C+
New York Jets
The Jets let Scott fall and pounced. Final grade: C+.
by elroy2k ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Keionte Scott, the No. 63 name on the board, stolen at the Round 4 slot. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
With edge rusher, safety and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 2 they get a three-down second-level presence. Need was not the driver here.
A surprising call. With edge rusher, safety and other spots still to address, they spent the Round 1 slot on Sonny Styles, a linebacker they were not short of.
Keionte Scott in the 103rd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A slide stopped in Round 4, Pick 40, with Trey Zuhn III worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Drew Allar at pick 179 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for Jeff Caldwell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Kaden Wetjen in the 242nd pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.