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Mike Maccagnan summed up his draft-day dilemma perfectly to the media last week.
“It’s almost like a portfolio,” he said. “Do you pick one stock you think is going to get the big return, or do you pick three stocks which may not actually hit the same ceiling, but the overall value of it actually gets a higher yield?”
It’s almost an exercise in risk management.
Sitting at No. 6, the Jets can stay right where they are and get a very, very good player, even if presumed target Marcus Mariota finds his way to the commissioner’s podium somewhere in the five picks before them.