The New York Jets cutting third-round rookie Jachai Polite will go down as one of the highest picks in recent years to be let go before he played a regular-season game.
It was a shocking development, and it raises questions of how this could happen so soon. And how teams can avoid making this level of mistake so early in the draft in the future.
Draft picks have been quickly traded, even as rookies. Higher picks have been sent packing after one full season on a team’s roster — does Malik McDowell ring a bell?