The Logan Fano selection is the head-turner. The Jets reached 46 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. A mixed bag that lands at C-.
Landing Bisontis that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.
Spending an early pick on linebacker with quarterback open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
If Sonny Styles and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.16
· Pick 16
· Sonny Styles
· LB
· rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 16 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. Need was not the driver here.
R2.1
· Pick 33
· Denzel Boston
· WR
· rank 30
Denzel Boston in No. 33 lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.12
· Pick 44
· CJ Allen
· LB
· rank 31
A curious use of slot 44. Quarterback needed the pick; a linebacker in CJ Allen did not.
R2.13
· Pick 45
· Chris Johnson
· CB
· rank 32
Chris Johnson slid further than he should have, and pick 45 is lovely value for the cornerback. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.31
· Pick 63
· Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
· S
· rank 51
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren is a better player than the Round 2 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.31
· Pick 95
· Chase Bisontis
· OG
· rank 70
Chase Bisontis in pick No. 95 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.3
· Pick 103
· Deion Burks
· WR
· rank 86
Deion Burks at No. 103 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.40
· Pick 140
· Chris McClellan
· DT
· rank 142
Chris McClellan at the 140th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.39
· Pick 179
· Matt Gulbin
· C
· rank 183
They took Matt Gulbin at par in Round 5, Pick 39, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.30
· Pick 211
· Logan Fano
· DE-EDGE
· rank 257
They reached into another round for Logan Fano, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.12
· Pick 228
· Kaden Wetjen
· WR
· rank 223
Nothing to complain about; Kaden Wetjen went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.26
· Pick 242
· Jaydn Ott
· RB
· rank 239
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jaydn Ott in slot 242. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.