C+
New York Jets
Larceny in slot 108 lands the Jets a C+, Bernard and all.
by tcart ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Germie Bernard, No. 108, roughly 50 picks past where he belonged.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. Reaching for Dennis-Sutton left real value on the table behind him.
Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
So much rides on Arvell Reese that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 16 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
In pick No. 29 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. A real need, handled.
They paid a round early for Zion Young in Round 2, Pick 1, more than the board wanted. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Nothing to complain about; Dillon Thieneman went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Emmanuel Pregnon at pick 44 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Dani Dennis-Sutton at No. 62 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Circle this one: Jake Slaughter at the 103rd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They will replay Germie Bernard at the Round 4 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Oscar Delp in Round 4, Pick 40. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Aamil Wagner at the Round 5 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 179 with a little surplus value in Domani Jackson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reasonable price with a little left over, David Gusta in the 210th overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They did well to land Kaden Wetjen in the 228th pick, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
TJ Hall in pick 242 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
