The New York Jets are not unlike any team making a pick in the top 10 this year. They have significant needs at key positions, but appear to be willing to let the chips fall in front of them before making any decision on draft night.
The 2025 draft class is unlike any other over the last decade. No one seems willing to go “all-in” on the group.
And there’s one interesting nugget that could not only support this claim, but set up New York nicely moving forward.
1 Draft Nugget That Helps Jets
Normally, in the week leading up to the draft, teams are looking to get aggressive and discuss trade options.
That isn’t happening this year. And that was determined much longer ago than just the last week.
Sam Farmer of the LA Times reported Wednesday morning of an interesting draft nugget that shows just how uninterested most teams tend to be with the current class of incoming rookies.
“[This is the] first NFL draft since 2002 when no team has more than one selection in the first round,” Farmer tweeted out Wednesday morning.
Usually, if a team falls in love with a draft class or player, they do everything in their power to move up early in the process to secure that talent. The Los Angeles Rams traded multiple picks weeks before the 2016 draft to move up to the first overall selection for Jared Goff. The quarterback class in ’16 wasn’t some dominant group, but the Rams had seen enough in their scouting to show Goff was worth the trade-up.
That isn’t happening here.
And it puts the Jets in an excellent position. As things stand in most mock drafts, New York is expected to be able to pick between the best tight end in the draft (Tyler Warren) and the highest-upside player along the offensive line (Armand Membou).
Either player would be a win for the Jets. Both are expected to be available.
New York doesn’t have to worry about a team trading up for either player. If teams weren’t interested in adding a pick before the draft, chances are they will be less inclined to trade up for the same players during it.
It leaves the Jets in a position to gradually improve their roster with good players without having to reach on any potential prospect.
