Jets trade up for Shonn Greene
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Mike Tannenbaum wasted no time this morning trading up from Detroit to take the Iowa running back with the first pick of the third round. Shonn Greene is 5-foot-10 1/2, 227 pounds and a distinct threat to holdout Thomas Jones.
Green was watching the draft from his family home in Sicklerville, N.J. and said he was excited to be playing for a team so close to home.
That the Jets jumped up and traded their third, fourth and seventh round pick says a lot about what they think of Greene. The Jets were the only team to come back after Greene’s pro day and work him out privately.
But it also says a lot about how the Jets see the outcome of a contract situation with current RB Thomas Jones, who has been missing from the team’s optional offseason training program. Like Jones, Greene is a complemetary back to the smaller Leon Washington, the Jets potential version of Thunder and Lightning.
Greene said he was aware of the tension between Jones and the Jets. “I watch a lot of ESPN and SportsCenter,” he said.
And Greene is an interesting story. He played for Iowa until his junior year, when he was ruled academically ineligible. He enrolled in Kirkwood College to improve his grades and didn’t play for a year, but returned to Iowa this past season. He had 20 touchdowns for the Hawkeyes this season.
As for the Jets draft, a team that seemed to have a lot of needs has one remaining pick today. Wide receiver, tight end, safety, offensive line—some could be addressed via free agents or with in-house candidates. So far, wide receivers Jerricho Cotchery, David Clowney, Brad Smith and Wallace Wright have to be feeling pretty good about their chances to carve some playing time this season.
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on Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am by Jane McManus.
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Jane McManus 
Alright, I’ll transplant my post here…
I think I like this 3rd round pick. Gotta admit I was still looking for the blocking TE, but this kid looks like he could potentially fill Jones’ shoes. Jones really has no choice, but to come back for next year and this should give us a very solid running back corps.
Give Tannenbaum credit. He’s not afraid to roll the dice.
I’m in the record as not getting this deal. We need a TE and a WR and now that seems like it’s not gonna happen. Maybe Greene will do very good things for us, I’m just very skeptical of the thought process that went into this pick.
i want louis Murphy!!!!
If you want to post something, please don’t do it under someone else’s screen name.
ITS THE IOWA HAWKEYES!
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Oh Chana, I’m so sorry. Fixed!
Green will be the new jets destroyer