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2025 record: 3-14
Estimated 2026 cap space: $58.6 million
2026 first-round draft picks: No. 2 and No. 16 (acquired from IND)
Biggest offseason need: Quarterback
Last season, the forward pass eluded Justin Fields, throwing fewer than 55 yards five times, benched for Tyrod Taylor—like a magician actually sawing a woman in half, screams of agony echoing through the auditorium, blood splattered—his career ended right before our eyes, live in 4K.
Rookie QB Brady Cook got 4 starts to end the season. 2 touchdowns, 7 interceptions.
Justin Fields and Brady Cook, more Cooper than Peyton.
The Jets will need a QB.
Draft needs: Everything
With the no. 2 pick, the door is open to every possibility outside of drafting Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza.
The Jets finished 31st in sacks last season—Will McDonald and Jermaine Johnson going through the motions, clocking in and clocking out.
David Bailey, defensive end out of Texas Tech, led the country with 14.5 sacks this season.
David Bailey sack pic.twitter.com/j5AKgVnV7i
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) January 1, 2026
The Jets need an extra territorial athlete on defense capable of singlehandedly turning games upside down. Will McDonald cannot be the best defender on a playoff team.
Biggest question: will they re-sign RB Breece Hall?
Breece Hall is one of the best players available in free agency.
The Jets have the cap to give him whatever he wants but this looks like a Saquon Barkley Giants situation where Breece will get lowballed by the Jets, Woody Johnson’s son weighing in, not happy with Breece not hitting enough of his prop bets last season—leading him to join a title contender like the Chiefs.
Bold prediction: Jets draft a QB with the no. 2 pick
That being said, whether it’s Ty Simpson or Trinidad Chambliss or whoever Todd McShay or some other “expert” shoves down our throat, a second QB will rise during the draft process/podcast-clip farming window and the Jets will pressure themselves into selecting a QB who requires a high-functioning organization around him as the Jets appear to be the type of work place you clock in and sort of just find your own work to do, no manager or sopervisor ever giving you instructions, look busy until clock strikes 5.
My 2026 Offseason Gameplan For The Jets
Between Mike Tomlin, Sean McDermott, coordinators like Brian Flores or college coaches done with the transfer portal, 2027 is the year the New York Jets should acquire their championship-contending head coach.
Shout out Aaron Glenn but you cannot be a former Pro Bowl cornerback and coach the first team without an interception since the creation of the forward pass.
Interception generation should be, like, Aaron Glenn’s thing.
But yea, 2027 should be the goal. Every move this offseason is to set up the next one.
Okay, here’s what I’d do to get the Jets in the playoffs next season.
1. Flirt with Mike Tomlin
Mike Tomlin’s taking a gap year to backpack through ESPN shows for a year.
The Jets should be sending him edible arrangements and, like, edibles, whatever it is he’s into. The year should be spent mailing love notes to his P.O. box. When Tomlin decides he wants back on NFL sidelines, the Jets need to be his first call.
The Giants kidnapped John Harbaugh, refusing to release him back to his family until he signed the contract.
The Jets need to surround Tomlin with subliminal messages, flashing Jets green into his bedroom windows at night, flying jets over his house, psychological warfare. Harass this man.
2. Trade for Kyler Murray
The Jets have the no. 2 pick. Quarterbacks will spend the draft process avoiding eye contact with the Jets.
The best quarterback available is Kyler Murray, who needs a fresh start.
If Kyler doesn’t ball next season or gets injured, the most probable outcome given his entire NFL history of not balling/limping but that could still work for the Jets (assuming they don’t give up their 2027 first-round pick in the Kyler trade).
Either Kyler makes the Jets a competitive football team, making the most of Garrett Wilson on the outside, finally, OR, he stinks it up, probably, and the Jets are in the same spot as this year. Shrug.
3. Draft a star
I understand “draft a star” implies NFL teams aren’t already attempting to do that but a star pass rusher would change the Jets astronomically. I know they’re selecting a weak ass QB. They have to. Good decisions don’t live in that building.
The best pass rusher who reveals themself at the combine needs to start the 2026 season in a Jets kit.
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