he was at the top of my shaky RB Depth Chart and is now an RIP candidate.

[Joe W. Namath]

5 minutes ago, Lurker89 said:

A++++ Draft ....so stoked .... I was getting on a flight and literally had the #10 pick come through as they were telling us to Airplane mode/ turn off electronics.

Landed to see we nabbe JJ at 26 and didnt give up much to do it. WOW!!!

As a Jets fan super happy we picked up Breece.... however as a Michael Carter owner in DynastyFF I'm devastated as he was at the top of my shaky RB Depth Chart and is now an RIP candidate.

Dont worry.  Carter is going to play a ton.  The jets are going to run the heck out of the ball.

[juxsta]

9 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

 

Can always count on Colon Coward with the backhanded compliments if nothing else...

[PepPep]

27 minutes ago, Tony The Wiz said:

WE HAD A WONDERFUL DRAFT BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 1 THING.  THE QUARTERBACK PLAY. ITS THAT SIMPLE. 

[Embrace the Suck]

[Lurker89]

6 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Dont worry.  Carter is going to play a ton.  The jets are going to run the heck out of the ball.

From your mouth to God's ears.

The dynasty community is quite literally in the process of lowering Carter into the grave and I'm like:

[ultraJETfan]

We did it boys. We did it.

A toast, to Joe Douglas.

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

[Trotter]

Not completely draft related but not worthy of starting a thread - I am in disney and next to me is a guy with a seahawks hat. We talk a bit and I apologize for Jamal. He responds you must be a jet fan - I run into alot of you guys lately. He was cool about it and i offered to buy him a drink to kind of make up for it. 

AVT is already on his way to being a solid pro. If Garrett pans out - that trade basically laid the foundation.

[LSJF]

36 minutes ago, Trotter said:

Not completely draft related but not worthy of starting a thread - I am in disney and next to me is a guy with a seahawks hat. We talk a bit and I apologize for Jamal. He responds you must be a jet fan - I run into alot of you guys lately. He was cool about it and i offered to buy him a drink to kind of make up for it. 

AVT is already on his way to being a solid pro. If Garrett pans out - that trade basically laid the foundation.

I remember when the trade went down, I had a Seahawk fan laugh in my face… The two pics they gave us were going to be worthless, because they’re so damn good…

[greenwave81]

2 hours ago, PS17 said:

Can’t wait to hear from Rich Eisen on Monday. 

I hope they post Eisen’s tribute/soliloquy to the Jets and Joe Douglas that happened about 5 min ago on NFL Network. It was awesome and humorous;)!

[TuscanyTile2]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33833640/new-york-jets-brass-downplays-uncommon-praise-nfl-draft-class

[Tony The Wiz]

2 hours ago, Barry McCockinner said:

It's nice to finally have a GM who understands you need to support your QB to give them the best opportunity to be good. We've been flailing for so long.

Agree. Most times these QBS are good enough but they get destroyed by a bad offensive line.  And then get him the weapons. And this GM is doing it. Now its up to the QB and the coaches to coach him up. 

[jetstream23]

2 hours ago, juxsta said:

 

@Maxman and I saw RGIII on stage before Round 4 got started today.  The guy did a great job, sounds super professional as an analyst/commentator.  Feels like he has a future in broadcasting somewhere.

[Vader]

12 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33833640/new-york-jets-brass-downplays-uncommon-praise-nfl-draft-class

This was a solid response  

[jetstream23]

2 hours ago, HawkeyeJet said:

 

 

2 hours ago, HawkeyeJet said:

 

 

The ONLY cold water I'll throw on this is that the Jets were positioned really, really well in this Draft.  Two picks in the Top 10 and then two early enough in Round 2 that you could use one as ammo for a guy who dropped (Johnson) and the other was in a position to get the best guy at a "non-premium" position with a slight trade up.  So again, the Jets had the best ammo in this Draft.... but they USED IT!  They executed really, really well and that's where they should get the praise.

I'd similarly say the Giants took the right guys at the right spots and had some high picks.  Baltimore also got some great risk/reward and value picks.  I mean... Hamilton at 14, Linderbaum at 25, Ojabo at 45 (injury issue), Travis Jones at 76, Faalele at 110?  Those are all really, really good picks getting some players a little bit later than they should have gone.

Huge credit to JD and the Jets for a few things:  Accumulating these picks in the first place (Jamal and Darnold trades), and then using them to maximum value in this Draft during a year in which they really needed to nail this.

 

[Spoot-Face]