Say It Ain't So Geno...the Jets?

As bad as I felt for West Virginia qb Geno Smith on draft night, I felt even worse when I heard who finally drafted him...the New York Jets. No one can make a quality qb look like a bum quite like the New York Jets. It all started in 1983, when New York drafted qb Ken O'Brien with the 24th overall pick. Miami selected some guy named Dan Marino three picks later.

But I digress.

That was 30 years ago...and things haven't changed much in New York. Mark Sanchez was a good qb at USC, and even his first two years in New York. Looking back, it must have been the residue from Mark's winning USC tradition that lead him to back to back AFC title games...because eventually, the dysfunction that is the Jets organization sank it's teeth in.

The Jets locker room is synonymous with in fighting and anonymous leaks to the press. Players (especially qb's) are routinely thrown under the bus with no accountability. The team has shown zero commitment to improving the offensive side of the ball, and wide receiver Santonio "QB Killa" Holmes will be returning from injury...just in time to spew more of his "me first" mentality on another young and impressionable qb. Ben Roethlisberger was having none of that in Pittsburgh, and Holmes was unceremoniously traded to the Jets. That's because Roethlisberger had a quality support system. In New York, Sanchez was left out to dry when Holmes repeatedly attacked him through the media. The situation continued to escalate, and the Jets (and Sanchez) started to struggle.

And then there was Tebow.

Next, the Jets (willingly) trade for Tim Tebow...knowing this will create a firestorm of speculation for your embattled starting qb. Was this move done to create competition? Um...no. Sanchez was benched late in the 2012 season, and was replaced by the third string qb, not a (healthy) Tim Tebow. Not only was this unfair to Sanchez, it delayed Tebow's growth as a qb another year. Who knows what he could have learned from a year of shadowing Peyton Manning in Denver?

So in essence....the Jets traded for Tebow just to do it. And Sanchez was supposed to thrive under that type of media circus.

And remember Brett Favre?

The New York Jets had us thinking that Favre was done after his brief stint in New York. Prior to that, Favre was a hall of fame qb in Green Bay. The year after New York, Favre had one of the best statistical seasons of his career, and his Vikings in the NFC Championship game. Only the Jets could make Favre look like...well...Mark Sanchez.

Welcome to the New York Jets Geno Smith....hope you packed a rabbit's foot.    follow @plcolter