Jets seven-round NFL Mock Draft 1.0: Gang Green loads up on offense.
The calendar has flipped to April and that means the 2024 NFL Draft is rapidly approaching.
It’s time to try to project what the Jets might do when April 25 and the draft roll around with our first seven-round mock draft of the year.
General manager Joe Douglas had done a good job of filling many of the team’s needs through free agency.
That gives him plenty of flexibility when it comes to the draft.
The Jets still need to land some players, though, to give Aaron Rodgers a complete cast around him.
The mantra from owner Woody Johnson has been, “offense, offense, offense” this offseason and we listened to him in this mock draft.
The first five picks are all offensive players in an effort to help that unit climb out of the bottom of the NFL rankings.
We used the PFF mock draft simulator to help us out and here is what we came up with for the Jets 2024 Draft:
Round 1, No. 10 overall: Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State
Douglas landed two starting tackles during free agency. He traded for Morgan Moses and signed Tyron Smith to a one-year deal. Still, I think they should take a tackle here. Both Moses and Smith are 33 and have injury questions. Moses is coming off of pectoral surgery and Smith has been dealing with a number of injuries in recent years.
Joe Alt of Notre Dame was off the board in this simulation. I went with Fuaga but they could take Olu Fashanu of Penn State or JC Latham of Alabama here. Washington’s Troy Fautanu is also gaining steam, but some teams may see him as a guard.
I would be tempted to take a wide receiver if one of the top ones dropped but Marvin Harrison, Rome Odunze and Malik Nabers were all off the board this time, as well as tight end Brock Bowers.
