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Hello Leonard Williams

When the Jets drafted Leonard Williams in the 1st round it was a surprise for a few reasons. The first one was that he wasn’t supposed to be available when the Jets were on the clock. It seemed like there were a million different scenarios but each one had Williams not being available for the Jets. The 2nd surprise to some was that GM Mike Maccagnan stuck to his draft board. It is easy to say that you will take the best player available. But when you are a new GM and you already have a defensive line with Muhammad Wilkerson, Damon Harrison, Sheldon Richardson, some quality depth and even Quinton Coples who can play end depending on the alignment, it would be easy to skip that position.