Questions continue to arise about the Jets’ plan
With needs clear across the board, the New York Jets exhausted their first two picks on players at the same position. After adding an elite-level safety in Jamal Adams with the sixth overall pick, New York doubled down on Friday by selecting fellow safety Marcus Maye in the second round.
There’s surely a lot to process here. If the Jets had gone with a natural free safety like Ohio State’s Malik Hooker, then added Maye in the second round, it would have made sense. But both Adams and Maye fit more as in-the-box safeties. Neither is one of those players you want to put out there as your last line of defense.
New York arguably had needs at quarterback, tight end, offensive line, wide receiver, linebacker and cornerback following a five-win 2016 season. Instead of addressing these needs early, the team doubled down on the same position. It really was odd to see.
We do like what New York did later in the draft to add talent at this skill positions. It picked up talented wide receivers ArDarius Stewart and Chad Hansen later in the draft while opting for former Clemson star tight end Jordan Leggett in the fifth round. These were really solid value picks at positions of need.
Nonetheless, we’re still thrown for a loop after GM Mike Maccagnan shocked the football world with two safeties in the team’s first two picks.