The Jets may be staring at another quarterback reset, but Bart Scott isn’t looking to the draft for the fix. He’s pointing at the 49ers, and specifically Mac Jones, as the move New York should make if it wants a cheaper answer under center.
“We’ll see what happens with Kyler Murray if they decide to sign Kyler Murray (in Minnesota), but in my vision, you sign Mac Jones because of money,” Bart Scott said. “So he’s going to come out and not take a lot of money. I think it’ll come out maybe $40 million instead of the $60 or $70 million that top-end guys get.
“The Jets still have salary cap space. But then what a luxury that Chris Ballard got fired because the Indianapolis coach sucked.
Which means that the Jets are going to have a tremendous high-value first-round draft pick. Could you imagine if they’re able to get Jeremiah Smith?”
Scott’s idea comes as New York keeps circling the same issue: the franchise still needs a long-term quarterback solution, even with a roster that has enough talent to make the search matter. His pitch leans away from using Round 1 in 2027 and toward a veteran route that could leave the Jets with money to spend elsewhere.
That urgency only grows because of how the team has finished games. According to the New York Post, the Jets have been crushed in the final two minutes of each half since Aaron Glenn took over last year, carrying the NFL’s worst point differential in those situations at 119-49.
Glenn said the team knows exactly where the problem sits.
“There are some things that we pinpointed that we have to improve on … [including] how we operate in two minutes,” Glenn said. “That’s on both sides of the ball.
We just didn’t end up finishing. That’s something we have to continue to work on is being able to finish.
Obviously, we did it [in the Week 5 win] against Cleveland, but we failed this game.”
He also said he understands the frustration around it. Since the start of last season, the Jets have allowed 11 touchdowns and eight field goals in the final two minutes of each half, while not scoring a touchdown in those situations themselves since 2024.
“I know that on both sides of the ball, we have to get better at that and that’s something we work on quite a bit,” Glenn said. “The thing is we just have to continue to work. Usually when you do that, the work is gonna take care of itself, and it’s gonna end up showing up on Sunday.”
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