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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Neal should have been long gone. The Jets pounced, and earned a B.

The Jets spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Devin Neal, the No. 81 name on the board, in the 157th overall pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. The Royals reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In No. 7 they get a disruptor off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals in pick No. 42 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick73 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Deone Walker at slot 73. The roster fit checks out.
Pick109 Rnd4 Kyle McCord
Kyle McCord in the 109th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick146 Rnd5 Jordan James
They robbed the room for Jordan James here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick157 Rnd5 Devin Neal
You do not let a running back like Devin Neal reach the 157th pick and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick188 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
They took Nazir Stackhouse at par in pick 188, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick209 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser is a better player than Round 6, Pick 31 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.