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Draft Grade — Jets
Overall
A-
ValueB
NeedB
TradesA+
FutureA+
The Jets let Klein fall into their laps, and walked away with a A-. The Jets ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.
The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Klein at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
The veteran additions, Kenneth Murray Jr. chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.
Pick Analysis
Pick12
Rnd1
Arvell Reese
In pick No. 12 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. Need was not the driver here.
Pick16
Rnd1
Carnell Tate
In slot 16 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33
Rnd2
Chris Johnson
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Chris Johnson. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick44
Rnd2
Max Iheanachor
They paid sticker price for Max Iheanachor in No. 44, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69
Rnd3
Antonio Williams
Good price on Antonio Williams in pick 69, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick103
Rnd4
Chandler Rivers
The board had Chandler Rivers higher than the 103rd overall pick, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick106
Rnd4
Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick175
Rnd5
Aamil Wagner
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Aamil Wagner at the 175th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick178
Rnd5
Tyren Montgomery
Tyren Montgomery is a better player than slot 178 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick192
Rnd6
Marlin Klein
They barely believed it either: Marlin Klein still on the board at No. 192. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick209
Rnd6
Dalton Johnson
Dalton Johnson in pick 209 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick218
Rnd7
Keyshaun Elliott
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 218 with a little surplus value in Keyshaun Elliott. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick242
Rnd7
Jalon Daniels
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jalon Daniels in Round 7, Pick 26. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.


















