New York Jets: Should Jacoby Brissett be a trade target?

The New York Jets are looking for a franchise quarterback, and Jacoby Brissett could be their guy.

The NFL Draft is a crapshoot, and the New York Jets shouldn’t rely on the draft for the quarterback position when there is viable talent that have proven themselves already in the league. At the right price, the Jets should trade for current Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett. The draft is high risk, high reward, but if they can avoid the risk, they absolutely should.

Brissett only has completed 58.8 percent of his passes in 2017, and he also has 16 touchdowns (rushing and passing) to 10 turnovers (interceptions and fumbles lost). However, when you look deeper, it could be a function of the poor receivers and a worse offensive line than the Jets in Indianapolis.

Prior to the hand injury, Josh McCown had 130 incompletions, and even though (according to Pro Football Focus Elite), his adjusted completion percentage is three points higher than Brissett’s, the numbers are staggeringly better.

43 percent of Brissett’s incompletions were a result of drops by receivers (almost twice as many as McCown, 31-16), throwing the ball away (more than twice as many as McCown, 25-12), and he was hit as he threw on an incompletion 12 times to McCown’s once. In fact, Josh McCown’s incomplete were as a result of either him throwing the ball away, drops, spikes, batted balls at the line of scrimmage, or being hit as he threw only 33 percent of the time in comparison to Brissett’s 43 percent.

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Everyone wants the great quarterback in the NFL Draft. The problem is that 50 percent of first round picks bust. So, if you want the Jets to take that risk, they can, or they can take a player who’s proven himself in the league and build around him, like the 49ers did when they traded for Garappolo.

So, what do you want, a 50-50 shot at the most important position in the NFL, or a proven success?