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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NYJ)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Grade — Jets
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Jets and Mondon Jr.: B-.

Call it larceny. Smael Mondon Jr. sat on the board until pick 207, and the Jets did not need to be asked twice. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Every board in the league had Cross III lower, and that gap is the story. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In pick 7 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders at pick No. 42 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick73 Rnd3 Tai Felton
Tai Felton at No. 73 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick110 Rnd4 Dillon Gabriel
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dillon Gabriel in slot 110, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick145 Rnd5 Howard Cross III
They talked themselves into Howard Cross III at the 145th overall pick, and the board did not agree. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick156 Rnd5 Ben Sauls
A straight-up fair deal on Ben Sauls at the 156th pick, value and slot in agreement. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick186 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
A top-tier running back at a bargain, DJ Giddens in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick207 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.