While much gets made of the Jets’ inability to draft and develop a quarterback over the past several decades, the team has been almost as bad when it comes to finding wide receivers outside of the first round.
In fact, over the past twenty years, the Jets track record at receiver is so bad that nobody could blame you for thinking they were missing on purpose. One would think that at some point, they’d just find one long-term starter by accident.
But with the exception of a couple of serviceable receivers in Jeremy Kerley and Quincy Enunwa, it has been unfathomably bad.
Even though the jury is still out on Malachi Corley, and the departed Elijah Moore is young enough to get his career back on track, the list of names drafted by the Jets is tough to look at.
Denzel Mims showed promise as a rookie before falling out of favor with Robert Saleh, landing on the bench and finding himself out of work after three seasons.
Prior to Mims, there was a run of six consecutive receivers who did so little that some Jets fans might think you were making up fictional names if you were to mention them in conversation. ArDarius Stewart, Chad Hansen, Charone Peake, Devin Smith, Jalen Saunders and Shaq Evans did nothing in Green and White and little else after leaving.
Quincy Enunwa was the best player of the disastrous Idzik twelve but had his career cut short due to injury.
Stephen Hill, Jordan White, Scotty McKnight, Marcus Henry, Chansi Stuckey and Harry Williams were drafted around slot receiver Jeremey Kerley and they too, were out of the league in short order.
The bar is pretty low for new GM Darren Mougey when it comes to outperforming many of his predecessors when it comes to finding a pass catcher on day 2 and 3 of the draft. With needs at the position and the team likely to take a tackle early on, will he get the job done?
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