New York Jets fans have plenty of reason to feel better about the offensive line than they have in years. But around the league, the buzz is a little cooler.
Football Insights recently put together a composite ranking of all 32 NFL offensive lines heading into the 2026 season, averaging the opinions of six analysts. The Jets came out 18th with an average ranking of 18.5, sitting between the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs.
That number lines up neatly with what the Jets showed in 2025. After the team extended right guard Joe Tippmann in June, an analysis of the projected starting five suggested that the group’s combined 2025 PFF grades would have placed 18th in the league. In other words, if the Jets’ projected linemen simply repeat last season’s level, that middle-of-the-pack placement makes sense.
The comparison gets even more interesting when you look at where the unit stood a year ago. The Jets ranked 21st in this category last season, using the aggregate PFF grade of every offensive lineman who took a snap for the team.
They’re bringing back four of five starters, and the one change matters: left guard John Simpson is out, replaced by Dylan Parham, who graded better than Simpson in 2025. That swap alone helps lift the projection by three spots.
So if Olu Fashanu, Dylan Parham, Josh Myers, Joe Tippmann, and Armand Membou all play in 2026 the way they did in 2025, an 18th-place ranking is about right.
But that’s only part of the picture.
The composite ranking doesn’t capture where this group could be headed, and there are real reasons to think the ceiling is higher. Youth is one.
Continuity is another. Talent is the third piece.
Myers is the oldest starter at 28, and three of the five projected starters are 25 or younger while carrying first- or second-round pedigree. Add in the fact that four starters are back after starting all 17 games last season, and the foundation is there for growth.
That’s why the Jets’ offensive line looks like one of the most intriguing units on the roster. In the earlier analysis, the group’s ceiling was projected as high as sixth in the NFL if the young players develop the way the team hopes. If the Jets are going to outperform expectations in 2026, this is the unit that has to deliver.
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