Draft

Courtesy Of The NY Jets Transcript of the New York Jets predraft news conference with Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, director of player personnel Terry Bradway and director of college scouting Joey Clinkscales, and members of the Jets media on Thursday:Â Tannenbaum: Good to see everybody. I just have a few opening remarks and then… Read more

By Bitonti Gather round Jets fans as spring is here. It is about four weeks to draft day, the New York Jets pick at 25 overall, late in the first round, and unlike recent years under old regimes, who exactly the draft pick will be is still a mystery. Weeb Ewbanks Hall is maintaining radio… Read more

Bitonti and R44 from Draft Daddy were kind enough to stop by our chat room and discuss the upcoming NFL Draft. [JetNation NFL Talk]: bitonti has entered at 8:13 pm [Max] 8:14 pm: Welcome Bitonti thanks for joining us this evening!  Thanks also to R44! [Max] 8:14 pm: Hey Bill Parcells is going to start us… Read more

From NFL.com Training camps are just around the corner, but teams still have a chance to add fresh talent to their roster on July 13. That’s when the annual supplemental draft takes place and this year’s draft has seven entrants. Of the seven, Virginia linebacker Ahmad Brooks, Iowa State defensive end Jason Berryman, junior college… Read more

The JetNation.com draft review is here.  Glenny B (aka Green Jets & Ham) breaks it down round by round.  Glenn provides an in-depth look at each pick.  He also talks about trading picks, what the Jets did well and how they may have missed their mark in some cases.  Round 1 – D’Brickashaw Ferguson… Read more

The NY Jets have signed the following undrafted free agents.  This list is provided to you courtesy of http://draftdaddy.com/. S – Jamie Thompson, Oklahoma State WR – Dequan Mobley, Texas A & M LB – Brian White, Virginia TE – Bryan Watje, San Jose State QB - Stacey Tutt, Richmond RB - Ryan Gilbert, Houston DE - Brennan Schmidt, Virginia… Read more

ROUND 5 {#150 Overall} TE/FB/H-Back Jason Pociask University of Wisconsin ROUND 6 {#189 Overall} CB Drew Coleman Texas Christian University ROUND 7 {#220 Overall} DL Titus Adams University of Nebraska With the departure of Jerald Sowell and BJ Askew not showing much progress heretofore, Jason Pociask was likely drafted with FB in mind. This kid… Read more

ROUND 4 {#103 Overall} WR Brad Smith University of MissouriROUND 4 {#117 Overall} RB Leon Washington Florida State UniversityExcellent idea with Brad Smith and a nice value pick at a position of need with Leon Washington.Brad Smith is a tremendous athlete and a relentless football player. I’ve seen him play and that’s no exaggeration. He’s… Read more

ROUND 3 {#97 Overall} S Eric Smith Michigan State University I don’t know how else to say it so I’ll just say it, I thought this pick was both brutal and senseless. I still can’t believe we took a safety on day one, any safety, but especially one who carried a borderline 3rd RD Grade… Read more

ROUND 3 {#76 Overall} ILB Anthony Schlegel Ohio State University “He {DE/OLB Chris Gocong} was still on the board and was by far the highest-rated guy there. We’re going to play him at linebacker, but we thought we might have a need at ‘Sam’ (strong-side) linebacker and also with someone to help us as a… Read more

By Glenny B (aka Green Jets & Ham)Â ROUND 1 {#29 Overall} C Nick Mangold Ohio State UniversityBlue-chippers on the interior of offensive line have a tendency to slide a bit on draft day, the same is true of right-tackles, and Tangini wisely capitalized on that development here. Mangold is another terrific lineman who was… Read more