Pick # 223 Jets select Deon Simon NT NW State
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Manish Mehta
Yesssss!!!
People will kill the Jets for taking another D-lineman, but we lost Kenrick Ellis and Snacks is on the last year of his deal, and this kid is a nice small school NT to groom, 6' 4" 330 Pounds.
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ucrenegade
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need more info about him
Snacks went un-drafted for the same reasons and we wisely scooped him up, small school and multiple knee surgeries.
(To be clear: Multiple knee surgeries for Snacks, not Simon)
This kid has legit NT size and strength and its worth a shot with a 7. Like I said, we lost Ellis this year and might lose Snacks next year. We can't pay Snacks with all the money we need to pay Mo, Sheldon and Williams.
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sg3
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It's a 7th round pick
Let's not get crazy
Let's not get crazy
Joe Caporoso 
good point .
for a 7th rounder, seems like a nice gamble. good chance he ends up on the practice squad.
If anyone missed it... WE FRIGGIN DRAFTED BRYCE PETTY!!! HELLS YEAH BOYZZZ!!!
Nah! Its a late Rd pick. I am thrilled with picks 2 through 7.
You will be thrilled with pick 1 more than you know.
An article written back in February sheds some light on why the Jets made this pick and the potential upside of Simon.
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/02/relative-unknown-deon-simon-drawing-comparisons-to-dontari-poe/
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/02/relative-unknown-deon-simon-drawing-comparisons-to-dontari-poe/
Awesome find, 51, thank you for sharing it.
The article mentions his play against Baylor. I wonder if Macc was looking at tape of Petty when Simon caught his eye.
Good Observation, Nick, sometimes it does happen exactly that way, you start off scouting one player and another one jumps off the screen at you. A lot of scouts will tell you they found players like that.