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What if the Jets are pulling a Rope-a-Dope and draft Barkley


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The Jets come out and have an interview with MMQB and basically tell the world that they are going to draft a QB at 3.  Who tips their hand like that?  Everyone might suspect you're going QB, but you don't admit it.  What that does is force the Browns to draft a QB to make sure they get the #1 QB on their board and effectively takes Barkley out of the #1 spot.  Now Barkley is more likely to be there at 3 when the Jets select.  If the Jets are really going to draft a QB wouldn't they rather say something like, "Our team has a lot of needs and we have two solid QBs on our roster already.  We are not married to a QB, we are just going to follow our draft board and select the best player available."   That at least establishes a little bit of doubt in the Brown's mind about what you are going to do. 

 

By saying that you are going to draft a QB, it also increases the heat on your division rival (the Bills) to sell the farm and move ahead of you at one or two to do what???  To draft a QB.  Maybe the QB you want.  It just makes no sense to tip your hand like that.  I've just never seen a GM come out six weeks before the draft and tell everyone that they are going to draft a QB.  If you are selecting first overall it doesn't matter.  If you are drafting third, and the two teams ahead of you may or may not draft a QB, and you have other teams who can still trade up ahead of you and grab your QB, telling the whole world you're going QB is asinine.

 

It would also make the Jet's free agency quarterback orgy make more sense.  Why did they grab McCown and Bridgewater?  I've heard their explanation and it still doesn't make any sense.  Maybe they feel like Bridgewater has a legit chance to be a franchise QB and McCown returns as the insurance policy.  Bridgewater did look sharp before he went down and if the Jets think his knee is good to go, I think he does have a good shot at being a franchise QB.  Makes a lot more sense than carrying a Rookie/McCown/Bridgewater on the roster all year. 

 

Are they really spending all that draft capital trading up to select the third QB off the board in this year's draft?

 

At the end of the day, Barkley is the consensus best player in this draft. I'm a Penn State fan and followed him all year.  He really is a generational talent. Maybe the Jets are trying to play a bit of poker this year and are hoping to enter the 2018 season with Bridgewater under center throwing and handing off to Barkley.  Not a bad combo... 

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11 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The Jets come out and have an interview with MMQB and basically tell the world that they are going to draft a QB at 3.  Who tips their hand like that?  Everyone might suspect you're going QB, but you don't admit it.  What that does is force the Browns to draft a QB to make sure they get their #1 QB on the board and effectively takes Barkley out of the #1 spot.  Now Barkley is more likely to be there at 3 when the Jets select.  

 

It would also make the Jet's free agency quarterback orgy make more sense.  Why did they grab McCown and Bridgewater?  I've heard their explanation and it still doesn't make any sense.  Maybe they feel like Bridgewater has a legit chance to be a franchise QB and McCown returns as the insurance policy.  Bridgewater did look sharp before he went down and if the Jets think his knee is good to go he does have a good shot at being a franchise QB.  Makes a lot more sense than carrying Rookie/McCown/Bridgewater on the roster all year.

 

At the end of the day, Barkley is the consensus best player in this draft. Maybe the Jets are trying to play a bit of poker this year and are hoping to enter the 2018 season with Bridgewater and Barkley.  Not a bad combo...

 

As good as Barkley is, I don’t think they’d give up that much value to grab him and to stick to an AFCE rival.  They are going QB

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If they feel that they already have their franchise QB in Bridgewater, they are trading up to select the consensus best player in the draft who was not likely to fall to them at 6.

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They inquired about the number 1 pick with Cleveland.

 

That is a very solid clue that they will be drafting a QB in my opinion 

4 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

If they feel that they already have their franchise QB in Bridgewater, they are trading up to select the consensus best player in the draft who was not likely to fall to them at 6.

Bridgewater is on a 1 year deal with less than 1 million guaranteed

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Picking an RB this early is weird but defensible because of how good Barkley is. Trading up to do so would all but be evidence of traumatic brain injury.

 

And they don't have to be picking the third QB. They could be very strongly convinced that one of the top two teams isn't going QB. They could also be interested primarily in one QB who they think fits their system, who they are convinced the top two teams value less highly. Mayfield, maybe, or even Rosen if they think the top two go Darold and Allen.

 

I think they're not smoke-screening because smoke-screening this because doing so would be like pretending you're going to date Aileen Wuornos over Kate Upton. Not worth the breath.

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What if the Jets are running the annexation of Puerto Rico and this all designed to make us THINK they're taking Barkley but they 're actually just trying to make us jealous so WE will trade into the 3 spot and take Barkley when they actually want Allen...

 

Point is, everything is smoke and mirrors and nothing is as it seems. 

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Exactly my point.  The Jets may be pulling a Rope-a-Dope by saying they're going QB.

Playing opossum to get us to do something dumb and impulsive.  Its brilliant.  This Maccagnan guy may have been former KGB and we're playing right into his hands.  I'm sick thinking about it.

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1 hour ago, Inigo Montoya said:

The Jets come out and have an interview with MMQB and basically tell the world that they are going to draft a QB at 3.  Who tips their hand like that?  Everyone might suspect you're going QB, but you don't admit it.  What that does is force the Browns to draft a QB to make sure they get the #1 QB on their board and effectively takes Barkley out of the #1 spot.  Now Barkley is more likely to be there at 3 when the Jets select.  If the Jets are really going to draft a QB wouldn't they rather say something like, "Our team has a lot of needs and we have two solid QBs on our roster already.  We are not married to a QB, we are just going to follow our draft board and select the best player available."   That at least establishes a little bit of doubt in the Brown's mind about what you are going to do. 

 

By saying that you are going to draft a QB, it also increases the heat on your division rival (the Bills) to sell the farm and move ahead of you at one or two to do what???  To draft a QB.  Maybe the QB you want.  It just makes no sense to tip your hand like that.  I've just never seen a GM come out six weeks before the draft and tell everyone that they are going to draft a QB.  If you are selecting first overall it doesn't matter.  If you are drafting third, and the two teams ahead of you may or may not draft a QB, and you have other teams who can still trade up ahead of you and grab your QB, telling the whole world you're going QB is asinine.

 

It would also make the Jet's free agency quarterback orgy make more sense.  Why did they grab McCown and Bridgewater?  I've heard their explanation and it still doesn't make any sense.  Maybe they feel like Bridgewater has a legit chance to be a franchise QB and McCown returns as the insurance policy.  Bridgewater did look sharp before he went down and if the Jets think his knee is good to go, I think he does have a good shot at being a franchise QB.  Makes a lot more sense than carrying a Rookie/McCown/Bridgewater on the roster all year. 

 

Are they really spending all that draft capital trading up to select the third QB off the board in this year's draft?

 

At the end of the day, Barkley is the consensus best player in this draft. I'm a Penn State fan and followed him all year.  He really is a generational talent. Maybe the Jets are trying to play a bit of poker this year and are hoping to enter the 2018 season with Bridgewater under center throwing and handing off to Barkley.  Not a bad combo... 

First of all, your name and logo are awesome.   This though has got to be wishful thinking.  No one would be crazy enough to give THREE second rounders to move up only three spots to do anything other than get a QB.  I mean the jets paid the Iron Price for that pick

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2 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

How is moving up to get the player you want a "rope-a-dope"?

 

By telling the world your going to draft a QB when you are really targeting Barkley.  That's the Rope-a-Dope.  Now the Browns go QB at one, it increases the chances that the Bills trade up to 2 to take a QB, and who is left sitting there at 3...  Barkley

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1 minute ago, Inigo Montoya said:

 

By telling the world your going to draft a QB when you are really targeting Barkley.  That's the Rope-a-Dope.  Now the Browns go QB at one, it increases the chances that the Bills trade up to 2 to take a QB, and who is left sitting there at 3...  Barkley

Why don't they just move up to 2?

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Just now, Inigo Montoya said:

 

By telling the world your going to draft a QB when you are really targeting Barkley.  That's the Rope-a-Dope.  Now the Browns go QB at one, it increases the chances that the Bills trade up to 2 to take a QB, and who is left sitting there at 3...  Barkley

 

Can you further define rope-a-dope?  

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10 minutes ago, hmsmystic said:

First of all, your name and logo are awesome.   This though has got to be wishful thinking.  No one would be crazy enough to give THREE second rounders to move up only three spots to do anything other than get a QB.  I mean the jets paid the Iron Price for that pick

 

 

I know it sounds INCONCEIVABLE!   But we are talking about the Jets here....

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1 hour ago, Inigo Montoya said:

If they feel that they already have their franchise QB in Bridgewater, they are trading up to select the consensus best player in the draft who was not likely to fall to them at 6.

But they don’t think they have their future qb or they wouldn’t have signed him to a 1 year deal.

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