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Monday, April 28, 2008
5:51:00 PM EDT
With the 113rd pick, the Jets select...
Dwight Lowery, CB from San Jose State
The Jets seemed content to grab a corner at 102 in the fourth round, but Tyvon Branch and Justin King went off the board in the two picks preceding Gang Green's turn on the clock. The Jets then traded with Green Bay, giving up pick 102 in exchange for the fourth round pick from New Orleans the Jets dealt the Packers on Saturday and Green Bay's fifth round selection. With the fourth rounder from New Orelans through Green Bay and themselves, the Jets took Lowery. This was a head-scratcher. Lowery is a project without great cover skills. He figures to top out as a nickel back best suited for a zone or cover two scheme. The Jets passed on Trae Williams from South Florida, a superior man to man corner with starting potential. This team clearly needed to address a glaring need at corner. The problem is that Mike Tannenbaum and Eric Mangini grabbed a guy at the position who figures to contribute very little. The selections of Branch and King were rough, but taking Lowery is not going to fix the deficiencies at corner.
With the 162nd pick, the Jets select...
Erik Ainge, QB from Tennessee
With the other pick obtained from Green Bay, the Jets grabbed a quarterback. Ainge is a great value pick at the end of the fifth round. He has all of the physical tools to be a productive starter in the NFL. He had four years of experience starting against a high level of competition. The issue has always been consistency. Ainge gets sloppy with his mechanics for long periods of time. He has gone into long slumps, which have affected his mental game. The Jets can have patience with Ainge. He will not be expected to do much right off the bat. They can slowly rebuild him and instill in him proper mechanics. This gives the team another option in case Kellen Clemens does not improve, but since the Jets did not invest much in Ainge, Clemens will not have to look over his own shoulder. Finding a guy with Ainge's potential a few picks from the sixth round is terrific. The development of quarterbacks is always hit or miss. With Ainge, the Jets found somebody with the talent to start without having to give up a massive amount of money.
With the 171st pick, the Jets select...
Marcus Henry, WR from Kansas
Standing at 6'4" Henry will serve as a big target down near the goal line, something the team sorely needed. Brian Schottenheimer can start calling for fades to Henry instead of the diminutive Laveranues Coles. Monk did very little until his senior year of college, when he had over 1,000 receiving yards and averaged 18 yards per catch. This could be the case of a late bloomer whom the Jets can develop. In addition to his size, he runs precise short routes, which are essential in this offense. Henry will never be a playmaker down the field, but he is the guy the Jets can bury on the depth chart early in his career to try and develop.
With the 211th pick, the Jets select...
Nate Garner, OT from Arkansas
Garner will probably be able to add some weight to his 6'"6 frame as he currently weighs only 325 pounds.While raw, he does have the potential to develop into a mauler in the run game. Run blocking is his biggest strength. He probably will begin his career on the practice squad.
Final Thoughts:
It is difficult to be too negative regarding a Draft where the Jets addressed their glaring pass rushing deficiencies by picking a player with as much upside as Vernon Gholston. Aside from that, I am not in love with what the Jets did. They reached to grab Dustin Keller to play at tight end, which was not a need. That precluded them from addressing the wide receiver position until later rounds. When they did, they grabbed a vastly inferior receiver in Henry from anybody else they could have had. The low impact selection of Lowery was also uninspiring. The middle rounds are where there is value for guys who will upgrade depth in the trenches. Carl Nicks, a big tackle from Nebraska with tremendous upside, and Athyba Rubin, a potential successor at nose tackle for Kris Jenkins and a guy whose first step would have made him an immediate impact player at 3-4 end, would have been steals, who were on the board well into the second day. Keller had better be one heck of an impact player because this team cost itself a chance to improve up front by picking him and neglecting other needs until later in the Draft, which consequently blew any shot of obtaining depth.
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Day Two Draft Analysis
Dwight Lowery, CB from San Jose State
The Jets seemed content to grab a corner at 102 in the fourth round, but Tyvon Branch and Justin King went off the board in the two picks preceding Gang Green's turn on the clock. The Jets then traded with Green Bay, giving up pick 102 in exchange for the fourth round pick from New Orleans the Jets dealt the Packers on Saturday and Green Bay's fifth round selection. With the fourth rounder from New Orelans through Green Bay and themselves, the Jets took Lowery. This was a head-scratcher. Lowery is a project without great cover skills. He figures to top out as a nickel back best suited for a zone or cover two scheme. The Jets passed on Trae Williams from South Florida, a superior man to man corner with starting potential. This team clearly needed to address a glaring need at corner. The problem is that Mike Tannenbaum and Eric Mangini grabbed a guy at the position who figures to contribute very little. The selections of Branch and King were rough, but taking Lowery is not going to fix the deficiencies at corner.
With the 162nd pick, the Jets select...
Erik Ainge, QB from Tennessee
With the other pick obtained from Green Bay, the Jets grabbed a quarterback. Ainge is a great value pick at the end of the fifth round. He has all of the physical tools to be a productive starter in the NFL. He had four years of experience starting against a high level of competition. The issue has always been consistency. Ainge gets sloppy with his mechanics for long periods of time. He has gone into long slumps, which have affected his mental game. The Jets can have patience with Ainge. He will not be expected to do much right off the bat. They can slowly rebuild him and instill in him proper mechanics. This gives the team another option in case Kellen Clemens does not improve, but since the Jets did not invest much in Ainge, Clemens will not have to look over his own shoulder. Finding a guy with Ainge's potential a few picks from the sixth round is terrific. The development of quarterbacks is always hit or miss. With Ainge, the Jets found somebody with the talent to start without having to give up a massive amount of money.
With the 171st pick, the Jets select...
Marcus Henry, WR from Kansas
Standing at 6'4" Henry will serve as a big target down near the goal line, something the team sorely needed. Brian Schottenheimer can start calling for fades to Henry instead of the diminutive Laveranues Coles. Monk did very little until his senior year of college, when he had over 1,000 receiving yards and averaged 18 yards per catch. This could be the case of a late bloomer whom the Jets can develop. In addition to his size, he runs precise short routes, which are essential in this offense. Henry will never be a playmaker down the field, but he is the guy the Jets can bury on the depth chart early in his career to try and develop.
With the 211th pick, the Jets select...
Nate Garner, OT from Arkansas
Garner will probably be able to add some weight to his 6'"6 frame as he currently weighs only 325 pounds.While raw, he does have the potential to develop into a mauler in the run game. Run blocking is his biggest strength. He probably will begin his career on the practice squad.
Final Thoughts:
It is difficult to be too negative regarding a Draft where the Jets addressed their glaring pass rushing deficiencies by picking a player with as much upside as Vernon Gholston. Aside from that, I am not in love with what the Jets did. They reached to grab Dustin Keller to play at tight end, which was not a need. That precluded them from addressing the wide receiver position until later rounds. When they did, they grabbed a vastly inferior receiver in Henry from anybody else they could have had. The low impact selection of Lowery was also uninspiring. The middle rounds are where there is value for guys who will upgrade depth in the trenches. Carl Nicks, a big tackle from Nebraska with tremendous upside, and Athyba Rubin, a potential successor at nose tackle for Kris Jenkins and a guy whose first step would have made him an immediate impact player at 3-4 end, would have been steals, who were on the board well into the second day. Keller had better be one heck of an impact player because this team cost itself a chance to improve up front by picking him and neglecting other needs until later in the Draft, which consequently blew any shot of obtaining depth.
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