what are the Jets doing?

It seems pretty self explanatory what the Jets are doing, right?  They send a whole boquet of second round picks to the Colts to step up to the #3 slot.  And now there are rumors that they're trying to get up to #1.  So it's pretty clear a franchise only does this for one reason, to get a QB.

I get it.  But, still, what are the Jets doing?

The recent success of Jared Goff and Carson Wentz has once again ruined team's brains.  Ditto Deshaun Watson, but he didn't go #1 or #2.  Goff and Wentz did, and in year number two they both paid off.  And so teams are once again in the zone of mortgaging everything to get their one franchise QB.

Hey folks, it might not work!  For every Goff and Wentz I give you Mariota and Winston.  It's a 50/50 shot folks.  Is that worth sending so, so many of your key draft picks to get that coin flip?  It's not like the Jets are deep on their roster and just need a QB to win now.  The Jets aren't deep anywhere.

The Eagles just won with a QB who was essentially out of the league.  There are options for proven QBs, or QBs with potential, who are already in the league that don't require the coin flip gamble with the next five years of the franchise.

This won't end well for the Jets, not just because their strategy is putrid, but also because it's the Jets.  Whoever they draft, they'll consume the guy's career like a tiger rips apart an unknowing woodland creature.

 

Yep.

what are the Chiefs and Jets thinking?

Let's face it, there's not enough talent in the NFL.  It's why folks have talked for years about a developmental league.  You've got your superstars at each position, but after them there's a whole bunch of dudes you couldn't tell apart from your neighbor.

And yet, for whatever reason, the Chiefs and Jets have decided they can do without Jeremy Maclin and Eric Decker, two decent receivers.  Neither of these dudes are superstars, but they can produce.  They can get shit done.

Who precisely do the Chiefs and Jets think they have on hand to replace this talent?  Apparently your neighbor.  And in other unrelated news, both these teams can't win.

And also, I think the folks who are saying the current CBA screws veterans are probably right.  Teams are going to take some random dude over even an above average veteran in many cases, because paying your neighbor is a lot cheaper.