Former NFL GM Labels New York Jets as the ‘Winners’ of the 2021 NFL Draft
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Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Zach Wilson was in headlines all throughout the summer of 2021. After a stellar season with the Cougars, Wilson was a wanted man by teams ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft.
He concluded his junior year with 3,692 passing yards, 33 passing TDs against just 3 interceptions.
#Jets HC Robert Saleh to Zach Wilson on the phone: "The biggest thing I want to tell you, just remember this: This organization is going to lift you. Not the other way around. … It'll be all gas from here on out."pic.twitter.com/oNmciw1snS
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) April 30, 2021
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The New York Jets used their overall 2nd pick to select Wilson as a direct replacement for Sam Darnold. In doing so, they are now working towards establishing themselves as a major attacking threat in the AFC East.
Thomas Dimitroff, a former league executive who worked for both Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots, believes the Jets had the best selections in the 2021 NFL Draft.
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Thomas Dimitroff was the latest guest to appear on The Rich Eisen Show today. He spoke about Zach Wilson and the New York Jets while adding that they might be a future superpower in the league.
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He said, “I think Joe Douglas jets and, you know, Saleh, Robert Saleh, they did a hell of a job again, picking Zach Wilson, you know, to be the guy to start tearing that organization. And then you know that, like I said, with that kind of a draft, and then and you trade aggressively and I’m all about aggressive trading in this league man.”
“It has changed. A lot of people used to sit back and you have a lot different group of general managers I feel who know the urgency of not for long, them moving up to 14 to get Alijah Vera-Tucker, to me was a really good, really good pick for them to come away in a draft to have a quarterback and a protector. It’s somewhat similar,” Dimitroff said on the show.
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