Ideal realistic scenario:
We end up with the #4 pick
Draft goes: 1) Caleb Williams 2) Drake Maye 3) Harrison Jr
A team wants to trade up for Jayden Daniels at 4. We trade down for a 2nd rounder and 1st rounder next year. We can still take Joe Alt or Amarius Mims after the trade down.
I keep trying to find reasons to dislike Jayden Daniels, and the more I watch (just watched condensed games against FSU and Ole Miss), the more I think he might be the best or 2nd best QB in the draft. He’s decisive, doesn’t hold onto the ball that long, good but not great arm, great legs, goes through his progressions well. The only thing that could be a negative is how he got along with his ASU teammates. They didn’t seem to like him and posted a video of them cleaning out his locker when they heard he was leaving. Off of pure talent alone, I like him more than Caleb Williams tbh. It’s Maye/Daniels tied at #1 for me.
This post is over-simplified and filled with misconceptions. You absolutely can evaluate how a QB is reading the field as well as the degree of difficulty in what they are being asked to do. Teams also have interviews and personal workouts that will tell them plenty about the skill of the prospect. At the end of the day, there are 10 other players on offense as well as 100’s of coaches and staff. All of that matters in how the offense performs. Personality, communication skills, ability to get along with other players, and work ethic matter just as much as being able to read the field.
If you think Zach Wilson and Justin Fields are at the same level in reading defenses, then I don’t know what to tell you… maybe watch more football? I would be embarrassed to make a statement that stupid.
How many screen passes has Fields thrown today? Is that the only thing he’s capable of?
A part of me feels bad for Hackett. He needs a QB who understands the system and how to read coverages using their pre-snap looks. He also needs an offensive line / tight ends that aren’t horrendous at blocking. When you watch the tape of the offense, you can see why Saleh keeps saying that they’re “close”. There’s always 1 player making a major fuckup on the plays that don’t work which otherwise would go for decent yardage. If we had Broderick Jones instead of Max Mitchell and if AVT had stayed healthy, also if we had benched Uzomah earlier, this offense could be middle of the pack. It’s really simply been Newman, Mitchell, and Uzomah who have doomed the offense.
Rodgers better not return against the Commanders. That is the most important game that we need to lose if we want to secure Olu Fashanu. We can even trade down from the pick to the team that wants Jayden Daniels and get a haul in the process.
Now that we’re 99% out of the playoff picture, did some offensive tackle tape watching. I rank them:
Fashanu
Mims
Alt
All 3 are fine in my book. Just take the guy who interviews the best and who doesn’t have any injury red flags. We should be able to get one of them.
Yeah he’s a long term developmental piece. He was the guy who got destroyed by Jermaine Johnson in the senior bowl practices which helped to make JJ a first round pick. Mitchell is long, nimble for his size, and seems to be a good locker room guy but he needs at least 2 more years of strength training.
If Rodgers is on the team for 2 more years, we might be the worst team in the league in 2025 and have the #1 pick for Arch Manning in the 2026 draft.
Alt/Tomlinson/Tippman/AVT/Becton
Trade into 2nd round using our high 3rd round pick for Cooper Beebe. He can backup AVT and Becton
Backups:
Beebe
Warren
Schweitzer
Mitchell
Fant is a good player when healthy. For some reason we relied on him last year after he had major offseason surgery and couldn’t get a single practice in prior to the first game. He was going up against players who had strength and conditioning training for months leading up to game 1 while he had none.
I honestly think that if the Giants/Jets had paid for a roof for metlife, we would have had better injury fortune. East coast weather elements + turf field is a recipe for disaster.
Redzone
No. Trading down is what made us lose Broderick Jones. Stay put and take the best tackle. End of story.
No. He has a decent oline, good receivers, and holds the ball forever. He would get destroyed here.
I mean… people like me gave been saying it for the last 3 years. We can’t succeed with such a terrible offensive line. You can have all the star power at the skill positions that you want. Doesn’t mean crap when the QB is pressured 2.5 seconds into the snap, or the RB has no lanes to run through.
Alt or Fashanu territory.
Who was Boyle throwing that ball to? The receivers were bunched in the middle
McDonald is showing up. Playing really well
Jets vs Patriots in week 18 will be the funniest game of the year.