Jets trade up for Keller
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- April
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The Jets traded up, giving the Packers 2nd and 4th round picks to get Purdue tight end Dustin Keller with the 30th pick of the first round.
When it was announced, the NFL Network cameras panned to Jets fans in the Radio City crowd who looked… perplexed. Keller is 6-foot-2 and 248, and is is a better target than a blocker.
Talk about differing opinions, Sporting News has Keller going in the fourth round while Pro Football Weekly has him as the No. 2 tight end in the draft.
It was the next to last pick of the first round, which clocked in at over three and a half hours. Marathons are run in less time, and this despite the NFL instituting new 10-minute limits between picks, down five minutes from last year’s draft.
So that’s all for tonight, Jets fans. Do you like the Keller pick? Tight End was certainly not considered a huge need for the team going in to the draft. But maybe the team decided to go for an offensive player after missing out on McFadden.
The opportunity cost: among others CB Brandon Flowers, not to be confused with the lead singer for The Killers, which would have given me the opportunity to insert “Mr. Brightside” lyrics into every third post.
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on Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at 6:43 pm by Jane McManus.
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Jane McManus 
I’m stunned. This wasn’t a real need position and they moved up to get a guy projected to go in the 3rd. What about CB?
Hopefully this works out but wasn’t there bigger needs? The Jets are left with little to pick. Do you think they’ll pick a Colt Brennen or some other QB as a backup or to compete?
I think the J*E*T*S made this move because they expected the giants to trade Shockey and take Keller. He is an awsome reciever/H-Back who will open up the middle of the field. He started his career as a wide reciever and has good speed.
Jane,
You know the name of the lead singer of the Killers? You are cute and hip!