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Evan & Tiki

Dante Moore’s Decision Is a Nightmare for the Jets

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A full blown Jets meltdown after Dante Moore decides to return to college. The guys debate why Moore staying in school actually hurts the Jets by taking options off the board, killing trade down possibilities, and increasing pressure on the front office to get quarterback right. What starts as a simple prediction check quickly turns into a heated argument about draft philosophy, organizational competence, and whether Jets fans are actually celebrating being saved from themselves.

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0:00.0

Before I tell you why this really, really bothers me, let's do a quick check yesterday on the program. We all predicted, because we knew Dante Moore had to make his decision yesterday. Will he stay in school or will he come out? Let's take a real quick look from yesterday's show on what we predicted. So you're saying he stays in school? I'm going to say stay in school. Sean? I think he declares. Yeah, I think he declares too. So, Sean and I wrong. Tiki victory. Congratulations.

0:24.4

Quote, I'll be coming back for one to Oregon for one more year. And this is all despite Dylan

0:29.6

Ryola, who's transferred to Oregon. Not that he's going to lose his job to him. But there is a

0:36.4

little bit of a drama situation that's going to rise there. Royola coming back from injury, though, may not have been ready to start the year. I'm going to be quite frank with both of you. I could not give a rat's ass about Oregon's quarterback room and the drama that's going to be there. But cool. Now let me get to Carton. Craig, I love you. I do. And when I drive home from work, I listen to you in Big Mac.

0:56.7

I was so freaking pissed at Baldi yesterday because I'm listening to their show.

1:02.7

And Craig says, hey, Dante Moore just tweeted he's going to decide by 230.

1:07.7

And I made a decision.

1:09.0

I said, I'm going to listen to Craig and Big Mac break the news

1:12.0

to me because it's significant news. It impacts the Jet Future quarterback players. And so when they

1:18.0

break the news, Craig, who is the only Jet fan left here with me, decides to celebrate it like

1:25.3

a freaking buffoon. This is great news. I'm screaming at the radio. How's it great news? Because you don't like him? It's not great news. I don't care if you don't believe in Dante Moore. It's not about that. Why did he think it was great news? Because he thought the Jets would draft him and he sucks. It wasn't about the Jets drafting him. To me, it was never about the Jets have to draft him. It's about options. It's about what if one other team in the middle of the first round loves Dante Moore? And they trade up for him. It's about that. Or it's about the Raiders potentially falling in love with him. Or it's about me falling in love with him.

2:02.2

Would you eliminate him?

2:03.3

You eliminate options. Let me put this in a different frame for your mind.

2:07.2

Are you going to defend Carton right now?

2:08.6

I'm not defending anybody.

2:09.3

I'm not defending anybody.

2:11.1

I'm just setting you up for how you should view this.

2:14.8

If Dante Moore had become the Jets' second pick overall, the 2026 draft, what would be his expectation? To sit for the year. No, no, no. Long-term. Long-time pro bowler. Yeah. All-Pro. Yeah. Hall of Fame. Lead the team to ridiculous heights. Yeah. Right? Yeah. You are going to take a quarterback this year

2:35.1

because you legit do not have one on your roster right now who's viable. Tyrod's old. Justin Fields, just eat it, whatever that costs you to get rid of him. And we all know that the cook is not one either. So you're going to draft a quarterback. Now, if you take Trinidad Jamblis in the second round, or hell, even if you'd use your, was that the indie pick? Yeah, 16. 16 pick and you take Ty Simpson. The expectation now falls for him, making it easier for him as a rookie quarterback. Now you're going to need a vet. That handles in free agency. You got plenty of money. You can find somebody that throw out there. They can be the mentor. If you, by not having the

3:12.4

option to take a quarterback now, you can take the best player, not just the needed player. We need

3:19.3

a quarterback. Let's take a quarterback. Now you take the best player in this draft because you need

3:23.0

everything. And your pressure on your quarterback has lessened. Right? They could have done that anyway. And now if he stinks. No, but if you take a quarterback at two. No, no, they didn't have to take a quarterback at two. I understand that. But if you didn't have, but if you, if you, if you were going to take a quarterback at two you you put so much pressure

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