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May 1 (UPI) -- A daze first-round backmost action grabbed astir headlines, but nan Atlanta Falcons besides attempted a waste and acquisition to get nan No. 10 wide prime successful nan 2024 NFL Draft, New York Jets wide head Joe Douglas said.
The Jets-Falcons negotiations were revealed successful a video posted Tuesday connected nan Jets' YouTube channel. Douglas and nan Jets yet opted to nonstop nan No. 10 prime to nan Minnesota Vikings, who utilized it to get erstwhile Michigan backmost J.J. McCarthy.
"They [the Falcons] want to travel backmost up to No. 10," Douglas told Jets coach Robert Saleh and different beforehand agency unit members while successful nan draught room. "So they want No. 8 and 10."
The Falcons shocked many, including their ain starting quarterback, erstwhile they selected erstwhile Washington backmost Michael Penix Jr. pinch nan No. 8 wide pick.
The Chicago Bears past snagged Penix's erstwhile teammate, wide receiver Rome Odunze, astatine No. 9. The Vikings past sent nan No. 11 wide pick, a fourth-round prime and a fifth-round action to nan Jets successful speech for nan No. 10 prime and a sixth-round pick.
The Jets utilized nan No. 11 prime to prime erstwhile Penn State violative tackle Olumuyiwa Fashanu. They included guidance video from nan draught room and Fashanu's draught party, wherever he was surrounded by his family, successful their YouTube footage.
"We had plentifulness of strategy meetings, conscionable talking astir scenarios wherever you move up and scenarios wherever you move back," Douglas said.
"It was conscionable nan measurement nan committee fell. We had nan opportunity to make a mini move backward, pinch nan Vikings, and [were] still capable to get who we deliberation will beryllium a ascendant near tackle successful this league."
The Jets-Vikings switch was nan first of 5 abstracted first-round trades that occurred during nan first time of nan arena Thursday successful Detroit.
"There were a batch of calls starring up to that prime and location were a batch of calls erstwhile we were connected nan clock," Douglas said. "It was really active."
The Jets went connected to waste and acquisition nan second 2 picks they acquired successful nan Vikings trade. They sent nan fourth-round action to nan San Francisco 49ers successful speech for 2 fifth-round picks. The 49ers utilized that action to draught moving backmost Isaac Guerendo.
The Jets utilized nan fifth-round selections connected moving backmost Isaiah Davis and cornerback Qwan'tez Stiggers.
The Jets besides sent nan Detroit Lions a fourth-round prime successful speech for a third-round prime successful 2025. The Lions picked violative tackle Giovanni Manu pinch that selection.
The Jets traded a fourth-round prime to nan Green Bay Packers successful speech for a fourth-round prime and sixth-round selection. The Packers utilized that prime connected protect backmost Evan Williams. The Jets traded distant some nan picks they acquired successful that swap.
They besides sent nan Carolina Panthers a third-round prime and fifth-round prime successful speech for an earlier third-round selection. They utilized that prime to prime wide receiver Malachi Corley.
The Panthers drafted linebacker Trevin Wallace and cornerback Chau Smith-Wade pinch nan ammo they acquired from that deal.
The Jets acquired a fifth-round prime successful different waste and acquisition pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles. They sent nan Eagles 2 sixth-round selections successful that transaction. The Jets utilized nan fifth-round prime connected backmost Jordan Travis.
The Eagles picked wide receiver Johnny Wilson and halfway Dylan McMahon pinch their selections.
Running backmost Braelon Allen and protect backmost Jaylen Key were nan different players who joined nan Jets successful nan 2024 NFL Draft.
The Falcons, who could person been targeting 1 of respective disposable apical walk catchers, walk rushers aliases violative linemen pinch nan No. 10 pick, went connected to complete a waste and acquisition pinch nan Arizona Cardinals for nan 3rd prime of nan 2nd round. They utilized that action connected protect tackle Ruke Orhorhoro.
Fashanu, chap violative tackles Taliese Fuaga, Amarius Mims and Troy Fatanu, separator rushers Laiatu Latu, Dallas Turner and Jared Verse, protect tackle Byron Murphy, tight extremity Brock Bowers, wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., and cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Terrion Arnold were among nan apical players disposable aft 9 selections successful nan draft.
The Falcons picked walk rusher Bralen Trice successful nan 3rd information and protect tackle Brandon Dorlus successful nan 4th round. They besides picked up linebacker J.D. Bertrand, moving backmost Jase McClellan, wide receiver Casey Washington and protect tackle Zion Logue successful nan 2024 NFL Draft.
Fashanu could play a backup domiciled early on, pinch Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses expected to commencement astatine nan tackle spots for nan Jets. Douglas said Fashanu besides will believe astatine different positions.
The Falcons besides committed to Cousins arsenic their starting backmost this season.
