Jets Fans LOSE IT: QB at 16 or Bust?

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The phone lines open up and Jets fans bring the heat: should the Jets go quarterback hunting at the Combine, and do they need to copy the Giants model to finally solve this nightmare? One caller throws the ultimate curveball, if you could re-draft Tony Romo, is he a first-round pick, and would “Romo-level” competence be enough for this franchise? From there, the debate turns into a full-on Jets identity crisis: swing for upside with Ty Simpson at 16, wait for a later option like Garrett Nussmeier, or punt the whole QB plan to next year’s “loaded” class. The big tension is obvious. Fans can wait. Coaches and GMs usually cannot. Aaron Glenn and Darren McGee are on a different clock, and the show digs into whether drafting a quarterback is about building the future or protecting jobs. Plus: Zach Wilson PTSD, why the Combine can fool you, why draft slot changes everything for QBs, and whether a veteran bridge like Kirk Cousins or a wild-card free agent like Malik Willis can keep the season from feeling dead on arrival.

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0:00.0	88880810119. Mike and Bedminster starts us off. Mike, what's up? Hey, Mike.
0:06.6	Hey, guys. How you doing? Oh, as well. Hey, Tiki, quick question for you, and then I'll hang up and listen.
0:13.6	Do you honestly think that, I'm a Jets calling as a Jets fan, but you honestly think that Tony Romo's career
0:20.7	wouldn't be worth a first-round pick? Like, I'm not Jets calling it as a Jets fan, but you honestly think that Tony Romo's career wouldn't
0:21.8	be worth a first-round pick.
0:23.9	Like, I'm not saying Ty Simpson is a guy or any of these guys are the guys.
0:27.7	It's a good question.
0:28.4	If you redrafted Tony Romo in his career, he's 100% a first-round pick, especially
0:35.2	if you're dropping him at 15.
0:36.9	Yeah, look, it's interesting because Tony Romo was such a good quarterback who just couldn't get it done.
0:44.4	It always felt like he hit a ceiling.
0:46.9	And I think if you're the Jets, it's what are you looking for as a Jet fan?
0:52.4	Are you looking for someone to bring you competence?
0:54.5	If that's the case, then all be, you know what?
0:57.0	We'll take Tony Romo.
0:58.0	But if you're looking for someone to potentially, and this is what the Giants likely did when they drafted Jackson Dart,
1:06.0	we want a guy that can be a leader for a decade plus and win us a Super Bowl.
1:10.0	And so it depends on what you want as a fan.
1:14.6	Like, do you want the guy who's going to potentially be a Super Bowl champion or you want the
1:18.0	guy that's just going to be pretty good for, you know, eight or so years?
1:22.0	And so I don't know.
1:24.3	I guess if you're a jet fan, maybe that is okay with a limited ceiling and limited upside.
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