This team is failing to/choosing not to retain 1st rounders because they either suck or the rest of our drafts suck so bad that we need to hock them for help elsewhere.
The Jets need to have a STRING of solid drafts, not just good first rounders. Otherwise Jamal Adamses will just get traded for other parts every year.
The Jets stunk with Jamal Adams.
He most definitely wants more money than Eddie Jackson. The Jets were not in a spot to fork over that kind of cash, especially in a situation where the cap will probably be seriously impacted due to COVID-19. The team has the money to pay him, but it's not the best allocation of resources when we have so many other holes and we are a ways away from competing.
We can add two quality starters at other positions with the money saved not extending him. We also got at worst, a replacement level starter at the same position in Bradley McDougald.
This franchise moves as far as Sam Darnold will take it. Jamal Adams wasn't taking this team anywhere. We have to protect the QB and get him some weapons.
i don't have any strong arguments with any of the stuff in these posts, i agree with this stuff.
i hope we build a solid, well-rounded team with an emphasis on protecting and supporting sam. i hope we become a good team. drafting well rounds 1-7 will have a big part in that, and I feel like JD is that sort of GM
i just wonder how contract negotiations will go in the future if/when we actually have a solid team with a bunch of keepers and we're tasked with trying to keep the best of the best and still make them happy, while ensuring the rest of the team remains solid. right now all we had was jamal adams and sam and we still couldn't find a way to keep jamal. maybe jamal was asking for way too much money, but our history in general shows that we have not been good with that. but honestly, there is no point in opening up that can of worms until we're actually good. i just want us to be good