Most traumatic Jets drafted 22 ever

[Derek Smalls]

This is going to reignite the Geno/Hack debate again, isn't it?

One guy is still in the NFL after a decade.

One guy got replaced in the AAF by Zach Mettenberger, Brandon Silvers and Johnny Manziel.

No debate necessary.

[Derek Smalls]

QB - Geno Smith
RB -  Blair Thomas
WR - Devin Smith
WR - Denzel Mims
TE - Kyle Brady
OT - Dave Cadigan
OG - Vlad Ducasse
OG:  Brian Winters

DE - Vernon Gholston
DL - Dewayne Robertson
DL - Quinton Coples
DE - Bryan Thomas
LB - Anthony Schlegel
LB - Darron Lee
CB - Dee Milliner
CB - Kyle Wilson
S - Calvin Pryor
S - Jamal Adams

Help me fill in the blanks

Bryan Thomas and Brian Winters don't belong on this list.

Lam Jones at WR over Mims. At least Stephen Hill had one good game.

Roger Vick at fullback.

Hackenberg at QB.

Jachai Polite has to be on this team.

Jace Amaro over Kyle Brady IMO.

[Heismanberg]

One guy is still in the NFL after a decade.

One guy got replaced in the AAF by Zach Mettenberger, Brandon Silvers and Johnny Manziel.

No debate necessary.

Hack didn’t hurt the Jets.  Geno did.  You and Mantana Soss are the biggest Geno Truthers.

[MBGreen]

Hack didn’t hurt the Jets.  Geno did.  You and Mantana Soss are the biggest Geno Truthers.

Hack not doing anything was a death blow to this team's future at the time.  C'mon dude.


he wasn't a 7th round flier

[Cane]

Bryan Thomas and Brian Winters don't belong on this list.

Lam Jones at WR over Mims. At least Stephen Hill had one good game.

Roger Vick at fullback.

Hackenberg at QB.

Jachai Polite has to be on this team.

Jace Amaro over Kyle Brady IMO.

I second taking BT off the list. Guy was a Jet for a decade and did a solid job even if he never became a good passrusher. The only way to justify it, in my mind, is that he was picked over Ed Reed, when Ed was a legit possibility. Could throw Rick Terry on there as one of the DL if you need a guy, a total bum who Parcells drafted and immediately hated.

[Derek Smalls]

Hack didn’t hurt the Jets.  Geno did.  You and Mantana Soss are the biggest Geno Truthers.

Being so bad that you don't even get on the field makes you the worst pick.

Saying a 2nd-round pick who didn't play a game with the team because he was so bad "didn't hurt the Jets" is one of the dumbest statements I've ever read.

I get what your point is, but it's still stupid.

[Derek Smalls]

I second taking BT off the list. Guy was a Jet for a decade and did a solid job even if he never became a good passrusher. The only way to justify it, in my mind, is that he was picked over Ed Reed, when Ed was a legit possibility. Could throw Rick Terry on there as one of the DL if you need a guy, a total bum who Parcells drafted and immediately hated.

The Ed Reed thing has to be why he's on the list.

He wasn't the edge rusher we asked for, but he was a good Jet for a while. He was basically another Calvin Pace.

[Derek Smalls]

I second taking BT off the list. Guy was a Jet for a decade and did a solid job even if he never became a good passrusher. The only way to justify it, in my mind, is that he was picked over Ed Reed, when Ed was a legit possibility. Could throw Rick Terry on there as one of the DL if you need a guy, a total bum who Parcells drafted and immediately hated.

I would nominate Lou Benfatti at DT because I thought his name was funny as a kid, and he was a 3rd-round pick who did nothing.

[Libero_2]

Being so bad that you don't even get on the field makes you the worst pick.

Saying a 2nd-round pick who didn't play a game with the team because he was so bad "didn't hurt the Jets" is one of the dumbest statements I've ever read.

I get what your point is, but it's still stupid.

His argument is we drafted Geno so we didn’t draft a guy like Carr the next year

I would say we drafted Hack and then didn’t draft a guy like Watson/Mahomes/trubisky the next year

[MBGreen]

His argument is we drafted Geno so we didn’t draft a guy like Carr the next year

I would say we drafted Hack and then didn’t draft a guy like Watson/Mahomes/trubisky the next year

drafting Hack also led Duff to panic and trade 3 second rounders for Darnold. 


Hack was a catalyst for a few shitty things that happened to this team.

[Derek Smalls]

His argument is we drafted Geno so we didn’t draft a guy like Carr the next year

I would say we drafted Hack and then didn’t draft a guy like Watson/Mahomes/trubisky the next year

Our 2nd-best season in the last decade featured Geno Smith throwing to Jeremy Kerley, Santonio Holmes, David Nelson, Jeff Cumberland, Kellen Winslow, Stephen Hill, Clyde Gates and Greg Salad.

This isn't a defense of Geno as much as it is an expression of sadness.

[Cane]

The Ed Reed thing has to be why he's on the list.

He wasn't the edge rusher we asked for, but he was a good Jet for a while. He was basically another Calvin Pace.

I remember at TGG he was HATED for a while, but everyone softened on him once they realized he was a decent player who just didn’t fit the role he was picked for.

[MBGreen]

I remember at TGG he was HATED for a while, but everyone softened on him once they realized he was a decent player who just didn’t fit the role he was picked for.

we always raise a glass to ol' cactus

[Cane]

we always raise a glass to ol' cactus

Haha. I totally forgot that was his nickname. Still funny.

[Johnny English]

Bryan Thomas and Brian Winters don't belong on this list.

Lam Jones at WR over Mims. At least Stephen Hill had one good game.

Roger Vick at fullback.

Hackenberg at QB.

Jachai Polite has to be on this team.

Jace Amaro over Kyle Brady IMO.

It's not about which players were the worst, it's about which caused the most trauma to Jets fans. I would argue that a player taken high who was horrible but inexplicably played a lot would be more traumatic than someone taken high who didn't even see the field.