Jets Should Draft Arizona Pass Duo of Brooks Reed & Ricky Elmore

April 21, 2011   ·   Tony Capobianco   ·   Jump to comments

The New York Jets can make it to a third-straight AFC Championship and even make it over the hump. In order to do so, they will need to create even more defensive pressure than before.
According to Pro Football Focus, Calvin Pace ranked among the five-worst pass rushers in the league.
Rex Ryan has done a good job so far with his defensive schemes and relentless onslaught of blitzes, but he needs the personal to get to the opposition’s ball carrier much quicker in 2011.
By the time the Jets will be on the clock in the first round of the draft, all of the cream of the crop pass rushers will be gone. Luckily for them, Brooks Reed of Arizona should still be available, and Ricky Elmore should be available in the second round.
“Reed was somewhat undervalued coming into the 2001 season because of an ankle injury suffered in '09, but he was fully healthy last season and showed the quick feet, violent hands and relentlessness it takes to ...

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