The 2026 season should be the Super Flier Bowl for quarterbacks for the New York Jets, and they need to strongly consider the option of building the team first and setting up the next quarterback for success.
There are a lot of ugly QB situations in the NFL, including the Jets. The race to the top 2 picks is going to be interesting. Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson probably go 1 and 2 in the draft, since QBs with first round grades tend to go very early. Raiders, Jets, Cardinals, Browns, and Saints all have 3 wins or fewer and in all likelihood would not pass on Mendoza or Simpson if they're in position to take them.
The Titans (Cam Ward) or Giants (Jaxson Dart) owning Picks 1 or 2 would certainly make for a more exciting and chaotic predraft process. If the top 3 picks are a combination of the Raiders, Jets, Cardinals, and Browns, then the top of the draft will likely be 3 QBs (Dante Moore included).
Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray are probably the only veteran QBs worth starting that could become available this offseason. That's why a bridge QB like Malik Willis makes a lot of sense, regardless of where the Jets end up in the standings.
Nothing to lose by playing him, although he's unlikely to accumulate a large enough sample size to convince them he's the guy. It's a tough evaluation, throwing in an undrafted QB who's only played 1 game into the deep end of the pool and expected to swim.
There are a lot of ugly QB situations in the NFL, including the Jets. The race to the top 2 picks is going to be interesting. Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson probably go 1 and 2 in the draft, since QBs with first round grades tend to go very early. Raiders, Jets, Cardinals, Browns, and Saints all have 3 wins or fewer and in all likelihood would not pass on Mendoza or Simpson if they're in position to take them.
The Titans (Cam Ward) or Giants (Jaxson Dart) owning Picks 1 or 2 would certainly make for a more exciting and chaotic predraft process. If the top 3 picks are a combination of the Raiders, Jets, Cardinals, and Browns, then the top of the draft will likely be 3 QBs (Dante Moore included).
Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray are probably the only veteran QBs worth starting that could become available this offseason. That's why a bridge QB like Malik Willis makes a lot of sense, regardless of where the Jets end up in the standings.
You also have to throw Brady Cook into the situation (no pun intended).
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Nothing to lose by playing him, although he's unlikely to accumulate a large enough sample size to convince them he's the guy. It's a tough evaluation, throwing in an undrafted QB who's only played 1 game into the deep end of the pool and expected to swim.
That’s what camp is for.