2024'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

Future

  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Jets
Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (NYJ)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
Draft Picks Received
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DET)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
Draft Picks Traded
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DET)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Jets finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

The search is over. The Jets handed the keys to Cam Ward, and the whole operation now runs on his development. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Landing Giddens that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In pick No. 7 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at pick 42 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick92 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Jalen Royals in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick109 Rnd4 Darien Porter
They will replay Darien Porter at slot 109 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick146 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
They robbed the room for Danny Stutsman here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick157 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Taking Darius Alexander in the 157th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
A quiet steal in the 188th pick: Cobee Bryant for less than the market said. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick227 Rnd7 DJ Giddens
Circle this one: DJ Giddens at Round 7, Pick 9 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick230 Rnd7 Roc Taylor
Somehow Roc Taylor was still sitting there in the 230th pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.