Mayock: Coples is all or nothing

May, 3, 2012
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Mike Mayock, the NFL Network's well-respected draft analyst, commented on the Jets' draft during an appearance on "The Rich Eisen Podcast."

"(Quinton) Coples is boom or bust, and I’ve said it from day one," Mayock said of the Jets' first-round pick. "Rex Ryan will get the most out of him. Mike Pettine, who I highly respect, is their defensive coordinator. If you get what you can out of Coples, you got a big player. Stephen Hill is another height/weight/speed freak."

Mayock disagreed with the notion, presented by ESPN analyst Bill Polian, that the Jets drafted players from option offenses to help with their Tim Tebow packages.

"I think we’re reaching a little bit there as far as we’re drafting for Tim Tebow," he said. "They’re drafting for the New York Jets. The Tim Tebow package, or however they incorporate him in, I like it because it causes defensive coordinators angst. Every defensive coordinator I’ve ever met in the National Football League has been spoiled by what little they have to prepare for in the run game.

"The pass game is crazy and it’s sophisticated as hell. But the run game in the NFL is unimaginative except for the teams that run a little Wildcat. So the whole option thing defensive coordinators hate. If the Jets have that, it is a weapon; I don’t care what anybody says. I like that the Jets offense will have that. Just because Stephen Hill was a wide receiver at Georgia Tech, which ran option, doesn’t have anything to do with why they drafted him other than he’s a height/weight/speed freak that, if you throw the ball up in air in the redzone or outside the numbers, he might come down with it. He’s special."
Rich Cimini, longtime Jets beat writer for the New York Daily News and a Syracuse graduate, covers Gang Green for ESPNNewYork.com.
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