The Jets are treating 2024 like a complete redo of 2023, so it’s no surprise that a familiar scenario plays out in the first round of the draft.
Jets 2024 NFL Draft target. @olu_fashanu / X
A year after spending the No. 15 pick on rarely-used pass rusher Will McDonald instead of an offensive tackle, allowing a clear need to become a debilitating weakness during the season, general managers ‘s Joe Douglas should get a second chance to improve the team. Protection in front of quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
According to NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah, even if more players than Notre Dame’s Joe Alt are left out of the Jets’ roster when they pick No. 10, they’ll still have Olu Fashanu of Penn State and Oregon State. Taglianese Fuaga of Alabama and J.C. Latham of Alabama are both viable options. .
There is insurance against the execution of the position.
“Fashanu is probably gone,” said Jeremiah, a former NFL scout who worked with Douglas with the Ravens, “so it might be Fuaga vs. Latham in that selection.”
Given the makeup of the roster before free agency (Mekhi Becton and Duane Brown are unsigned), the riskiest decision would be to pivot to fill a major need at receiver and wait until the third round to address the offensive line. I guess I’ll have to wait.
The Jets traded Rodgers and a second-round pick to the Packers.
“If you can get a tackle, it feels a lot better to be a third-round wideout than a third-round tackle,” Jeremiah said.
Did the Patriots keep his contract with the Jets in the last draft by making a trade that allowed the Steelers to acquire Broderick Jones (the fourth offensive tackle called for the first 14 picks)? However, the team said it favored McDonald over Jones.
The Jets gave up NFL All-Rookie selection Anton Harrison (No. 27 to the Jaguars).
Here’s how Jeremiah sees three potential “different flavors” for the Jets in this draft.
Olu Fashanu (6-foot-6, 317 pounds)
“He’s got the ideal frame, ideal length. The Ohio State game this year is the game where people point out where he got in trouble. His eyes were kind of in the wrong place. , he bowled with his chest out and moved around a bit. Overall, I think his tape is pretty solid and he can plug and play with either the right or the left. [side]”
Talese Fuaga (6-5, 332)
“Really, really clean player for me. He’s been playing right side, but I don’t see why you’d want to move him. He plugs and plays as a right tackle. If needed, he plays guard. He’s really consistent, he’s quick, he’s really explosive when he gets around guys. He can be a little mean.”
JC Latham (6-6, 360)
“He has torque and power in his body, especially in the run game.
He can stay at anchor all day. He had some problems with some of the stunts and twists more than the other players. I thought his eyes were a little behind. For me, he would be the fourth player in that combination. ”
In that scenario, Jeremiah would play yard-after-catch weapon Malachi Coley of Western Kentucky, speedster Roman Wilson of Michigan State and Florida State as potential third-round receivers to complete the equation in question. contest catch magician Ricky Pearsall.
