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Jets owner Woody Johnson laments not drafting Russell Wilson
Johnson was referring to the infamous 2012 draft, when the Jets whiffed on everybody, not just Wilson. They made eight picks that year, none of which remain on the roster. Just brutal.
"Probably not our best effort," Johnson said in a rather stinging indictment of the old scouting department.
That was two regimes ago, when Mike Tannenbaum was the general manager and Terry Bradway was the personnel guru.
Bradway lobbied hard for Wilson, but the Jets already had set their path at quarterback. A month before the draft, they signed Mark Sanchez to a contract extension and traded for Tim Tebow -- two moves that contributed to Tannenbaum's demise.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/ ... ell-wilson
Johnson was referring to the infamous 2012 draft, when the Jets whiffed on everybody, not just Wilson. They made eight picks that year, none of which remain on the roster. Just brutal.
"Probably not our best effort," Johnson said in a rather stinging indictment of the old scouting department.
That was two regimes ago, when Mike Tannenbaum was the general manager and Terry Bradway was the personnel guru.
Bradway lobbied hard for Wilson, but the Jets already had set their path at quarterback. A month before the draft, they signed Mark Sanchez to a contract extension and traded for Tim Tebow -- two moves that contributed to Tannenbaum's demise.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/ ... ell-wilson