Well, sorry Borat, but prepare yourself with the outside possibility of a top CB/SS being the selection with the seventh pick. Classic BPA move. To say that is not a position of need is a massive reach, investment or not. In fact, we have no one that can be a leader in the box as a strong safety and as a bonus top CB. A huge hole in today's defensive scheme. So, if that is the way AG wants to roll, I'll support him, although I prefer a weapon for Fields. That would make the D so much stronger, not a bad move either.
Kind of crazy that after so many years and drafts by JD, we still look at our roster and say we have needs everywhere. We need help at RT, DT, DE, TE, WR, and S. And that doesn’t even mention the biggest single need, which is QB, and I’m doubtful that Fields is any kind of real answer there. I would have preferred to see the new staff keep Reed instead of letting him go, as I’m not sure the guy they signed is as good, but I still think we’ll be ok at CB. But shit, we have needs EVERYWHERE. There’s no more damning fact than that in assessing JD’s tenure. Yes we have a few stars that we didn’t have when he got here, but he did not improve the team much in his time here, including hiring the wrong HC. But to me, for that first round, if we don’t trade down, then it has to be either the RT, TE, or DT. I do think WR is just as big a need because right now Lazard is a starter, but there doesn’t seem to be a WR rated highly enough for the 7th pick, so that will have to come later if we don’t trade down.
My final preference list: 1. Graham Close 2. Warren Very distant 3. Membou It will be unbelievably hard to swallow drafting any defensive player not named Mason Graham at 7.
I don't want to bury the guy really I don't. The way I look at it the Jets have nothing at QB right now nothing 'real' nothing to get excited about. It's depressing. A old, veteran and a young journeyman QB on his third team in 3 years. Who cares the Steelers went 4-0 with him at QB? THEY'RE THE STEELERS THEY WIN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THE STEELERS!! They didn't go 4-0 because Fields is this awesome QB. They benched him then let him walk away. Track record shows the Steelers know what they're doing yes or no? The Jets need a QB desperately they have some good, young players Hall, Wilson, Fashanu etc. on the offensive side and if they can come out of this first round with a QB it'll to me be something very exciting something to look forward to seeing in 2025 and years to come. It doesn't have to be Shedeur it could also be this Jackson Dart I'm hearing about. Shedeur is more exciting to me because of his bloodline and overcoming adversity in college to put himself in this position. Bottom line is the Jets need a quarterback. Draft a QB in round 1 then allow Fields-Taylor to battle it out for the backup job.
For all those wanting Warren, in my opinion he is really only been a 1 year wonder. Bowers had at a minimum of 2 years of good production and tape and fell to the middle teens in a bad TE draft class. By all accounts this draft is much deeper with kids like Fanin Jr (I think that's his name from Bowling Green) possibly going in the mid to late 2nd or 3rd.
Daniel Jeremiah just did a mock where the Jets took Membou with Graham and Warren on the board. I don’t think you can pass on Graham if he falls to seven. I’ve come around to Warren because he will help in both the run and pass game AND I think there will be a starting tackle available at 42. I would not be upset with Membou(unless Graham was on the board).
Of course I have absolutely no clue what the Jets will do. But... So far everything they did seemed VERY reasonable. Got rid of Rodgers, got Fields, who was the best QB available. Resign Sherwood. Value oriented mostly young signings. Preserve 4th round comp pick for Reddick, etc... Sure, they overpaid a bit to Stephens, but still, this was not a crazy move. Drafting Barron or even Walker for this team would be a crazy move. As in completely insane. I just don't see it happening. This has to be some smoke screen. At least I want to believe that, and until shown otherwise in the actual draft tomorrow, I will not accept that AG and Mooge are that crazy. Not based on what I have seen so far. To me it still feels like Warren or Membou are the right choices. Now there is some smoke that Membou may go #6, in which case it will be between Warren and Banks. I can get behind any of these guys as they do make a lot of sense. Banks was actually unanimous all American past season. Played LT, which typically means he goes against better players more than RT. At 21 years of age switching to the right should not be an issue either. Not as athletic as Membou, but good at 8.3 RAS score, and has same 33.5 arm length. Has been pretty dominant since freshman year, when he was second team Big 12, and also second team all American as a sophomore. If Membou is off the board, Banks is a pretty good consolation prize, who has top 10 pedigree for sure and may even be better than Membou. I personally would probably go with Warren though. But either one of these guys makes most sense. Graham is a bit of a wild card. He might slip to us. But he is a premier talent coming off stellar season. You just know the guy will be a really good NFL player, almost a can't miss prospect. An argument could be made AG may want a bigger guy next to Q though. I still would take him, but I could see a reasonable scenario where he is there, and the Jets pick Warren or Membou/Banks over him. I would be happy with any of these 4 choices. They make a lot of sense. Barron and Walker do not.
The truth is, the thing the Jets need the most is a pass catching weapon. We ONLY have GW. That's it. That's not enough and also any injury to him and we got nothing. We have a rookie unproven OC. We have a young QB, also unproven, but whom we want to support take next step. It will be very tough without another good weapon. RT does not normally need to be great, just serviceable, which we can get in the second round. Ideally the pass catcher would be a WR, like say Nabers or Thomas Jr type from last year, but this year there aren't guys like that this year. Warren is the best pass catcher, but he does not play premium position. Which is why it is not so clear cut that we will take him, but he does appear to be the guy that fills the biggest need we have on the team, and there is a strong chance he ends up as a Jet, which I would not mind at all. I still think with all the smoke it will come down to Warren or OT at 7 (Membou/Banks).
Man if we could get Warren and Ersery in the 1st two rounds it would be a dream. I would probably pick Warren at 7 to give the best chance at Elite weapon, but we need to be prepared that Ersery will not be there in the second. We may be looking at guys like Trapilo as top OT left at 42. That is a pretty massive drop off from likes of Membou and Banks. It's very possible in this case we then go DT or WR in round 2 and may be an OT in round 3. Which may be OK. I just hope we do not waste a pick on a QB. There are so many needs.
Thank you. If you have the time to read this article, you'll see where my comment came from. https://www.fantasypoints.com/nfl/articles/2025/nfl-combine-stock-watch-tight-ends The trends say that there is a big drop-off after Warren and Loveland and after those 2 there aren't going to be many difference makers.
I still can't believe that a-hole beat Jake Long for three sacks in one game. I thought we were gifted Lawrence Taylor 2.0 that year.
The one thing you can be assured on Draft Day, the Jets always pick during the first hour so you can go to bed on time.
I am not a fb savant but I think we’ll pick sanders and I’m fine with that. I’m kind of sick of,falling for arm talent and athleticism at qb. Those are great things to have but first priority is his football iq. I also want Desmond Watson as an overreaction of what we need at Nt and would consider him as a gadget option on offense.
There are more people who didn't have great combine that were not good. Combine is another data point, and it is a plus to be a better athlete. It is not everything, just one data point, but it certainly does not hurt.
Should be interesting to see what the Jets do. There aren’t a lot of ways to fuck this up in my opinion.
