Maccagnan admits they tried to move up to take Laremy Tunsil

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PFT -- Not every team was running away from Ole Miss tackle Laremy Tunsil last Thursday night after video emerged of his gas mask bong hits.

One team was trying to run toward him.

Via Darryl Slater of NJ.com, Jets General Manager Mike Maccagnan said during an appearance with WFAN’s Mike Francesa that the Jets did try to make a move to get to Tunsil, whose slide was stopped by the Dolphins at No. 13.

The Jets, picking 20th, settled for Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee.

The Jets lost left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson to retirement, and traded for Denver’s Ryan Clady to replace him to Tunsil would have been a longer-term fix to the problem.

Given the trades that happened to get to the eighth and ninth picks, the Jets would have ostensibly been calling the Saints (12th), Buccaneers (11th) and Giants (10th). All three stayed put with their picks, with the cross-town Giants taking some heat for taking corner Eli Apple. To run the risk of incurring the wrath of Giants G.M. Jerry Reese, it is interesting to consider whether Apple might have been there when the other Big Apple team picked at No. 20.

 

[lounap23]

Yep... it was a good interview on NFL radio yesterday.

 

[SackExchange]

It makes for good fodder for those who wish to bash the Jets. Gary Myers writes one of his usual pro-Giants, anti-Jets pieces, and PFT and Florio continue to mock everything the Jets do.

If the Jets had tried to trade up to #3 to get him after the video, it would have been one thing. But at #10, it was worth asking.

 

[McJet]

Time will tell, the careers of Tunsil compared to D.Lee and Hackenberg. It could turn out, it was the best trade not made.