Chapter 1: What do the Jets need to focus on during the draft?
In terms of needs, start with the Jets who need a lot for sure. Clearly number one. Yeah, with the exception, obviously, quarterback. So you were talking about Ty Simpson. Maybe they do get a quarterback in the draft, but I don't think anybody they get in the draft is going to be starting week one. No.
So if I give you the list of quarterbacks that seem to be available, either by trade or free agency, you tell me which one do you think fits or could be a possibility for this team? I won't give you a definitive yes or no. All right. But some could be attached to money. Like Malik Willis is first on this list. No. Okay. I'm seeing $25 million a year for him.
Oh, I'm seeing over 30 million a year.
Chapter 2: Which quarterbacks are available for the Jets to consider?
Over 30? And Dan Arvlovsky said something like 40 last week. Wow, okay. So I, you know, no. All right, so you're saying no from Malik Willis. I'm going to assume you're going to say no to this one, but he's on the list because he's a free agent. Daniel Jones? No. Okay, no for Daniel Jones. Marcus Mariota? Yeah. Really? I could say yeah. Okay, it's unexciting, but okay. Jimmy Garoppolo?
Chapter 3: Why might a rookie quarterback not start week one for the Jets?
Uh... I can't believe we're still talking about Jimmy Garoppolo. I would say 50-50, most likely not. Okay, so that's a no probably. Kenny Pickett. 50-50, most likely not. These names are just hilarious. I know, but this is kind of the conundrum that the Jets are in right now. Geno Smith? No. Okay. Russell Wilson? Nope. Joe Flacco? Nope.
Chapter 4: What are the potential costs associated with trading for a quarterback?
What is this, 2012? And then the other two that are out there, but they're not out there yet. They will be. Will Kirk Cousins be available? Yep, that's a possible yes. Okay, so you're going to put him as a yes. And then the other one would be Derek Carr. Now, I did see the article that said the Saints' phone hasn't rang by anybody yet. No one's called.
Yeah, because the Saints still have his rights. Right, you'd have to trade for him. Yeah, minor trade. Are you going to put him as a possibility? I would say 50-50. And then there's a couple other guys that you should have on that list.
Chapter 5: Who are the top quarterback candidates for the Jets in the draft?
I doubt Jacoby Brissett will get out of his contract in Arizona. Okay. There's also the potential for Andy Dalton. There's potential for Deshaun Watson. Dalton's still with the Panthers. Yes. And Frank had him down there for one year. Okay. And Frank got fired like, what, 10 weeks into the season. So he loves Andy. As a matter of fact, Andy did, I think he played for one game under Frank.
I think they played at Seattle. And I think Frank threw the ball 58 times that game. Because that was the year that Bryce Young was a rookie quarterback. Right, right, right. And he got a little beat up the week before and... I think, Frank, this is my perspective. This is not anything Frank told me.
But by throwing the ball 58 times, I felt like Frank was saying to the ownership down there, David Tepper, hey, see what we can do if we have a quarterback that knows the system, I can trust him. as opposed to only throwing the ball 20 times with Bryce Shum. And trying to run the ball down the throat, yeah. We're putting him on the field way too early.
That's what I always felt was going on down there. But nonetheless, I would think that Andy Dalton would be a legitimate consideration. All right, and then the other two, and again, now you're talking about trade, you're talking about money. And I'm going to say no to both. I didn't give you a... Matt Jones? No. Okay. No, he wasn't the one.
Chapter 6: How does team leadership impact quarterback development?
I thought you'd say yes to him. Kyler Murray or Deshaun Watson? No. Or Deshaun Watson, yes. Okay. Who was the other one you thought I was going to say? I thought you were going to say Tua. No, I don't. He doesn't seem like a fit to me here. No, and basically it looks like Miami is rebuilding from the ground up.
And Gio and I were talking about this last week about Miami as to whether or not Stephen Ross went to his new GM and coach and said, look, I'm giving you three years. Get it right. And if they believe that this quarterback class next year is going to be that strong ā you know, they're not going to be openly tanking, but they could be tanking for Arch Manning next year. Right.
So there'll be a poor season, don't have a quarterback, or you'll let Hewers play quarterback this year, I suppose. And then see, maybe they have a quarterback then. Maybe Hewers turns out to be okay. You never know. It's just like Tyler Shuck down in New Orleans. I don't necessarily know that they thought drafting him in the second round, and remember, he's older.
He's an older player, and he played a lot of football. Yeah. So he was more like a Philip Rivers type when he came into the league. He had a lot of college experience. And being older, he was more mature. And as the season went on, I think that they, you know, Kellen Moore thinks that he has his quarterback. Yeah, for sure. And he played great, though, as you say.
Those last six weeks, he played like an NFL quarterback.
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Chapter 7: What challenges do college quarterbacks face in transitioning to the NFL?
And I think that they think, much like the Giants think, that they have their quarterback. So, again, there are a lot of guys that really stuck out in this combine, the underwear Olympics, and by far one of the fastest group of athletes that we've ever seen when it comes to the 40-yard dash times. And this kid, this quarterback, Talon Green from Arkansas ā
He outdid Anthony Richardson's combine numbers. No kidding. Nobody even knows who he is. I don't know who he is, no. So he's 6'6", 230 pounds, and basically broke all of Anthony Richardson's combine records. Do you remember? People knew who Anthony Richardson was. He had only really played one year, and he was this freak athlete. And now look at this kid.
I mean, this kid, as they're showing him on CBS Sports Network right now, is just an insane athlete. But can he play the position of quarterback at the NFL level? That's where Anthony Richardson has really had a hard time kind of adjusting to. And now he's asked the Colts to be able to go for a trade. And the Colts have let him and his agent see if they can work out a trade somewhere.
Al, put your headsets on for a second, because he's asked me this before, and this came up on the warm-up show this morning. This is about the college quarterbacks. I've got an NFL MVP here. Hit him with it. I'm saying, why are colleges not doing their jobs and prepping guys to be NFL quarterbacks? It goes year in and year out.
Well, we were just talking about this generation of quarterbacks change from school to school to school. So they're being taught different things everywhere else they're going. And I would also tell you that they don't have nearly the amount of time allotted to them to be able to work on the field. They have a limited amount of time to be practicing.
And because there's a limited amount of time in the practice and because there's so much movement, these teams don't ever really truly develop into what they used to be, like the big behemoth teams that would be good year in and year out. So I think there's so much movement and there's just so much ā
uncertainty around what the player is being taught in college that they don't get developed unless of course they're a little bit older and a little bit more mature and they do have a an offense say like Jackson Dart had an old mess for two years like he really learned something under Lane Kiffin who I heard was going to become the next Ayatollah of Iran somebody said that he's leaving LSU I hadn't heard that one that's interesting are you satisfied with that answer Al
Not really. I didn't think so. But I was at the University of Maryland. I had two head coaches, five years. And the second group of coaches that I had were really offensive-minded, and they were all about fundamentals of the position and then teaching us how to read defenses. And before that, there wasn't any of that for the first three years that I was there.
But the second two years, I did at least get exposed to ā the professional way of starting because Bobby Ross came from the Kansas City Chiefs. So that actually helped me a lot because if I didn't have him, I don't necessarily know that I would have gotten drafted.
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Chapter 8: How can the Jets improve their overall team performance beyond quarterback selection?
He didn't do anything but enhance his draft status. I think the Bain kid, while he's got a great motor and everybody talks about how he is just quick as a cat, there's something to be said about short arms at tackle and at edge. I'm just telling you. And he came in with, I mean, the third shortest arms in the history, I think.
of the combine, or it was something like two guys who had arms shorter than him basically didn't make it in the NFL. That's why they look at all these different aspects of who you are as a player, both physically and mentally. He may turn out to be like John Randall, just an absolute beast on the field, but the arm length is serious. I had that down as third, by the way. I had secondary second.
I had a pass rusher third. And then I had someone opposite of Garrett Wilson. But you need a quarterback for that to even matter. I would also say they need a leader and linebacker. They need another stud linebacker. That's why everybody's got them taking possibly Arvell Reese. But I don't know that... that Texas Tech edge rusher, man, he looks just like Miles Garrett.
On the conversation we were just having, Kevin in Oakland, New Jersey. What's up, Kev? Hey, guys. How are you? Great job, as always. Good morning. Thank you. Hey, Boone, this is more for you, and I guess it's two parts. I feel that the college coaches don't really give a crap about developing these guys because it's like, you know, do I want to develop the guy for the next
step, the NFL, or do I need to get wins and make sure that I'm still making my five to ten million a year? And, you know, it's a feather in their cap. Like Bobby Ross could have said, hey, Boomer might have gotten drafted earlier if it wasn't a jackass running his mouth in the elevator. Yeah, that was me, a jackass running, and I told that story a thousand times. That is funny.
I think you bring up a good point, though. But I will say this, that, yeah, here's the thing. College coaches want kids who are developed and have been developed somewhere else. They'd like to have the James Madison quarterback or whoever it may be. I'm just picking them out because they're a smaller team. And that kid plays two years at James Madison.
Let's go throw a bunch of money in him and bring him in because he's already played college football. He's a little bit older, a little bit more mature, and we'll spend a million and a half to $2 million on bringing a guy like that in. Right, understood.
But I do think, to Kevin's point, if you have a system of you want the quarterback to run first, pass second, and that's successful for you, that's not going to translate most likely to the NFL. Why does that coach care if they're winning 10, 11, 12 games a year and going to big bowl games?
I think every coach in college would love to say, I'm going to have my quarterback for at least three years. Of course. If they could get it and they could get the guy on the field for three years, they would love that. And as long as the guy was productive his first year, the next two years they should be able to take off. Look what Carson Beck did. Better pay up now. He was at Georgia.
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