Draft ‘09: Subterfuge edition
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Rex Ryan was so impressed by the Jets draft room, that he nearly invited reporters up there last week. It was the kind of gesture made by the larger than life coach who plays quarterback for the defense on certain drills, and it would not have been extended under prior administrations.
“I wish maybe after the draft or something we can go in there and show you, give you an idea of what they look at, where they have grades, all that kind of stuff,” Ryan said earnestly.
Clearly, he said that before checking with the general manager. If the NFL didn’t dictate that teams hold a pre-draft press conference, Mike Tannenbaum wouldn’t have followed Ryan on the podium. Tannenbaum, personnel head Terry Bradway and leading scout Joey Clinkscales, gave a 12 minute overview on the process of picking a player, and Tannenbaum spent the next 12 minutes bobbing and weaving through 21 questions.
Would he at least concede that the bulk of the picks would be offensive players after stocking the defense during free agency?
“We are going to try to let the board, as much as possible, dictate what we do,” Tannenbaum said. “You just never know who is going to go. Certainly our numbers, as (offensive coordinator) Brian Schottenheimer has walked by my office twice-a-day, everyday, are a little skewed right now from a strictly numbers standpoint, but we really want to take the best player possible.”
And if that player is a linebacker?
“Uh, then we’ll take the best player,” Tannenbaum said.
He did hear about Ryan’s offer to open up the draft room, and made it clear that wouldn’t be happening.
“We are going to make his playbook available instead,” Tannenbaum said, laughing.
DON’T FORGET —Tomorrow at noon Ernie Palladino from the Giant Journal and I will be hosting a video chat to talk about the Jets and Giants draft.
Keep reading… I detail the Jets needs on draft day below…
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Jane McManus 
Jane.. I cannot believe all the enthusiasm coming from the J*E*T fans just one day before the DRAFT. I have been reading “ALL OF THEIR POSTS” in my spare time. All the jockeying for position going on is driving me crazy. Yesterday and the day before there was actually one post each day. Well maybe all the real J*E*T bloggers are camping out to get into the draft hall. However there is some good news in football. The Panthers just gave Jake Delhoume a new $42 million dollar contract. And all he did to earn it was throw 5 interceptions in their playoff loss. Maybe we should have kept Favre!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A little nervous about the draft…..On another note, any truth to the rumor that the Jets are working on a deal to get Boldin? That is something I say yes, yes, yes to!