Jets released former 1st-rounder Dee Milliner

bclemms said
Milliner was way rated way too high going into the draft. He was the beneficiary of a great defense around him in college and then drafted too high. He was given far too many chances as a Jet and he isn't a very good player. Even if he was healthy, I'd say pass on him just like every QB in the league has.

Not saying he wasn't rated higher then he should have been but Milliner was no slouch coming out of Bama. He was an All-American locking down the #1 CB position for the best defense in CFB. Helped Bama win a National Championship as a key and star player. Also had a very good NC game locking down now Pro Bowl TE from Notre Dame Tyler Eifert. Went on to have a great combine measuring in at 6'0" 201 lbs while running a 4.37 40 along with a 36" vert. The kid had just about everything you wanted in a CB with prototype measureables across the board.

His rookie year he played very well towards the end of the season after having some growing pains early on. He appeared in 13 games while starting 12 recording 3 interceptions and 15 pass deflections. Towards the end of the season he won AFC player of the week along with rookie of the month. I wouldn't say he has been thrown all over considering he is just entering his 4th season after only playing a significant amount in 1 of the previous 3 seasons. In year 2 and 3 he played a total of 7 games with 2 starts. Going into his 2nd season after a strong finish to his rookie year he sprains his ankle and misses all of training camp while returning for the start of the season only to tear his Achilles a few games in. After recovering from the Achilles and going into his 3rd season he injures his wrist being placed on IR needing surgery to eventually return for a couple of games. His bust status has been do to being injured with his body never allowing him the chance to play and get comfortable not his play.

If he can beat the injury bug the kid still has plenty of time just entering his prime to be something special. Like I said we have seen it with 2 of our own in Lewis and Greer who developed late but weren't slowed by injuries. Josh Norman is also a player who took his game to an elite level late in his career. Again not saying Milliner is going to be anything great but I wouldn't yet consider him a bust and pretend like he has been nothing but bad. Injuries have not even allowed him to be labeled bad when he actually played well when healthy but he does have the label of injury prone. Really only 1 major injury with the others mostly minor. I don't see how giving him a chance or why we wouldn't if he is healthy being a bad move in anyway. This is a very low risk with there still being a high reward if it starts to click with this kid.