New York Jets: Avoid Josh Allen in the 2018 NFL Draft

If Josh Allen slides to the New York Jets in the 2018, and the other top quarterbacks have been taken, they must avoid taking him.

In 2017, Josh Allen became a prospect to watch for the NFL community, and he considered coming out for that draft. Well, he’s still not ready for the NFL as he’s seemingly heading for the 2018 NFL Draft. And the New York Jets can’t afford to take a developmental prospect at the quarterback position again.

Allen has everything scouts look for in a quarterback from a physical standpoint. He has the size, big arm, and he’s similar to Ben Roethlisberger in athleticism for his size. There are two major red flags with Allen, though.

He isn’t accurate enough for the NFL. He’s only completing 56.2 percent of his passes, and that’s against the lower competition of the Mountain West Conference. The second is inconsistency in play. According to Walter Football:

"There were plays where he looked like a young Ben Roethlisberger. There were other plays where Allen showed bad decision-making and inaccuracy."

The Jets are on the verge of becoming a playoff contender, and they can’t afford another developmental piece at the quarterback position. Allen should go back to school for his senior season if he want to prove he’s NFL-ready, because right now he’s not.

He may become a good NFL quarterback, but right now, he’s nowhere near ready for the big stage. The Jets aren’t in a position to draft a prospect that could take two or three years just to be ready to start, let alone the bumps and bruises he will most certainly take once he becomes a starter.

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If the Jets are in a position where they will likely not land either Josh Rosen, Lamar Jackson, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield or Jarrett Stidham, they should seriously go after Kirk Cousins, or they can see what they have in Bryce Petty or Christian Hackenberg.