Survivor I - Doug Jolley Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	REC	RECYD	RECTD	FPT	RANK
2002	32	409	2	52.9	17
2003	31	250	1	31.0	32
2004	27	313	2	43.3	28

Positives - Jolley is a good receiving TE with good running ability after the catch. He will give Chad Pennington a nice, reliable target who can get downfield as well. Mike Heimerdinger used the TE a great deal in Tennessee and it is expected he will do so in NY as well. The Jets made a play for Jeb Putzier in free agency and when that fell through they traded their first round pick to Oakland for Jolley. This would seem to be a sign they have big plans for the TE position this year.

Negatives - After Jolley’s nice rookie year he didn’t improve as was expected and eventually lost his starting job in Oakland. He’s only scored 5 times so not a big red zone target. With any Jet receivers there’s the possibility Pennington runs into more arm trouble.

Draft Strategy - I like Jolley’s upside this year in New York but I couldn’t take him as my backup due to bye week conflicts. However, once I got to this point of the draft I felt he offered value over the other WRs left on the board. I expect he’ll be effective in the Jets offense. My hope is that combined with Crumpler these 2 will have some nice weeks together and give me another option at the flex position.