What If the Jets Drafted Josh Allen?

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The conversation takes a dark turn for Jets fans: even if they drafted Josh Allen, would it have mattered, or would the Jets have broken him too? The guys dig into how much quarterback development is about the organization, coaching, and timing, using Darnold’s journey as the prime example. Then the calls roll in. One caller argues the bigger joke might actually be on the Vikings for moving on from Darnold and tying their future to J.J. McCarthy. Another says Jets fans should stop living in regret because Darnold never becomes this player if he stays in New York. Plus: the “Ghostbuster” debate if Darnold faces the Patriots, a poll comparing Jets pain to Giants fans watching Saquon win with the Eagles, and a quick Nets tangent that somehow turns into a real conversation about player development.

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0:00.0	Now, looking back on it, would they have been better up drafting Josh Allen?
0:04.0	I don't know.
0:04.7	Of course. Well, actually, I can't even say that. I can't say that either because they would have screwed him up and traded him three years later. Right. You think about what Adam Gays did to Sam Donald. What would he have done to Josh Allen? Right? I mean, Josh Allen benefited from where he got drafted. Yeah. Let's face it, because he was a flawed prospect coming in from Wyoming.
0:23.2	He had a really low completion percentage. I mean, Josh Allen benefited from where he got drafted. Yeah. Let's face it, because he was a flawed prospect coming in from Wyoming.
0:23.2	Had a really low completion percentage coming out of college, and he was prone to mistakes.
0:29.8	So, I mean, development matters, man.
0:32.1	It really does.
0:32.9	No, I agree.
0:33.7	I agree.
0:34.6	And this one didn't develop.
0:36.4	It does suck.
0:37.8	Let's get to your calls 888-808-108-101-19 the number. Marcus in New Jersey. Good morning, Marcus. Hey, guys. How you doing? We're good. Thank you. Thank you. Pleasure, Marcus. Thanks. Hey, I'm really happy to hear that your jet fans are rooting for Darnold. And I think they're recognizing that it was probably more of the organization that failed Sam more than Sam failed them.
1:00.2	And, you know, we can talk about it a lot here if there's a joke on the Jets right now.
1:04.5	But really, I'd say the bigger joke is probably on the Vikings.
1:07.9	I mean, they were 14 wins last year.
1:10.0	Two teams in their division go to the playoffs, and they're sitting there at home with J.J. McCarthy thinking about what they could have had. They would have re-signed Sam. Yeah, you're so right. He's right, but it doesn't stop us from being the butt of the joke anyway. Yeah. No, you're right because of where he is now relative to where, you know, the Jets are
1:30.1	and still looking for a quarterback. But he's right about Minnesota. Minnesota is tying
1:35.9	their fortunes, their futures to J.J. McCarthy, even though they had no indication of what
1:41.4	he would be after year one because he was hurt and then the early
1:44.2	indication in year two is that he might not be that guy you could have kept sam on a much
1:50.0	cheaper deal than you know ultimately paying j j mccarthy because he's only making 33 million
1:55.5	dollars a year so your quarterback room is still because he's on a rookie contract jj it's still
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