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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Sai'vion Jones Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Sai'vion Jones
DE-EDGE LSU
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (NYJ)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Jets.

The Jets did not so much draft Sai'vion Jones as overpay for him, 36 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Getting Pegues where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 7 they get a bell-cow for the offense. A real need, handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
The board fumbled Jalon Walker all the way to the 42nd pick, and they scooped it up. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick73 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
No edge and no loss on Mason Taylor in Round 3, Pick 9; it is a wash and a sensible one. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick110 Rnd4 Sai'vion Jones
Sai'vion Jones in the 110th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick145 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Shough. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick162 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dont'e Thornton Jr.. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick186 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick207 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, JJ Pegues in No. 207, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.