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Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Ja'Corey Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Ja'Corey Brooks
WR Louisville
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
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Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (TB)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
The Jets won the night they stopped Higgins from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jay Higgins, slot 206, roughly 83 picks past where he belonged.

They are betting Brooks proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
A straight-up fair deal on Abdul Carter at slot 7, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick42 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Somehow Malaki Starks was still sitting there in pick No. 42, and they pounced on premier safety value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick96 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
A safety of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick109 Rnd4 Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland in the 109th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick158 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray at Round 5, Pick 21 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick185 Rnd6 Ja'Corey Brooks
A wild overpay on Ja'Corey Brooks in the 185th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jay Higgins in No. 206, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.