The New York Jets learned a valuable lesson when the Mark Sanchez experiment failed in 2009. A fifth overall pick, Sanchez was the lowest-rated quarterback among those with at least 25 starts during his four seasons as a starter in New York.
Since then, they've stayed out of the first round in attempts to find their next franchise quarterback, drafting Greg McElroy in the seventh, Geno Smith in the second and Tajh Boyd in the sixth. None have panned out yet, but through a regime change the Jets have continued to look for diamonds in the rough.