Cimini: Jets Get Love in Re-Draft

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Jets get love from Rick Reilly in re-drafts

May, 14, 2011

May 14

11:09

AM ET

By Rich Cimini

Kids call it a do-over. Golfers call it a mulligan. Football writers call it a re-draft, a look back at how a particular draft should've gone based on what we know now.

ESPN columnist Rick Reilly undertakes that exercise in a re-draft of 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Jets score big in 2006 and 2007, placing four players in the top 10 -- the so-called Core Four. All-purpose weapon Brad Smith, a fourth-round choice in '06, also sneaks into the new first round.

It's a credit to Mike Tannenbaum and the scouting department. Alas, it's not all good news. LB/DE Vernon Gholston, the sixth choice in 2008, goes undrafted in Reilly's re-do.

Here's where Reilly has the Jets ranked in his re-drafts, with the actual draft position in parentheses:

2006

4. C Nick Mangold (29)

5. LT D'Brickashaw Ferguson (5)

2007

2. CB Darrelle Revis (14)

10. LB David Harris (47)

2008

32. TE Dustin Keller (30)

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Kids call it a do-over. Golfers call it a mulligan. Football writers call it a re-draft, a look back at how a particular draft should've gone based on what we know now.

I call it stupid fake numbers. At some point it's easier to just learn the real ones. This ludicrous scoring system rates Ahmad Bradshaw as a better draft pick than Tom Brady. Thaler-Massey does a better job without even knowing who the players are.

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I call it stupid fake numbers. At some point it's easier to just learn the real ones. This ludicrous scoring system rates Ahmad Bradshaw as a better draft pick than Tom Brady. Thaler-Massey does a better job without even knowing who the players are.

True dat!!