Win some, lose some...

Herm Edwards screws the Jets again!

The Jets tried their hardest to lose a stinker of a game on Sunday, but Herm, God bless 'em, tried harder. The Jets even had a holding penalty on the game-winning field goal to force a re-kick, and Herm calls a time-out to "ice the kicker"... as if Mike Nugent wasn't iced enough by celebrating a game-winning kick, only to be told he'd have to try it again from 10 yards further away.

If the Jets had lost yesterday, they'd be 3-13, tied with St. Louis for the league's second-worst record. That would have given them the third pick in the draft (because St. Louis had the same record, but against a weaker strength of schedule). Instead, they'll pick sixth. Dolphins, Rams, then a coin flip to determine Falcons-Raiders-Chiefs, then the Jets at No. 6. The Chiefs, if they had won, would have a coin flip to determine if they pick 7th or 8th, instead of 3rd, 4th or 5th.

The Jets have so many needs that they'll be able to get a useful player with the sixth pick, but still, you have to wonder if Eric Mangini didn't tell Nugent during the time out, "You know, wide right sounds pretty good right now..."

I really don't follow college football so I don't know who will be there at No. 3 and who will be there at No. 6.

Looking at various mock drafts, the No. 1 pick is almost always DT Glenn Dorsey from LSU; the second pick is usually RB Darren McFadden from Arkansas; and the third pick is often OT Jake Long from USC. After those three, there's Howie Long's kid (DE Chris Long of Virginia), a couple QBs (Brian Brohm, Matt Ryan) and a couple OTs (Sam Baker, Ryan Clady). Obviously you can get a very good or even a great player at the No. 6 pick, but it seems the drop-off in talent happens right after the third pick.

It's just bad luck that the Jets are picking third rather than sixth. I mean, you can't lose on purpose... right, Herm?