17. New York Jets

04/15/09- Knowshon Moreno. I know Thomas Jones had, against all expectations, a great year last year, a rebirth of sorts. Good for him, he needed this kind of redemption. But he’ll be turning 31 over the summer before the season starts, and if recent NFL history teaches us anything it is that when the end comes for an RB, even a good one, it can come very, very quickly (see Tomlinson, LaDanian, and Alexander, Shaun). I know Leon Washington has done some amazing things, but even the Jets seem to believe that he would lose a lot of his effectiveness if forced to be a full-time back. Plus, neither Kellen Clemens nor Brett Ratliff will strike fear in the hearts of defenses the way Brett Favre did (even then, the 2008 version was kind of a lukewarm fear). I think the Jets will happily take the consensus best RB at this point in the draft. The only pick I can see as head-and-shoulders better than Moreno for the Jets is Sanchez, if he falls this far.