Jets first-round decide Kenyon Sadiq thought it could be a prank when he received the cellphone name from the Jets on Thursday night time that they had been drafting him.
“That was simply my greatest worry, with Shedeur [Sanders] and all that stuff that occurred with him,” Sadiq mentioned. “It’s such a second stuffed with so many feelings. It’d be sort of not enjoyable to get a prank name and stuff like that. However no, clearly the decision and every little thing was superb.”
The Jets took Sadiq, a good finish from Oregon, with the No. 16 total decide.
The Jets social media staff posted a video of the decision from the Jets struggle room to Sadiq.
“I’m excited, Coach,” Sadiq advised Jets coach Aaron Glenn through the name. “I used to be pondering this could be a prank name for a second.”
“No, we’re not pranking you, brother,” Glenn mentioned. “You’re going to be a Jet. … You’ve been a goal for us for some time.”
Sadiq realized the decision was genuine as he spoke to the coaches.
“I imply, it was actually simply once I began speaking to every particular person coach and administration and people issues,” he mentioned. “Then it actually sort of hit me, ‘This isn’t a prank name, that is the true deal,’ and I used to be tremendous excited.”
Sanders was pranked through the draft final 12 months as he fell to the fifth spherical.
The prank was pulled off by Jax Ulbrich, the son of former Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who’s now with the Falcons.
The NFL fined Ulbrich $100,000 and the Falcons $250,000 for the incident.
Jets GM Darren Mougey has mentioned that he was ready till after the draft to interact with Breece Corridor’s agent on contract extension talks.
The Jets used the franchise tag on their star operating again.
They’ve till July 15 to work out a long-term deal or he’ll play this 12 months on the tag.
“I’ve received a listing of issues to deal with subsequent week, that being one among them,” Mougey mentioned. “I wish to have discussions internally and discussions with Breece’s occasion earlier than saying way more. However sure, I anticipate turning my consideration to Breece and that contract scenario.”
The Jets opened Day 3 of the draft by taking Florida State defensive sort out Darrell Jackson Jr.
The 6-foot-6, 315-pound Jackson is a big man, however he had restricted manufacturing for the Seminoles.
The Jets are banking on his potential with this decide.
He provides them one other huge physique in the midst of their line of defense.
The Jets moved across the board on Saturday.
They traded as much as take QB Cade Klubnik within the fourth spherical after which moved up once more within the sixth spherical to take Miami G Anez Cooper.
They made the commerce with the Seahawks, sending a sixth-rounder (199) and seventh-rounder (242) to Seattle for decide 188.
Cooper was a three-year starter at Miami and offers the Jets some depth on the inside of the offensive line.
He was rated because the No. 14 guard by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler.
The ultimate decide of the draft for the Jets was Kansas State security VJ Payne, who they chose within the seventh spherical.
