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Fantasy Football Week 7 Rankings: Russell Wilson vs. Kyler Murray highlights matchups to prep for

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Ryan Fitzpatrick is main the happiest march to obsolescence in NFL historical past

The Dolphins quarterback is preserving the starter’s spot heat for Tua Tagovailoa in Miami. However like a lot of his profession, he’s doing so with fashion and skillWhen Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa made his NFL debut through the remaining drive of Sunday’s 24-Zero annihilation of the New York Jets, nobody appeared happier than the person he’ll at some point exchange, Ryan Fitzpatrick. The 37-year-old led the sparse house crowd in an ovation with a smile so massive it nearly outdid his magnificent beard. And why not? Fitzpatrick is aware of that is his group solely briefly. He accepts and embraces it. However within the meantime, he’s balling. Fitzpatrick is seventh within the league in QBR and will stay in that territory after tossing three touchdowns towards the Jets. (He additionally threw two interceptions, certainly one of which was the 0-6 Jets’ few highlights of the season.) His 70% completion charge is the best of his profession and he’s helming a scrappy group coming off back-to-back blowout wins. The Dolphins are a pleasure to observe nowadays with a lot of the enjoyment rooted in Fitzpatrick. After Miami topped Jacksonville in Week 3’s bonanza of facial hair quarterbacks, Fitzpatrick was elated. “I really feel just like the luckiest man on this planet typically, attending to go outdoors and play soccer with my mates,” he informed reporters. Fitzpatrick has a refreshing happy-to-be-here side to his profession however he’s additionally sensible, robust and helpful sufficient to be an ideal cease hole for any franchise. Simply ask the Rams, Bengals, Invoice, Titans, Texans, Jets, Bucs and now Dolphins. Fitzpatrick won’t ever be the tallest or quickest in a quarterback room, however nobody will prime his willpower. Fitzpatrick’s journey was detailed by Yahoo this this summer season, a journey that concerned battling to win beginning quarterback job at Highland Excessive in Gilbert, Arizona, then transferring up the depth chart at Harvard, earlier than consistently having to reprove his price to a litany of NFL franchises. Some quarterbacks are branded as starters, some as backups. Fitzpatrick is in his personal distinctive class the place he so generally emerges because the starter that you just lose monitor of whether or not or not it was by design.Fitzpatrick is a wonderment not due to his stronger-than-you-think arm, his escapability, and even his endless beard. It’s his self-awareness. It’s his skill to know that he’s a placeholder but take the sector like he owns the group. It’s his skill to encourage his teammates. “Fitz is only a healthful particular person. The way in which he’s out on the sector is identical means he’s off the sector,” Tagovailoa informed ESPN this week. “I don’t suppose there’s actually a definite change in who he’s. I imply, what you see out there’s actually who Fitz is. He’s a coach. He’s a mentor on and off the sector. However he’s additionally a really, very family-oriented particular person. Very loving. Very caring for guys. And he’s humorous, too. He’s actually humorous.”It’s uncertain that Aaron Rodgers will likely be leaping for pleasure when Jordan Love takes the sector nor would most quarterbacks once they can see their current turn into their previous within the flesh. However Fitzpatrick is a unique breed. His pleasure for Tagovailoa’s entrance illuminated his objective as each a bridge and a mentor. Like Patrick Mahomes with Alex Smith, Tagovailoa entered the NFL in an idyllic state of affairs. In Fitzpatrick, he acquired a mentor that not solely leads by instance however who genuinely needs the child to succeed. It’s one factor to look at how a lot time a teammate places into movie research, it’s one other when that teammate additionally cares about you as a human and needs to information you thru the whole thorny panorama that’s the NFL. That’s Fitz. Each every so often, it seems like Fitzpatrick is destined to be the man underneath middle. However the baton will likely be handed off, and probably quickly. Till then, Fitzpatrick will hold partaking in a quarterback arc that’s charmed and uniquely his. Stat of the weekThe Patriots are underneath .500 this late within the season for the primary time since 2002. For many groups a 2-Three file wouldn’t be trigger for panic. It would even be trigger for celebration when you reside within the NFC East. However this season has been a serious pivot for the Patriots who had a reserved seat within the playoffs for the final 20 years. The Pats had been sloppy on each side of the ball in a 18-12 house loss to the Broncos. Cam Newton, now recovered from Covid-19, was sacked 4 instances and had no offensive weaponry or safety. There may be the apparent excuse of little to no follow time given the ability’s Covid-19 closure over a lot of the previous two weeks. However in contrast to the Titans, who overcame the identical hurdles and crushed the Payments final Thursday, the Pats don’t look like a group with a lot depth or overwhelming expertise at this level. MVP of the week> THAT’S ROYALTY!

> > 94-yard TD run for @KingHenry_2 > >

: Watch HOUvsTEN on CBS pic.twitter.com/44iVQKCwVR> > — Tennessee Titans (@Titans) October 18, 2020Derrick Henry, RB, Tennessee Titans. All hail King Henry who placed on a clinic in Tennessee’s scintillating 42-36 additional time win towards the Texans. When JJ Watt strip-sacked Ryan Tannehill, a turnover that resulted in a landing and Houston taking the lead, it appeared like a serious momentum shift. However Henry answered with a jaw-dropping-how-does-a-man-that-big-have-those-jets 94 yard landing. Henry was additionally instrumental in additional time, barreling upfield on a 53-yard display screen after which scoring the game-winner on a direct snap. Henry ended with 212 dashing yards and have become the primary participant in NFL historical past with 200-yard video games in three consecutive seasons. May he be probably the most harmful rusher since Adrian Peterson in his prime? Video of the week> Aaron Rodgers took a tough hit ultimately zone, then he instantly obtained up and hit them with a “double pump.” Absolute savage

pic.twitter.com/fjDOyKSnrz> > — FOX Sports activities: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 18, 2020 Aaron Jones ran in a one-yard landing within the first quarter for Inexperienced Bay but it surely was the opposite Aaron who actually felt the second. Sure, Aaron Rodgers carried out the Hingle McCringleberry extreme celebration sketch, a fictional soccer participant made well-known from Key and Peele. Quote of the week“We’re one of the best protection on this league” – Bears inside linebacker Danny Trevathan.It’s laborious to argue with Trevathan after the Bears’ protection turned in one other dominating, opportunistic defensive efficiency, topping Carolina 23-16. They had been flat out stifling as the sport progressed, particularly the run stuffers. As Kevin Fishbain of the Athletic factors out the Bears allowed Panthers rusher Mike Davis to gather 40 yards on eight carries. However after that they held him to 12 yards on 10 carries. The Bears now sit at a really wholesome 5-1 and the protection saving the offense appears to be a theme for Chicago this season – and nearly all of their seasons. Elsewhere across the league– The arrival of Tom Brady put a whole lot of deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense however their protection is among the finest within the league. They made Rodgers look unusual, whereas they harassed him all afternoon because the Bucs inflicted the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ first lack of the season. Certainly, the Bucs protection was so dominant that Rodgers was pulled within the fourth-quarter to guard him from additional punishment.– After accidents to the Jags’ first 4 kickers this season, they reached deep into the pile and pulled out … somebody who had by no means tried a subject aim at any stage. Jon Brown was a soccer participant at Louisville earlier than transferring to Kentucky to play soccer the place he grew to become a kickoff specialist. However even with out the expertise, Brown drilled his first-ever try like a seasoned vet, although he did miss a 32-yarder later in Jacksonville’s 34-16 loss to the Lions.– Steelers-Browns didn’t fairly reside as much as its Sport of the Week billing. Pittsburgh clobbered Cleveland 38-7, once more showcasing their elite wideout scouting with James Washington becoming a member of Chase Claypool as a pressure. The Steelers protection, aided by a key Minkah Fitzpatrick interception, regarded much more stout than final week. Steelers-Ravens in Week eight must be on everybody’s calendars.– Interim Texans head coach Romeo Crennel had the controversial teaching transfer of the week. The Texans scored with 1:50 left and took a seven-point lead. As an alternative of kicking it to place Houston up eight, Crennel rolled the cube and tried to go for a win with a two-point conversion.– The NFL woke to nice information in Sunday, when zero Covid-19 checks got here again optimistic.– Presumptive No1 total choose Trevor Lawrence carried out his newest masterpiece Saturday, his ridiculous arm and determination making guiding Clemson to an historic 73-7 rout of Georgia Tech. Already up 52-7 on the half, Lawrence left the sport after one second-half sequence with 5 touchdowns, 405 yards, and all quarterback-deficient NFL groups salivating.– Vikings followers, how are you feeling about Kirk Cousins’ $66m assured contract extension? Yikes. He threw three touchdowns in Minnesota’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons … and in addition three interceptions. “The truth is that if the tempo I’m on when it comes to the interceptions, if that had been to proceed, I received’t end the season,” Cousins stated. He’s proper.

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THIS WEEK IN SCHADENFREUDE, UGA fans think program ‘collapsing’

Let’s check in with Georgia, Washington, Penn State, and Miami fans after their devastating losses.

Welcome back to THIS WEEK IN SCHADENFREUDE, your weekly tractor ride through the most livid hayfields of the college football internet. We’ll begin our journey with the SEC’s highest-profile loser of Week 7 and then make a few stops elsewhere.

Georgia

The Bulldogs got spanked at LSU, 36-16.

Dawgs fans were a confident bunch beforehand.

This fan at the team’s’ 247Sports message board was really confident that UGA would be fine, just hours beforehand. Responding to the notion it might be a hard game:

This is South Carolina 2.0. Media hype all over the place. Can Georgia do this, Can Georgia do that. Same story different team.

Next week’s narrative. Georgia made a lot of mistakes and LSU still has a long way to go before it can hang with Bama.

Week after the bye. Same story line but replace LSU with FLORIDA.

NOTE: When I say media I am referring to ESPN. Our boys here keep it real.

So was this poster at Dawg Nation, who warned that Georgia had held back intentionally — not yet “released the Kracken” — so it could spring a surprise on LSU:

We are going to destroy LSU

LSU is a mess. No offense and an average defense. We are going to blow them out. I’m thinking like 45-10 with Prather Hudson playing in the 4th. I saw nothing to be afraid of out of them or fla. After today, I think we are holding back. I think the coaches are strategically not releasing the Kracken just yet.

Roughly 15,000 UGA fans piled into Death Valley, ready to watch their Dawgs win.

It didn’t shake out that way, prompting widespread despair.

Afterward, this fan thought Kirby Smart bore striking resemblance to another SEC coach who lost Saturday:

Kirby=Gus 2.0

Yesterday proved that Kirby is a mediocre coach at best and 100% liar. This may turn out worse than Gus. He does not play the best players, when a RB get hot he pulls him. He is effing clueless. He showed who he was yesterday which is a younger,polished version of Gus that will stay with a loser at QB regardless of the score or how shitty he has performed.

The majority of the board didn’t agree, but this person think’s that post’s onto something:

Agreed. Hes lost the team and the fanbase isnt far behind

<phone rings>

That’s literally every Auburn fan in the world, asking if the Dawgs wanna trade.

Here’s a commentary on Georgia’s starting QB that starts one way ...

I’ve sobered up.

... and then continues an entirely different way:

Jake Fromm is still garbage.

No reason for him to take a meaningful snap for UGA again

This commentary by GoDawgs2477 is, uh, something:

Its done

You could really look at today and see it as the day this program fell apart. Possibly lost emory today, the whole race/political aspect thats coming up with the QB’s and how poorly they were managed today. The team looks lost and disinterested in actually playing.There are some deadweight coordinators and position coaches on this staff right now(Scott and Chaney).Kirby is letting his program collapse before he ever even really got it running. I hope he wises up for his own sake because he is digging his own grave.

Reigning SEC and Rose Bowl champion Georgia just had the No. 1 recruiting class and is currently 6-1.

On the bright side, maybe Smart’s just playing QB chess while everyone else thinks he’s playing checkers and his passing offense is sputtering:

This is all Tua 2.0

Over in Athens. Last year players & fans were wondering why this guy didn’t play in games but was fine at practice. Saban was just to stubborn for change and almost lost the kid. It’s a known fact that the Tua family was about to transfer if he didn’t play in that national championship game last year. Fast forward, the kid has a championship and the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy.

The long game, folks.

The most difficult phase of any crushing loss is when message board posters (who are often like-minded people, even friends) turn against each other.

That’s certainly happened here, with threads like this one:

Y’all are embarrassing as hell

Cryin like a bunch of babies. Take an ass whooping and accept it and move on.

I can’t even visit tBB because of you. People making fun of Georgia fans acting like a babies. I’m ashamed to be lumped in with you.

And this one:

What kind of weak spined fan base have we turned in to?

We lost a game to an LSU team that has plenty of talent all over the field in death valley, possibly the toughest venue in all of football to win at. It happens, and it’s not the end of the world. We have two weeks and all the motivation behind the Dawgs to get ready to get right and lay a beating on Florida in Jax. But there were a few fans on here that should hang their heads in shame. Some of the crap I have read on here makes me down right angry. ... I’m sure when Justin Fields time comes he will have bad games, and I’ll be right here defending him against the irrational clamor for the next ‘shiny new toy’ that distracts our rabid fanbase.

Or this one:

I find it hilarious

The countless posts from usernames I’ve NEVER seen before when shit hits the fan. And they have like 200 posts. Like GTFOH you pricks.

The lone reply, as of Friday evening:

Well you obviously don’t like truth or facts.

There’s nothing — nothing — more American than college football message boards.

Now, let’s take a quick whip around some other corners of the Web.

Washington

The Huskies blew several late opportunities and watched their Playoff hopes go up in a cloud of smoke when they lost to Oregon. There’s one UW message board thread called “Program full of low energy CUCKs” that just became the first thing in my two years of doing this weekly feature to be ruled “just too much for me to put on our website.” It’s basically everything you’d imagine it to be, and then some.

So I’m going to leave two things here.

1. This message board post from HardcoreHusky.com:

Petersen never learned how to coach close games while in Boise

And it doesn’t appear he’s learning now either

2. This video:

Actually, one more:

Shut the program down

Quit this nonsense about new coaches - we had our chance and we just didn’t make the cut.

We are never going to get serious so let’s quit pretending. Expand the med center to where husky stadium stands and reinvest the football budget elsewhere.

OK. Let’s move along.

Penn State

Lost to Michigan State and also got KO’d from the Playoff race. One message boarder has an idea of what allowed the 13.5-point-underdog Spartans to pull it off.

Our signals being stolen

How do we know that our signals are not being stolen. I understand that there are big and new poster board pictures every week. It would not be very difficult to see what plays follow after signals being observed. Opposing teams probably has all this video taped from past years and sees the pattern. When a particular photo is displayed and this guy does these hand gestures we do this. Try running in the plays and see how teams do.

Poster board pictures!

Miami

The Canes lost to Virginia in football. We know from previous Miami defeats that this fanbase is the most direct fanbase in college football, with moments like this aplenty:

Let’s see what was cooking during and after this loss to Virginia (in football).

At halftime:

After the third quarter:

And at the end:

Miami fans are that family member who will show you no sympathy when you make a mistake. But they’ll kill anyone from the outside who says anything bad about you, and you appreciate them for that. If anyone’s going to trash Miami, it’s going to be Miami fans.

I respect that.

Elsewhere, this poster thinks Saturday was a line of demarcation:

Mark this down as the date Rick lost the fanbase

It’s happened at some point for the last 3 shyt coaches. And this is likely the day it happened for Rick. Some of us figured he’d never be a NC coach because he had 15 years to do it at UbaGA and never came through.

But I expected more than this. I expected to pretty much dominate the Coastal. This up and down yo-yo shyt from week to week is a prime mark of an unprepared team. His insistence on running an antiquated plodding slow tempo offense is another black mark.

It’s just a middle of the road, undisciplined team with a horribly inept offense that keeps everyone in every game against us

Also, here is someone upset that Miami didn’t just re-hire Butch Davis a few years back:

My thoughts are with Canes everywhere during this challenging time.

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Which team screwed up most passing on Deshaun Watson? (It's not the Browns)

Deshaun Watson looks like the league’s next superstar quarterback, and more than a few teams should have regret.

It’s worth noting that just because Watson has been great seven games into the Houston Texans’ season doesn’t mean he’ll be great for 10 more years. But nothing about this feels fluky. It’s not a gimmick offense or a run of bad defenses he’s facing. Whether you employ the eye test, film study, parsing his statistics, everything looks good.

On Thursday Watson was named AFC offensive player of the month, becoming the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to win a player of the month award. Barry Sanders (1989), Edgerrin James (1999), Mike Anderson (2000) and Kareem Hunt (2017) are the only other rookies to win offensive player of the month. Watson was the only quarterback in the NFL who posted a passer rating better than 100 in each of his games in October, the Texans said. He has 18 passing touchdowns over Houston’s last five games, the most by a rookie over any five-game span in NFL history.

There were reasons Watson wasn’t the first pick of the draft. Probably the most notable one was his arm strength, which registered far lower than what is considered the minimum requirement for an NFL starter. It hasn’t been a problem so far, and it seems we’ll look back in a few years and wonder how he went with the 12th pick.

Deshaun Watson, left, poses with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being drafted by the Texans. (AP)

Let’s rank the 12 teams that passed on Watson (with one bonus team added), from the one that regrets it least to the team that screwed it up the most:

12. Carolina Panthers Pick No. 8 They took: RB Christian McCaffrey

What, the Panthers were going to have Watson sit behind 28-year-old Cam Newton?

11. Tennessee Titans Pick No. 5 They took: WR Corey Davis

Davis has been hurt, but they also have a young quarterback in Marcus Mariota who has had his own flashes of excellence. Mariota does need to stay healthy though. But the Titans weren’t picking Watson.

10. Cleveland Browns (the first time) Pick No. 1 They took: DE Myles Garrett

I was always fine with this. Yes, you pick the franchise quarterback over any other player, if you know the quarterback is a sure thing. But Garrett was a can’t-miss prospect at a prime position and he has looked very good when he has been healthy. And the Browns had ammunition to get Watson later. More on that in a moment.

9. Kansas City Chiefs Pick No. 10 They took: QB Patrick Mahomes

We could look back on the Chiefs as the team that screwed this up the most, because like the Texans they also made a huge move up to take a quarterback. But they passed on Watson for Mahomes. The reason I don’t put the Chiefs higher is because I think Mahomes is going to be a really good player too, and Kansas City is obviously doing fine this season with Alex Smith.

8. New Orleans Saints Pick No. 11 They took: CB Marshon Lattimore

The Saints are a curious case for this list. They wanted Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes. When the Chiefs moved ahead of New Orleans to get Mahomes at No. 10, the Saints didn’t take Watson. Based on that, they thought Mahomes was much better than Watson (and to be fair, Mahomes isn’t playing and we don’t know yet if they’re wrong). The Saints aren’t higher on the list because Lattimore has been a stud No. 1 cornerback who has transformed their defense, even though they need to figure out a Drew Brees replacement plan at some point soon.

7. San Francisco 49ers Pick No. 3 They took: DL Solomon Thomas

The 49ers would have been much higher on the list had they not traded a 2018 second-round pick for Jimmy Garoppolo this week. If not for that, the 49ers would still have no answer at quarterback. Everyone has spent so much time congratulating GM John Lynch for moving down one spot to take Thomas, nobody has asked the question: Why didn’t the 49ers take Watson? He seems like a wonderful fit for the Kyle Shanahan offense. I’d rather have Watson than Garoppolo (Garoppolo has 94 career passes, Watson already has 204), but I’ll give San Francisco a pass for now because of the Garoppolo move. Even though they’re going to be handing out a massive contract for Garoppolo soon and nobody knows yet if his limited success is a product of being on a great Patriots team.

6. Los Angeles Chargers Pick No. 7 They took: WR Mike Williams

Rivers will be 36 this season, and he should still have a few good years left. I understand the idea of getting help for Rivers and trying to get him to a Super Bowl before he’s done. However, just imagine what a talent like Watson could have done for the Chargers as a franchise. They have absolutely no buzz in Los Angeles, but L.A. loves its stars and Watson could have been a big one there. Watson seems like the type of talent and magnetic personality that could have actually made the Chargers a thing in Los Angeles. But still, assuming Rivers doesn’t fall off a cliff soon, I can’t rip them too much for passing Watson. Though, this is another team that better figure out a succession plan at quarterback before it’s too late.

5. Cincinnati Bengals Pick No. 9 They took: WR John Ross

The worst place to be in the NFL is stuck in the middle at quarterback. Andy Dalton is too good to simply discard and probably not good enough to take the Bengals where they want to go. The Bengals were realistically never going to dump Dalton for Watson. Still, passing Watson would look better if Ross could stay the least bit healthy. And the Bengals would be better off with Watson than Dalton.

4. Chicago Bears Pick No. 2 They took: QB Mitch Trubisky

A lot of people are already complaining about the Bears taking Trubisky over Watson, but it’s way too early for that. Chicago stuck Trubisky with one of the worst receiving corps in the NFL, with a coaching staff that really shouldn’t be in charge of developing a good young quarterback. Watson wouldn’t be putting up great numbers in this situation either. I like what I’ve seen from Trubisky when he’s allowed to throw the ball, keeping in mind that he’s held back severely by the talent around him. I have no problem with the Bears trading up from No. 3 to No. 2 to get him, then or now. Maybe in five years, we’ll see that Trubisky hasn’t developed and we move the Bears up to first on this list, but not now. If you believe already the Bears made a grave mistake passing Watson for Trubisky, you have to take a breath and realize you shouldn’t be returning a verdict on a quarterback eight games into his rookie season. Ask Jared Goff about that.

3. Cleveland Browns (the second time) Pick No. 12, which they traded to the Texans

Surprised they’re not No. 1? It’s easy to make Browns jokes because they traded the pick that became Watson, and because they’re the Browns. But other teams screwed up even worse. At least when the Browns passed on taking Watson, they traded for the No. 25 pick (safety Jabrill Peppers) and Houston’s 2018 first-round pick, which would be in the top half of the draft if the season ended today. If we’re going by any trade value chart, the Browns did the right thing. Perhaps trade charts should have exceptions for top quarterbacks, but at least the Browns had justification to trade the pick. Yes, Cleveland desperately needs a quarterback and it’s fun to laugh at the Browns because that franchise could screw up a cup of coffee, but other teams got it worse.

BONUS: Arizona Cardinals Pick No. 13

Why don’t we mention the Cardinals when we talk about Watson? If the Chiefs could move up from No. 27 to No. 10 to take a quarterback and the Texans could move up from No. 25 to No. 12, the Cardinals could have moved up from No. 13 and taken Watson in the top 12. The Cardinals did absolutely nothing to prepare for Carson Palmer’s retirement. Now, Palmer’s got a broken arm and we don’t know whether he’ll play again, and the other two quarterbacks on the roster are Drew Stanton and Blaine Gabbert. Instead of moving up, the Cardinals stayed put and took linebacker Haason Reddick, who has made no immediate impact. They shouldn’t be let off the hook just because they didn’t have a top-12 pick. Given the scary path at quarterback ahead, you could make an argument they should be first on this list (and yes, they screwed it up worse than the Browns).

2. Jacksonville Jaguars Pick No. 4 They took: RB Leonard Fournette

The Jaguars’ hesitancy cost them a shot to fix their quarterback situation, and perhaps to be a really good team this season too. By wanting to give Blake Bortles one more shot, the Jaguars passed on taking Watson. Fournette is a fine player, but let’s be clear on two things: Taking any running back in the top five is going to have a limited payoff, and nothing is more valuable than a franchise quarterback. The Jaguars have perhaps the league’s best defense this season, and just imagine how good they’d be with Watson at quarterback instead of having to hide Bortles. As good as Fournette is, there are many low-cost options available at running back (in an ideal situation, the Jaguars could have taken Watson fourth overall, then Kareem Hunt instead of defensive end Dawuane Smoot in the third round). The Jaguars are still in trouble long-term because it’s going to be tough to find a great quarterback. They could have fixed that problem with one pick, but didn’t because they couldn’t bring themselves to admit back in April that Bortles wasn’t the answer.

1. New York Jets Pick No. 6 They took: S Jamal Adams

Why don’t we give the Jets a harder time for passing on Watson? They have no long-term hope at quarterback, and they won’t pick high enough next year to get a great quarterback prospect. They didn’t make some draft-day trade that, by the numbers, brought back great value like the Browns did. They just stood pat at No. 6 and took a safety. Safeties are almost never taken that high; there have been only five safeties taken in the top five since 1980. Adams might be a great player, but it’s hard to imagine he’ll have a bigger impact than Watson. The Jets have been a pleasant surprise this season, but they’re not going to the playoffs and it’s not like they’ve significantly altered their long-term outlook. They’ll go into next offseason with a talent-deficient roster, no quarterback of the future and no easy way to get one.

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