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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
Jets.
They get the best QB in the draft in Geno Smith.
They get the best DT in the draft in Sheldon Richardson.
They get the best CB in the draft in Dee Milliner.
They get the best FB in the draft in Tommy Bohanon.
They get two really good, really nasty offensive linemen in Oday Aboushi (NFL.com had him being taken in the first 75 picks and Jets stole him in the fifth round) and Brian Winter that will probably start Day 1.
And they get a really high upside player in Will Campbell that can play either side of the ball on the line.
Geno, Richardson and Milliner were all players who were spoken of as being potential #1 overall picks in this draft and the Jets got all three - and all three (six including Winter, Aboushi and Bohanon) are all at positions of need. Six potential Day 1 starters. That is NFL Draft Gold if you ask me.
The Jets and the Chiefs are basically in the exact same situation. Both fired incompetent general managers who basically ruined the franchise. However the new regimes have taken two different approaches to rebuilding their franchises: the Chiefs decided to build the team through free agency, signing QB Alex Smith, TE Anthony Fasano, DT Mike DeVito, CB Sean Smith; the Jets have gone the route of building through the draft at the same positions as what the Chiefs picked up in free agency. Geno Smith vs. Alex Smith. Sean Smith vs. Dee Milliner. Sheldon Richardson vs. Mike DeVito.
It will be interesting to follow both and see who gets the most success. (I'm doing this as I was on the Geno train very early for the Chiefs and am interested in seeing his NFL career progress.)
St. Louis Rams is #2.
All really, really good players that were drafted and all at positions of need. High impact, high ceiling players on both sides of the ball.
I would have taken both teams players in each round over what the Chiefs ended up with.
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Can never really say until you see them play a couple of years, but excellent post on why, right now, their draft looks pretty solid.