We had a pretty cool discussion up there,” Jets general manager Joe Douglas said, “because, obviously, the board’s just – like I said, I’ve never been a part of Mr.
Irrelevant, so it was a little wild to see your board just completely wiped out the way it was. That was the not-fun part about it.
But then just getting all the guys in the room and like, ‘OK, who’s the guy you’re most excited about here at each position?’
because each one of our scouts is in charge of a position during the undrafted free-agent process, and so we’re getting ready to kick off this undrafted free-agent process, so which guy are you most fired up about? And so we had that discussion.
“It’s just figuring out who generates the most excitement and staying true to your process – the meetings that we had. We know our scouts like this guy, our coaches like this guy, kind of bringing it together, and felt like we picked the right guy.”
Key said he already had begun contemplating his options as an undrafted rookie when the Jets called.
