Getty An angry New York Jets fan expressing his displeasure during an NFL contest.
New York Jets fans weren’t a fan of a recent article that was published.
ESPN released a 2022 re-draft on Tuesday, February 7 where each NFL nation reporter was responsible for making their team’s selections. For the Jets, Rich Cimini was tasked with making the pick this time around.
With the No. 4 overall pick in the first round of this re-draft, Cimini selected quarterback Brock Purdy. In the original draft, he was the No. 262 overall pick in the seventh round affectionately known as Mr. Irrelevant as the last pick in the class by the San Francisco 49ers.
Fans weren’t happy with this re-draft and they let Cimini know about it on social media.
“If I were a professional, I’d be embarrassed to have this published,” one Twitter user said.
If I were a professional, I’d be embarrassed to have this published
Top Social Media Reactions to Viral Brock Purdy-Jets Selection
A Twitter user said after this selection that the “Brock Purdy mania has officially reached peak lunacy.”
OK, the Brock Purdy mania has officially reached peak lunacy.
One Twitter user went as far as to say that someone “needs to lose their job” for making Purdy the No. 4 overall pick in a re-draft article.
Someone needs to lose their job for this
A Twitter user called this “hot garbage.”
@Willpa11 This is hot garbage
One Twitter user channeled his inner Ron Burgundy saying he’s not upset he’s actually impressed with the “peak trolling” by Cimini.
A Twitter user said the football media is “insanely stupid” for overreacting to the Purdy hype.
@Willpa11 the football media is insanely stupid with purdy
NFL analyst Will Parkinson said he “liked” the original draft for the Jets way better than the re-draft scenario.
Evaluating the Rest of the 2022 Jets Re-Draft Results
In this exercise, the ESPN NFL nation reporters re-did the first 64 overall picks of the 2022 NFL draft.
This also removed the trade element from the mix, so the Jets got all of their original picks back.
No. 4 overall (first round): QB Brock Purdy
No. 10 overall (first round): WR Christian Watson
No. 35 overall (second round): RB Breece Hall
No. 38 overall (second round): EDGE Boye Mafe
In this re-draft scenario, cornerback Ahmad ‘Sauce Gardner went No. 1 overall in the first round to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Wide receiver Garrett Wilson went No. 7 overall in the first round to the New York Giants.
Defensive lineman Jermaine Johnson ended up going No. 37 overall in the second round to the Houston Texans.
After the actual 2022 NFL draft took place the Jets were universally praised for their amazing class of rookie youngsters. In a re-draft scenario, it was inevitable that Jets fans were going to be disappointed with the results.
All of the players that initially slipped through the cracks in April ended up having remarkable years. All of the reporters in this exercise had the benefit of knowing what transpired in their rookie seasons which pushed a lot of those players up the draft board.
In terms of where these players went in the re-draft all of them make sense and have valid arguments outside of Hall.
Prior to tearing his ACL in the Week 7 matchup versus the Denver Broncos, Hall seemed to be on an inevitable path to the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
Knowing what he accomplished when he was healthy it seems hard to comprehend in a draft do-over he would still go in the second round.