The board owed the Jets one, and it paid up: Wyatt Milum, the No. 13 name on the board, sitting there at slot 206 like a gift left on the doorstep.

So much rides on Cam Ward that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.