Jets prone to seize lineman in NFL draft to assist defend Aaron Rodgers
The Jets landed their quarterback this week. Now, we’ll see if they’ll discover somebody to guard him.
This 12 months’s NFL draft appears like one thing of an afterthought for the Jets after the joy of the Aaron Rodgers commerce, however that doesn’t imply it’s not important for Joe Douglas to land some expertise to assist Rodgers ship the Tremendous Bowl trophy he spoke about Wednesday.
The Jets dropped from the No. 13 general decide to No. 15 within the commerce with the Packers this week.
The idea remains to be the Jets will goal an offensive deal with to assist solidify the blockers in entrance of Rodgers.
However shifting to No. 15 may imply the highest 4 tackles — Ohio State’s Paris Johnson Jr., Northwestern’s Peter Skoronski, Georgia’s Broderick Jones and Tennessee’s Darnell Wright — are gone earlier than the Jets make their choice.
“On the finish of the day, we would have liked to have 13 gamers we have been enthusiastic about and now we have now to have 15 gamers that we’re actually enthusiastic about and I really feel comfy with that,” Douglas mentioned.
Assistant common supervisor Rex Hogan mentioned the commerce doesn’t change something for the Jets.
“No true impact, our board nonetheless stays the identical,” Hogan mentioned. “We’ll proceed to comply with alongside the method and with the way in which we’ve constructed the roster, it offers us some flexibility to go no matter route we would like with the participant that’s obtainable.”
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The Jets don’t have as many wants as they’ve had prior to now, however the offensive line is a obtrusive one.
Douglas vowed to repair the offensive line when he was employed in 2019 and he has used two first-round picks on offensive linemen already, however the unit nonetheless has holes.
“I feel we have now a extremely good tradition in place on this crew and there’s a commonplace when it comes to the trouble, pressure and violence that our line must play with and we’re going to take each alternative that we are able to so as to add these sort of gamers once they turn out to be obtainable,” Douglas mentioned. “I don’t assume I’m ever going to take a seat right here and let you know that I’m glad with the place we’re on the offensive or line of defense. I don’t assume I’m ever going to say that to you as a result of I really feel like we’re at all times going to have the ability to get a bit of higher, nevertheless it’s at all times going to be a robust focus for us.”
If the offensive linemen are gone, Douglas could look to commerce again to amass extra picks or take Ohio State broad receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who has been linked to the Jets recently. In addition they may use assist at defensive deal with. Clemson’s Bryan Bresee and Pittsburgh’s Calijah Kancey may very well be targets.
A 12 months in the past, Douglas nailed the draft and took Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson within the first spherical. They went on to win Defensive and Offensive Rookie of the Year, respectively.
We’ll see if Douglas has an encore in him and the way he might help his new quarterback.