Yes, you read that headline correctly. The Jets are cutting Jachai Polite, their third-round pick from just a few months ago (Twitter link via Manish Mehta of the Daily News).
Polite once had first-round buzz, but slipped after bombing at the combine. Mike Maccagnan, the Jets’ former GM who wasn’t fired until after the key parts of free agency and the draft, saw an opportunity for value. New GM Joe Douglas and head coach Adam Gase, meanwhile, saw waiver wire fodder.
“We know some of the risk in [Polite],” Maccagnan said after the draft. “We also think there are some very good qualities about him.”
The Jets certainly could have used Polite’s potential pass rushing ability. He racked up eleven sacks during his final season with the Gators and the Jets finished in the middle of the pack last year with 39 quarterback takedowns.
Polite’s deal was to be a four-year pact worth a total of $3.6MM. It includes a $1.1MM signing bonus. Depending on what happens from here, the Jets could remain on the hook.
Wtf
Wow
why?
This is why Maccagnan should’ve been long gone before the key parts of FA and Draft arrived. Letting a guy your about to fire make your important offseason decisions is dumb. Now they have their GM Douglas stuck with the old GM’s New guys when he doesn’t want them all and value them all the same as Maccagnan did. No one to blame but ownership for that third round pick being wasted already.
Because he is trash
Jets gonna Jets.
New GM comes in and makes the right move and it’s somehow bad? K.
Jets are dreadful with their 2nd & 3rd rounders. They should trade them away for established talent.
Worst 3rd pick ever hahahahahbahahahahahhahahahahahahbahahahahahhaaha ha ha ha
Dolphins grab em he fits ur rebuild
Lol what a dumpster fire of an organization
Howie Roseman’s old right hand man is making the correct move here, actually. Sorry he left you guys.
hes talking about the fact that NY was dumb enough to let a guy they were about to fire run their draft, which is 100% idiotic
Is it possible he was that bad in camp?
After spending a third you kinda have to give the guy a year to develop, don’t you? Unless there’s an injury or there are behavioral issues that aren’t public
I would love to see the Pats pick up this dude they would make him a good defense player
Remember, Polite was seen as a sure first-round pick by most until his interviews at the Combine, where he supposedly turned off a lot of people… sometimes it’s better to admit a mistake early than compound it by keeping the guy around.