Through two weeks of the 2026 season, the New York Jets don’t look like a team chasing the No. 1 pick. They do, however, look like a team sitting on a mountain of draft capital.
New York already controls its own first-round selection in the 2027 NFL Draft, and if the current projections hold, that pick should land in the top 15. The Jets have shown real improvement at 1-1, but oddsmakers still don’t see them as a playoff team, which keeps that first-rounder in a valuable spot.
That may not even be their best chip.
In November 2025, the Jets sent Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys and got one of Dallas’ two 2027 first-round picks back. They also picked up an extra 2027 first-rounder from the Green Bay Packers in the Micah Parsons deal. Per the terms of the Williams trade, New York gets the higher of those two picks, and right now the Packers are projected to hold the No. 8 overall selection.
Then there’s the Indianapolis Colts pick, another first-rounder the Jets added in last year’s Sauce Gardner blockbuster. Indianapolis is off to an 0-2 start, and that’s currently tied to the No. 3 pick in the draft. Jets fans, naturally, will have their eyes on that one all season.
If those projections hold, the Jets could be sitting on a pair of top-10 picks plus their own first-rounder. That kind of draft haul gives them real flexibility, whether they want to move up, move back, or simply keep stacking talent.
Quarterback will be the obvious conversation if New York ends up out of range for a player like Arch Manning, Dante Moore or Trinidad Chambliss. They could also use one of those first-rounders on a quarterback and spend the others on premium talent such as Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore and Ohio State wideout Jeremiah Smith.
On paper, the Jets are in position to keep building around Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, Armand Membou, Kenyon Sadiq and David Bailey. Now the pressure is on general manager Darren Mougey to turn that draft ammunition into the right kind of help.
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Packers Offense Already Has A Lambeau Problem
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Christian Watson didnt try to soften the mood afterward, acknowledging that the frustration from the crowd was tied directly to how the offense played. For a team that expects Lambeau to be a lift, not a source of tension, the challenge now is straightforward but unforgiving: clean up the offensive issues quickly enough to give fans something better to believe in. [Read more 🡒]