A look back at Peter King's 2000 draft analysis

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Jets's 2000 Draft

Round Overall Pick Player Pos School
1 12 Shaun Ellis DE Tennessee
1 13 John Abraham OLB South Carolina
1 18 Chad Pennington QB Marshall
1 27 Anthony Becht TE West Virginia
3 78 Laveranues Coles WR Florida St.
5 143 Windrell Hayes WR USC
6 179 Tony Scott S North Carolina St.
7 218 Richard Seals DT Utah


Sports Illustrated's Peter King's Report Card:
C-plus

Call me a nut. I like Laveranues Coles, who has Deion speed and, at 77 overall, is an almost riskless pick. "I'm not down to my last strike, because I don't have any strikes left," Coles said after getting picked by the Jets. "I'm on pins and needles. Generally when a guy gets dismissed he's not allowed back into football, so I'm thankful for the opportunity. They didn't bring me in to replace Keyshawn. They brought me in to help with special teams and do whatever the coaches tell me."

Now, I don't like leaving the receiver thing alone until the third round, and I don't like thinking that the Jets will have two sub-6-foot starting wideouts if Coles and Wayne Chrebet start. The big question here is: Is Keyshawn Johnson for John Abraham and Anthony Becht a good trade? Didn't think you'd think it was.

One more point to make about the events of the last week in New York: The knee-jerkers condemning the Jets for not making Keyshawn the highest-paid receiver in history should remember that it's that sort of live-for-today thinking that got New York into what one NFL capologist calls the worst financial shape of any team entering the next two years. "They're the 49ers waiting to happen,'' said this cap man. By 2002, two fading stars -- quarterback Vinny Testaverde and running back Curtis Martin -- will count $20.4 million against the cap. The whole idea behind accumulating more good young players is to get a grip on a salary structure so out-of-control that a nickel back, Ray Mickens, is due to make $5.7 million in 2002. Oh yeah. Chad Pennington. Ask 10 guys in the NFL whether he's going to be a good NFL starter and you'll get five guys coming down on each side.

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I think that draft turned out to be an A+ for the Jets.

They have four Pro Bowlers out of that Draft. Ellis, Abraham, Pennington and Coles. Even though they traded Coles for 2 number #1 - he did make the Pro Bowl for the Deadskins.

The reason I posted this, is becasue I think our draft will look a lot like this one. Heavy Defense.

"With our first two players, we had a common formula," Groh said. "We were looking for players with power and speed. Both have excellent potential to be starters. If we stayed at 12 and 13, those are the two players we wanted."

Remember, Charlie The Tuna was the GM for this team, so I'm sure that this was his draft strategy. This quote, "We were looking for players with power and speed., sounds like a quote from the Tuna this year. "We are looking for catalytic, opportunistic, dynamic players on defense."

Just my .02
 

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I agree. If Dallas can come out of this year's draft with something similiar to that combined with the $20 mil in cap room this team has, then the future looks pretty bright for this franchise.
 

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Even though they traded Coles for 2 number #1 - he did make the Pro Bowl for the Deadskins.

I didn't think they got 2 number 1's from the Commanders for Coles. They didn't, did they?
 

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No they didn't. Coles wasn't franchised. He was a restricted Free Agent, and they gave him the second highest tender, which is a first round pick (if someone signs him away). The Skins had said if he had recieved the highest tender they wouldn't of pursued him. Dumb move by the Jets.
 

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Rack said:
No they didn't. Coles wasn't franchised. He was a restricted Free Agent, and they gave him the second highest tender, which is a first round pick (if someone signs him away). The Skins had said if he had recieved the highest tender they wouldn't of pursued him. Dumb move by the Jets.

Sorry for the miss information. However, it was a good draft by the Jets. Don't you agree.
 

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Dough Boy said:
Sorry for the miss information. However, it was a good draft by the Jets. Don't you agree.


Most definitely. If we drafted like that for half of the past 10 years we would be contending for superbowls.
 

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Rack said:
No they didn't. Coles wasn't franchised. He was a restricted Free Agent, and they gave him the second highest tender, which is a first round pick (if someone signs him away). The Skins had said if he had recieved the highest tender they wouldn't of pursued him. Dumb move by the Jets.

Actually I think the Jets made out that off-season. They had a championship caliber draft class. The Skins pick went for Shaun Ellis if I recall correctly. ! DE/DT with Pro Bowl ability and on a rookie deal versus a high paid Coles who has trouble staying healthy and a track record of off field stuff was a good moce IMHO.

They needed cap room and got it with the Skins signing away all of their talent but giving them picks in return for most of it. Randy Thomas, Coles and Chad Morton were all woefully overrated coming ut of that season.

A 1st for Coles doesn't look like a bad deal at all.
Santana Moss and Coles are very similar players and they needed a bigger WR which they added with McCareins.

If the Skins could go back in time believe me they wouldn't have added those guys and instead would of simply drafted.
 

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Rack said:
. Dumb move by the Jets.


If you think about it, it wasn't such a dumb move by the Jets. They drafted Coles with the 78th pick overall in the 3rd round. They received a 1st round pick for him. There are not too many occurances that I can think of, when you can trade a player for a higher draft pick than you used to draft the player. Essentially, the Jets gave up a 3rd to receive a 1st.
 
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