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Originally Posted by Jammon
I was curious, so I asked co-pilot to give me an analysis of the picks the Jets made and how many "misses" they had from 2018- present time.
There were quite a few picks they could have snagged that are very well established in the league now. For example, in 2019 we drafted Heinola- we could have drafted Connor McMichael. 2020 is the year we drafted Perfetti, but Seth Jarvis and Lundell were both lower picks that year. Both big misses in my opinion. 2021- we drafted Chaz Lucius; could have taken Wyatt Johnston. 2017 was a particularly frustrating draft because we traded away the pick to Vegas that would have landed us Nick Suzuki and we ended up with Vesalainen and the next pick after him was Ryan Poehling- a starter in Philadelphia.
2022 was the year we drafted McGroarty and interestingly enough, none of the 5 picks that came after him have broken through.
I think this just solidifies to me that even though we have drafted in lower numbers over the past 5 years, we have missed some really golden opportunities.
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Right, remind the scouting staff to bust out the crystal ball going forward. The Jets drafted players they thought were going to be good. All of which have shown promise at various points. It is a very normal part of drafting talent that you will often miss. Unless you draft 1st overall (even that's not a lock as we know), you basically aren't guaranteed anything.
Tough to swallow reality, but here we are.
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