Mike Maccagnan just dropped another one of John Idzik’s big draft picks.
In addition to releasing 2014 draft-pick Jace Amaro, as Newsday reported earlier, the Jets have also waived/injured former first-rounder Dee Milliner.
Like Amaro, Milliner was selected by Idzik, the Jets general manager from 2013-14. But his successor, Maccagnan, wasn’t interested in keeping either player around. Milliner will be placed on the Jets’ injured reserve list.
The Jets tried unsuccessfully to trade Milliner, the ninth overall pick in 2013, in advance of Saturday’s 4 p.m. deadline. But ultimately the organization decided that it was better to dump the disappointing defensive back — and pay his guaranteed $2.