Mike Maccagnan’s Jets legacy rests on this wild draft gambit

Jets general manager Mike MaccagnanWhen you are this desperate for a young franchise quarterback and your franchise and your reputation hang on getting one, finally, after all the personnel Buttfumbles at the most important position on the field, you do this.

You transform into Trader Mike Maccagnan so you can go get one.

You surrender three second-round picks and your sixth-overall pick to the Colts for the third pick of the NFL draft.

It means you are so desperate for one of the quarterbacks, so terrified that you might have been left standing in the game of quarterback musical chairs that you are willing to settle for the third-rated quarterback on your board.

There remains a danger, of…