SunnyDenmark
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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They Jets goofed by NOT drafting a QB this year. Except in rare cases, we are seeing the young QBs ride the bench for 2-3 years learning the system and getting ready to take over. If they TRULY weren't happy with Pennington or Clemens, they should have drafted a QB. Instead, they will lose at least a 3rd round pick but probably a second..
As I said in another thread, if the Jets lose the 2nd, then they have screwed themselves going into the future unless they trade away some current talent to get back into the 2nd round, because they won't get their QB to develop under Favre otherwise/ This is clearly a desperation move by Mangini and Tannenbaum after last year's fiasco.
Jets took Erik Ainge QB (Tennessee) with pick # 162 (5th round). I agree with your 2nd paragraph -that they are going short term gain (gamble) vs long term high risk. Also that is a desperation move. I think the cap costs as well could even be a bigger handicap than a future # 3 round pick loss (as I dont see them making it to playoffs to escilate it to a 2nd round pick)