\u201cCarnell Tate would be a mistake at [pick No.] 2. I\u2019ve talked to a bunch of scouts, he is just not worth the second pick in the draft. To me, that would be a major reach. He is a wide receiver who wasn\u2019t even the best receiver on his team. He ran a tick slow at the combine. I just wouldn\u2019t pick a guy like that at No. 2,\u201d Cimini explained on the \u201cJets Collective\u201d<\/p>\n
Cimini also confirmed on the podcast that based on what he\u2019s hearing, if the Jets want Sadiq, they\u2019re going to need to trade up for him, and considering how much help the Jets need, that\u2019s a tough sell IMO:<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, since we last talked last week, I think the intel that I have been getting on Kenyon Sadiq is [that] he is not going to be there at [pick No.] 16. Kansas City, I think, has the 9th pick. I think the window opens for him right there. I\u2019d be very surprised if he got down to the Jets at [pick No.] 16,\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt Lombardo<\/a> believes that no team is better situated to bag Dexter Lawrence than the Jets:<\/p>\n \u201cMight Lawrence be about to live the inverse of Leonard Williams\u2019 reality? Williams, originally chosen by the New York Jets with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, was dealt across town to the Giants for a pair of draft picks, back in 2019. There isn\u2019t a team in the league better positioned from a draft capital standpoint (five first-round picks over the next two years), nor a cap space standpoint, with $39.5 million in cap space this offseason and $151.5 million in 2027 to acquire Lawrence,\u201d<\/p>\n The Jets hosted<\/a> Washington WR Denzel Boston on Saturday. The 6\u20194, 212lb receiver is climbing a fair few draft boards and is absolutely an option at #16 overall. He\u2019s coming off a season where he caught 62 passes for 881 yards and 11 touchdowns, came down with 76.9% of his contested catches and a 3.1% drop percentage. He\u2019s the prototypical \u201cx\u201d receiver and is drawing plenty of interest in the first round. <\/p>\n We unfortunately had some sad news over the weekend as it was announced that former Jets QB Browning Nagle passed away at 57 following a battle with colon cancer. Browning Nagle was a 2nd round pick of the Jets in 1991 and spent 3 seasons here before moving on. Thoughts are with all his friends and family, gone far too soon. <\/p>\n Jason La Canforca<\/a> believes the Jets could be set to draft Miami defensive end Reuben Bain Jr at #2 overall:<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying a hunch that the evaluators I really trust, who aren\u2019t concerned about Bain\u2019s \u201cshort arms\u201d or ability to wreak havoc lined up inside or outside. \u201cHe\u2019s my favorite lineman in the draft,\u201d said one longtime NFL personnel guy. \u201cI\u2019m kicking him inside in nickel and watching him kick ass.\u201d From everything we gather this pick could go down to the wire. I also wouldn\u2019t be stunned if Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles hears his name called here.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Jets great Kevin Mawae shared a story<\/a> about how he came to be a Jet despite never wanting to play Bill Parcells: \u201cWhen I got drafted into the NFL, I told my wife that I would never want to play for Bill Parcells, Fast forward, I get drafted to Seattle, and I become a free agent. So in \u201998, I go on free agent trips, and I go to New York Jets. So I had a meeting with Parcells, and I said, \u2018Coach, I\u2019m just gonna be honest with you. I said, I would never live in New York; I never wanted to play for you. I told him because all I see about you is yelling, screaming, cussing the players,\u201d Mawae added. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be coached that way, and I don\u2019t respond to that kind of coaching. And he goes, \u2018Mawae, you don\u2019t worry about it. He goes, \u2018If you\u2019re the player I think you are, you\u2019ll never have to hear me yell at you.\u2019 And he never did\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure there is a single second overall pick that will unite the masses. <\/p>\n The more I\u2019ve looked into this class the less enthused I\u2019ve become. Not because there isn\u2019t talent to be had, but because every single prospect is flawed. <\/p>\n Arvell Reese has outstanding potential, but based on what we\u2019re going to ask him to do, he\u2019s a gamble. David Bailey is a ready-to-go pass-rusher who in many ways is a slightly heavier Will McDonald. Love is likely the second best player in this draft but he doesn\u2019t fill a need or tick the box for positional value. Carnell Tate? Like Cimini I agree he\u2019s not good enough to be considered a top 2 pick, Reuben Bain Jr has T-Rex arms and every statistical model will tell you that\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n Who does that leave?<\/p>\n Sonny Styles. <\/p>\n Just as a point\u2026I\u2019m still taking Arvell Reese if I\u2019m the Jets, but if they\u2019re not sold on him then instead of David Bailey, I feel more comfortable with them taking Styles. <\/p>\n There have been plenty of readers of TJW who have been banging this drum for a while, but I\u2019m finally starting to understand how in many ways, Styles may be the safest bet for the Jets in this draft. <\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say that Sonny Styles is not flawed, his weakness list on his official NFL.com scouting report will do a better job than I will at diagnosing his weaknesses:<\/p>\n Recognition of blocking schemes needs more work.<\/p>\n Can afford to crank up the urgency at times.<\/p>\n Slow to reaccelerate on stop\/start movements in pursuit.<\/p>\n Tight hips prevent fluid change of direction from downhill flow.<\/p>\n Inconsistent shading zone drops to quarterback\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n Average instincts and physicality as a blitzer.<\/p>\n But the positives vastly outweigh the weaknesses. A high floor player with the ceiling of a Fred Warner type. <\/p>\n If you read enough draft content you won\u2019t struggle to find pieces labelling him as the best player in the draft, Fernando Mendoza included. <\/p>\n
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