The Jets Fanatic

FYI: It’s unfair to judge a team’s draft class based on Consensus Boards. Without a thorough understanding of the team’s plans for the team, players, or scheme, it’s impossible to suggest a pick is good or bad. Teams build their draft boards based on grades that project how a player will perform or contribute within their system, the Consensus Boards and media scouting reports lack that context. Without a clear understanding of the “why” behind each pick, critics are missing some key tidbits that are critical to a full assessment. In the NFL, it takes 2-3 years to determine whether players can play or not. That’s why we should reserve judgment until we see how the players perform and how teams utilize their personnel. That’s not fun, but none of us are privy to the 32 draft boards or the schematic or personnel discussions prior to the draft. We can debate who was selected and where they were picked, but until we understand the why and see how it plays out between the lines, we are still playing the guessing game.

The Jets trade up to the 110th pick and select Clemson QB Cade Klubnik

The whole idea that there is a consensus board being used to judge picks is stupid. Who is making up the consensus? That’s the problem with draft evaluations. Don’t be part of the herd.

The Jets had a good Round 1: - Drafted three players who should help right away. - A team went viral for calling a player to say they were picking him only for another team to jump ahead and pick that player while he was still on the phone with the original team — and it wasn't the Jets. - A team's head coach conducted a press conference where he sounded angry that his team drafted a player and now many people are making fun of them — and it also wasn't the Jets.

The Jets made three first-round picks this year: No. 2 DE David Bailey, No. 16 TE Kenyon Sadiq, and No. 30 WR Omar Cooper Jr., and they’ll have three first-round picks again in 2027.