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bbg'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 1, 2026

2026 cowboys rebuild

  • bbg DRAFTING FOR THE
    Jets
Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
Brandon Cisse Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Brandon Cisse
CB South Carolina
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Connor Lew Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Connor Lew
C Auburn
Red Murdock Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Red Murdock
LB Buffalo
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Draft Picks Received
Brandon Cisse Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Brandon Cisse
CB South Carolina
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (HOU)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Jakobe Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 4 (LV)
Jakobe Thomas
S Miami
Jack Pyburn Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jack Pyburn
LB-EDGE LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Nico Collins
WR
Head Shot
Case Keenum
QB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Joe Tippmann
C
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall D+
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Jets to a D+.

The Jets lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

They are betting Rodriguez proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On value alone, Lew makes the weekend a net positive.

The Jets clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
Olaivavega Ioane in slot 16 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick33 Rnd2 Gennings Dunker
Gennings Dunker at No. 33 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick38 Rnd2 Brandon Cisse
Brandon Cisse at the 38th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jacob Rodriguez
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jacob Rodriguez in the Round 2 slot, miles early. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick67 Rnd3 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter in pick 67 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick103 Rnd4 Connor Lew
They robbed the room for Connor Lew here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick179 Rnd5 Red Murdock
They jumped the gun on Red Murdock, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick228 Rnd7 Lander Barton
They took Lander Barton at par in Round 7, Pick 12, which is nothing to complain about. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.