Loser: Jets double down on hard-hitting safeties
The New York Jets aren’t close to competing. In fact, they’re so far away from competing after dumping their top veteran talent on offense this offseason it’s embarrassing.
That being said, what they did with their first pick in Round 1 was one we could get behind. Jamal Adams out of LSU was one of the best overall players in the draft. A hard-hitting safety who can also cover in the mold of Eric Berry, he will make an immediate impact.
That’s all well and good. We applaud that selection. Landing a high-character guy who is a leader is a move nobody can fault.
But what they did on Friday had us shaking our heads, and we weren’t the only ones. The Jets selected another hard-hitting safety in Marcus Maye who is a wonderful young man with a great draft-weekend story.
But under ideal circumstances, he would play the same exact position as Adams — strong safety.
Now, it’s likely the Jets are going to try and trade Calvin Pryor away and let these rookies play together. But let’s be honest, if you were going to draft two safeties, then Malik Hooker should have been the pick at No. 6 as a natural free safety who can cover the deep middle better than anyone in the draft.
Essentially, the Jets now have two safeties who do their best work near the line of scrimmage.
Building one safety at a time…
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) April 29, 2017