Don't you wish you could change 1 jets draft pick

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ucrenegade

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I know most would prob say marino over o'brien which is hard to argue.
 
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Lakerfan80

Guest
Emmitt Smith over Blair Thomas...or the year we traded our #1 and chance to draft Orlando Pace...3 HOF players if you include Marino...but who's to say their careers would have been the same have they been drafted by the Jets.
 
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Jet Setter

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Anyone over Gholston.

I liked Jonathan Stewart at the time. But admittedly, there weren't many options for the Jets needs at that position that year. Tanny tried in vain to snag Matt Ryan and that last game victory against KC in OT cost them dearly. But they play to win the game, right?
 
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flgreen

Guest
Have a feeling if the Jets pass on Mariota, that might be an answer to this question in 5 years
 

lounap23

Legend
Jet Fanatics
I know most would prob say marino over o'brien which is hard to argue.

O'Brien was a good QB with an awful OL... We think about the production of Marinos career and if he did that with the Jets.. But reality is, and this is funny to say, O'Brien was mobile enough to not get killed... I think Marino would not have been a great QB for us.. And if everything after that draft stayed exactly the same I'm not convinces Marino would have had as decent a career as O'Brien had....

Look at this
Dan Marino 17 years played sacked 270 times 15.9 sacks per year
Ken O'Bien 11 Years played sacked 353 times 32.1 sacks per year

Ken O'Brien 129 games played sacked an avg of 2.74 times per game
Dan Marino 240 games playes sacked an avg of 1.13 times per game..

And I won't even go into pressures and hits...

Argument made.. not that hard:D
 

NickSINYC

Veteran
Jet Fanatics
O'Brien was a good QB with an awful OL... We think about the production of Marinos career and if he did that with the Jets.. But reality is, and this is funny to say, O'Brien was mobile enough to not get killed... I think Marino would not have been a great QB for us.. And if everything after that draft stayed exactly the same I'm not convinces Marino would have had as decent a career as O'Brien had....

Look at this
Dan Marino 17 years played sacked 270 times 15.9 sacks per year
Ken O'Bien 11 Years played sacked 353 times 32.1 sacks per year

Ken O'Brien 129 games played sacked an avg of 2.74 times per game
Dan Marino 240 games playes sacked an avg of 1.13 times per game..

And I won't even go into pressures and hits...

Argument made.. not that hard:D
Marino would not have taken all those sacks that O'Brien did. I liked Kenny but he held on to the ball too long and no one released it as quickly as Dan did.
 
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Jetsfanatic

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O'Brien was a good QB with an awful OL... We think about the production of Marinos career and if he did that with the Jets.. But reality is, and this is funny to say, O'Brien was mobile enough to not get killed... I think Marino would not have been a great QB for us.. And if everything after that draft stayed exactly the same I'm not convinces Marino would have had as decent a career as O'Brien had....

Look at this
Dan Marino 17 years played sacked 270 times 15.9 sacks per year
Ken O'Bien 11 Years played sacked 353 times 32.1 sacks per year

Ken O'Brien 129 games played sacked an avg of 2.74 times per game
Dan Marino 240 games playes sacked an avg of 1.13 times per game..

And I won't even go into pressures and hits...

Argument made.. not that hard:D
The line wasn't bad, O"Brien was statute. I'm sick of this myth.
 

TurboJet

Day 1 Prospect
Jet Fanatics
Marino would not have taken all those sacks that O'Brien did. I liked Kenny but he held on to the ball too long and no one released it as quickly as Dan did.

Marino had the quickest release I've ever seen; coupled with great awareness and a bazooka arm thus the low sack totals.
If he were playing in today's pass-happy NFL and with the current rules favoring the offense his numbers would be even more impressive.
 

NCgreen12

Pro Bowl Alternate
Jet Fanatics
The all Hall of Fame miss in the draft for our beloved NY Jets

1) Of course O'Brien for Marino - needs no comments
2) Browing Nagle instead of Favre - because we drafted Rob Moore as a supplemental the year earlier and didn't have a first rounder and because Zona backed out last minute of a trade with Dick Steinberg in the 2nd round to jump one pick ahead of Atlanta who drafted Favre on pick ahead.
3) Bryan Thomas instead of Ed Reed
4) Kyle Brady instead of Warren Sapp
5) I'll even throw in when Parcells had the first pick in 1997 and Manning was deciding to come out and the rumor was he was waiting for Parcells to commit to taking him which he didn't and Manning stayed in school.
6) Blair Thomas for Emmit Smith
7) Farrior for Pace
8) Toon (shortened by head trauma from O'Brien) for Jerry Rice
9) Johhny Lam Jones for Anthony Munoz

The list of HOFer's we missed out on..Sure there's more but all I can remember.
 

TurboJet

Day 1 Prospect
Jet Fanatics
The all Hall of Fame miss in the draft for our beloved NY Jets

1) Of course O'Brien for Marino - needs no comments
2) Browing Nagle instead of Favre - because we drafted Rob Moore as a supplemental the year earlier and didn't have a first rounder and because Zona backed out last minute of a trade with Dick Steinberg in the 2nd round to jump one pick ahead of Atlanta who drafted Favre on pick ahead.
3) Bryan Thomas instead of Ed Reed
4) Kyle Brady instead of Warren Sapp
5) I'll even throw in when Parcells had the first pick in 1997 and Manning was deciding to come out and the rumor was he was waiting for Parcells to commit to taking him which he didn't and Manning stayed in school.
6) Blair Thomas for Emmit Smith
7) Farrior for Pace
8) Toon (shortened by head trauma from O'Brien) for Jerry Rice
9) Johhny Lam Jones for Anthony Munoz

The list of HOFer's we missed out on..Sure there's more but all I can remember.

Great work on that list NC.
Painful to read though.
I completely forgot about Brady instead of Sapp, ughhh.
 
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ucrenegade

Guest
Marino would not have taken all those sacks that O'Brien did. I liked Kenny but he held on to the ball too long and no one released it as quickly as Dan did.


This Marino had one of the quickest releases I have ever seen to this very day.
 

Old#15

Old Wise Tale
Jet Fanatics
Marino had the quickest release I've ever seen; coupled with great awareness and a bazooka arm thus the low sack totals.
If he were playing in today's pass-happy NFL and with the current rules favoring the offense his numbers would be even more impressive.
If memory serves me, I don't think that the Dolphins offense under Marino ever had the balance of a decent running game. To me that makes Marino all the more impressive.
 

cysporsche

Pro Bowl 1st Team
Jet Fanatics
Does it count that Peyton Manning went back to College because he did not want to be a NY Jet.

Kyle Brady over Warren Sapp really pissed me off !

Go Jets...Cyborg
 
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