Jets normal supervisor Joe Douglas has a troublesome choice to make with the No. 10 decide on April 25 on the 2024 NFL Draft.
ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has the Jets taking Georgia tight finish Brock Bowers in his newest mock draft, however Kiper acknowledges the Jets might take an offensive deal with as a substitute … however not at 10.
“I might take both one — Bowers or the lineman,” Kiper mentioned in a Zoom name with reporters Thursday.
“If I’m going to take the lineman, I’m going to commerce off of 10. If I’m taking Bowers, I’ll take him at 10. If I really need Bowers, you are taking him there. In order for you a lineman, I feel you may transfer off of 10. The important thing there may be getting a second-round decide again. Proper now, the Jets don’t have one. They might transfer down and get that second-round decide again and nonetheless get a very good offensive lineman because the sixth man. That might wager the thought course of for me.”
It’s a fascinating debate.
Do the Jets must get Aaron Rodgers extra safety or extra playmakers?
The staff signed deal with Tyron Smith and guard John Simpson in free company and traded for deal with Morgan Moses in a makeover of the offensive line.
However Smith and Moses are 33 years outdated and each have well being questions.
Bowers is the most effective tight finish within the draft and Kiper mentioned folks shouldn’t view him as a decent finish however quite as an offensive weapon.
“I simply went with Bowers as a weapon. They want that,” Kiper mentioned. “Individuals say, ‘Properly they don’t should have a decent finish.’ However he’s a man that may accomplish that many alternative issues.
“May you have a look at an offensive lineman? Positive. You would take a J.C. Latham or a Taliese Fuaga or a Troy Fautanu as a result of that will provide you with insurance coverage. You’ve 5 guys that should you hold them wholesome which can be good. Would you like that sixth man who might be insurance coverage in case your two bookend, veteran, 33-year-old tackles which have harm points get damage? And [Alijah] Vera-Tucker has had harm points. You get a sixth man as an insurance coverage coverage with Aaron Rodgers at 40 years of age coming off an Achilles.”
