Agreed. I'd love seeing the Jete give up on McMilfson and draft another QB "savior." Then maybe have Punky succeed with another team, but I'm not sure he has the competitive desire required to become a champion. The only problem with this team is it has a playoff-caliber defense; with at least average quarterback play, the Jete could go places. Fortunately, that snazzy running back they had is on the shelf.
They kinda have to get a QB via the draft, IMO, since FA and/or trade is not likely to deliver a quality QB at a reasonable price.
It's pretty clear Milfson is done, done, done. It isn't just that he lost the locker room and the coaching staff, it's also that (despite what Mr. Clean says) he is not a quality NFL starter, never mind a franchise QB. So, they have to do something.
That leaves you with free agency, and although the Jets have cap space, good QBs almost never make it to FA. When they do, they are very costly. For instance, the name that comes up most frequently is Derek Carr. If he hits FA he's going to want franchise QB money, but he's not a franchise QB. He can win games during the regular season, but he also can lose them too. He might get you a playoff win or two, but not a SB (IMO). All that, and he would take up so much of your cap you'd have to really manage the rest of the cap to keep team talent at a good level.
Then we get to the fact that you have to over-pay a FA to play in the swamps of NJ for that loser franchise. Da Jete admitted this with the Le'veon Bell deal, the only way he agreed to play for NJJ was to outbid everyone else, and even then they only got him because he was damaged goods after his holdout season.
The Jete don't have excess draft picks they could use to trade for a QB, so they could at best trade away their future ala the Rams. They couldn't pull off something like the Russell Wilson trade, and if they do, the risk is they end up with someone like Russell Wilson, clearly past his prime and coasting on his reputation.
My opinion all along is that their weakest position group has been OL, and until they get that sorted, it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of resources on a QB. They could have, for instance, used the pick they used on Milfson to trade down and couple quality OL, and started Flacco behind that OL. Flacco has shown he's good enough to take a team into the playoffs when protected. Or, trade that #2 overall knowing there were five quality QBs in that draft, and get an OL and a quality QB such as Mac Jones. Yet good ol' Woody wanted to make a splash, so they stayed pat and took Milfson #2.
I guess this shows how bad the Milfson pick has screwed them up. They have had great draft position by sucking for so long, and got those extra picks off Seattle. Most of them went into the defense. What they really needed was for Milfson to be good, especially under pressure since their OL isn't very good. Yet he isn't good, and now their whole team building cycle has been f***ed over. Sorting out the QB position will take time, draft resources and/or salary cap, and by the time they sort that out, a lot of that defensive talent will want to be paid which will blow up the salary cap.
This all shows why Mr Clean is so desperate to say Milfson is going to have a comeback later in the season. He realizes if Milfson does not somehow turn things around their entire team building window will close and he'll be fired. The average fan won't understand all this team building stuff, all they will understand is Da Jete Suck, they'll want blood, and it'll be Mr Clean's head on a platter.
