INDIANAPOLIS — Security first?
That is without doubt one of the questions dealing with the Jets on this 12 months’s NFL draft. Notre Dame security Kyle Hamilton is the consensus No. 1 security on this draft and has been persistently rated as one of many prime gamers total within the draft by draft gurus. The Jets need assistance at security. Taking Hamilton at No. 4 is smart … except you imagine you must by no means draft a security that top.
Sure positions are thought-about premium ones which can be value utilizing top-10 picks on — like quarterback, cornerback, left deal with and edge rusher. Security doesn't have the identical positional worth. The Jets drafted Jamal Adams with the No. 6 total decide in 2017. That's the final time a security went within the prime 10.
Jets coach Robert Saleh stated he's open to taking a security early, if he’s the precise security.
“Is dependent upon how good he's,” Saleh stated in a Zoom name with reporters Wednesday. “I name them unicorns. I'd by no means need to take a linebacker within the first spherical, however Tremaine Edmunds was sitting there and I wore his jersey to the draft. He’s a unicorn within the linebacker world. Identical factor with a security. I keep in mind there was a tough dialogue on Derwin James and the man is phenomenal.
“You by no means need to say no to any place group. Clearly, there’s premium positions while you have a look at quarterback and edge rusher and nook and O-line. These are the simple ones to test off, however you may by no means say no to a unicorn and somebody who has an amazing expertise and clearly the absolute best participant you may take at the moment. You by no means need to be cussed to your thought course of. To reply your query about taking a security, if he’s worthy of it, it'll undoubtedly be a dialogue.”
Jets followers nonetheless have the scars of how issues labored out with Adams, who turned a Professional Bowl participant with the Jets however then needed to be the highest-paid participant on the crew. The Jets balked at handing him a mammoth contract, partially as a result of he didn't play a premium place. They ended up buying and selling him to the Seahawks for a bundle that included two first-round picks. A type of picks is the No. 10 total decide this 12 months.
The Adams story ought to make the Jets suppose since you do must query whether or not you'll be keen to pay a security massive cash when his rookie contract is up. It appears counterproductive if you're drafting somebody at a place the place you'll later maintain that place towards them in negotiations.
The excitement on the Senior Bowl and the mix has been that the Jets actually like Hamilton. The 6-foot-4, 220-pounder had eight interceptions at Notre Dame and is a bodily participant who can play each near the road of scrimmage and deep.
Jets normal supervisor Joe Douglas echoed Saleh’s feedback that he wouldn't rule out taking a security within the prime 10. Douglas noticed one of many best safeties ever in Ed Reed when he was a Ravens scout and is aware of what sort of affect a security can have.
“The place I’ve come from it’s you're taking one of the best participant obtainable,” Douglas stated. “I’ve had plenty of success being round that mindset and that philosophy. If there's a participant, no matter place, that we really feel can are available right here and be that sort of distinction maker, yeah we have to discuss it and have that dialogue. On the finish of the day, we’re going to usher in the participant that we really feel is one of the best match for the Jets not solely as a participant however as an individual, competitor and character match.”
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