Locked On Jets - Daily Podcast On The New York Jets

I hope everybody had a nice long weekend. Hopefully everybody is in a good mood so I wanted to start this new week on a positive note on our podcast.

With that in mind, today I look at four players on the Jets who I have sold short. These are players who have exceeded early impressions I had of their skillsets and have become more valuable than I thought they would. Oddly enough, all four players are on the offensive side of the ball, which is not something one might expect given the Jets' recent troubles there. Perhaps it says something about my expectations for offensive and defensive players.

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I got an interesting e-mail from a podcast listener yesterday named Richard. Richard is a diehard Jets fan from the United Kingdom. He made the observation that the Draft this year for the Jets was largely a developmental one after the selection of Sam Darnold opposed to plug and play.

Richard's e-mail got me thinking a bit about whether Mike Maccagnan has shown any discernible pattern during his time as Jets general manager. Does Maccagnan take more of a developmental approach to his picks? Does he favor plug and play? Does he prefer a mix of the two?

On today's show we take a look. I think it is only worth looking at the first three rounds since most everybody picked on the third day of the Draft is a developmental player. How many of Maccagnan's picks have been developmental players? How many have been plug and play? I offer a subjective grade for all eleven.

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It is Thursday, which means it is mailbag podcast day. Thanks to those of you who submitted questions. We could not do it without out.

On today's show we look at whether Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater could emerge as the top two quarterbacks on the depth chart, what evidence suggests McCown will be a quality coach once his playing career ends, whether the Jets could run for over 2,000 yards as a team, whether it's fair to expect Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye to be the league's top safety tandem, whether the team could produce multiple 1,000 yard receivers, the most exciting player on both sides of the ball, whether fans should expect a top tend defense, whether Terrelle Pryor should get a look as a return man, and what makes a quality Draft class.

Thanks as always for your support.

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By the standards of a May weekday, Tuesday was pretty eventful for the Jets.

The team turned the page from a big mistake. Quarterback Christian Hackenberg was traded to the Oakland Raiders for a conditional seventh round pick. The writing has been on the wall for Hackenberg since last summer when he failed to win the starting quarterback job in preseason. Instead, his play was so poor that he lost the backup job to Bryce Petty. On day one of OTAs, Hackenberg saw minimal practice time and then made some comments to the press some viewed as critical of the coaching staff. The trade came just hours later.

In other news, the Jets did kick off their OTAs on Tuesday. We all would be wise to avoid drawing too many sweeping conclusions from one practice. The best news of the day was probably that Teddy Bridgewater was moving around on the field well as he tries to get his career back on track after a major knee injury.

These are the topics of today's podcast.

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I have no Sam Darnold for you on today's podcast. Today's show has only me, and the discussion is about depth. I offer three positions where I like the depth the Jets have.

Before we start, I do need to clarify what I mean by depth. There are very few position groups for any team in the NFL where the backups are proven, quality players. That just doesn't happen in today's NFL with limited practice time to develop fringe players and a salary cap, which makes it difficult to retain proven guys who do not start.

When I talk about depth, I am partially talking about upside. At which spots do the Jets have a combination of proven players and reserves who have upside? 

I understand it gets a bit subjective there since upside is generally in the eye of the beholder. I think we still genuinely know upside when we see it. A quarterback group with Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty doesn't have a whole lot of upside. A quarterback group with Sam Darnold and Teddy Bridgewater does.

The positions I discuss on today's show are quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive line.

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The new franchise quarterback stops by.

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If you have not read Albert Breer's excellent article from this week about the Jets' multi-year pursuit of Sam Darnold, I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was an incredibly detailed look at the inner workings of the Jets' front office as they tried to find a franchise quarterback. I think it is one of the best sports articles of the year.

Over the last few days, I have been thinking a lot about how the Jets handled their scouting this year. The Breer article provided us with a lot of information. I thought Mike Maccagnan and company came out looking great.

There were several positives I took from the plan. That is the topic of today's podcast. It is no secret that this front office has had its ups and downs over the last four years. There were several elements of the Darnold plan, however, that should leave Jets fans feeling good about the direction of the organization and the people in the front office. 

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It is Thursday, which means it is podcast mailbag day. Thanks as always to those of you to submit questions for the mailbag. We couldn't do the show without you. I did my best to answer as many as I could, but as usual I could not get to all of them. Feel free to resend your question for next time if I did not get to yours on today's podcast.

In this mailbag we take a look at the definition of a franchise quarterback, whether the jobs of Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles should be tied at the hip, whether the team has any young edge rusher with the potential to break out this season, whether Jamal Adams should tone down his Twitter presence, and whether Josh McCown might be worth the $10 million the Jets will pay him even if he never takes a snap as long as he assists in Sam Darnold's development.

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This week on the podcast we have taken a look at who are wild cards for the Jets and players who are safe bets to produce.

Today we look at players who have something to prove. It is technically true that every player on the roster has something to prove this season. Many of the players are long-shots to even make the roster. Those players are simply trying to prove they deserve a spot in the NFL.

I tried to avoid cases like that and focus on players who will likely make the roster and could plausibly contribute to the team if things go right. The five players I name have different things to prove. In a way, all have either their future with the Jets hanging in the balance this year, their career hanging in the balance this year, or both.

They are Lorenzo Mauldin, Ardarius Stewart, Brian Winters, Darron Lee, and Teddy Bridgewater.

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On yesterday's podcast we discussed some of the wild cards on the Jets roster as we prepare for the 2018 season. It isn't clear how much value those players will provide. It could be a lot. It could be a little. 

Today we look at the sure things on the roster. That shouldn't be taken to mean any of these players is a 100% bet to be productive. Such a player does not exist in the NFL. Injuries, decline, or just a bad season can happen to anybody who suits up. The odds to seem in favor of these guys producing and being productive. Their skillsets and track records suggest just that. 

These players are not necessarily superstars. We will not necessarily see them carry the Jets on their backs. In many cases, they are role players whom we can count on to do their jobs effectively, even if it comes without much fanfare.

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