{"id":838017,"date":"2026-03-28T00:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:47:39","slug":"jets-get-great-news-after-colts-offseason-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838017\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Get Great News After Colts Offseason Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A snapshot from a contest between the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Jets.<\/p>\n

One man\u2019s misfortune is another man\u2019s opportunity.<\/p>\n

New York Jets<\/a> fans have plenty of things to root for in 2026. Or should I say against? The green and white hold the first round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> in 2027. So the worse the Colts perform next season, the better it is for the Jets.<\/p>\n

NFL<\/a> reporter Henry McKenna of FOX Sports explained to me<\/a> why he believes Indianapolis has a chance to be a \u201cdisaster\u201d next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a few favorite assets as far as the Jets go. I love Garrett Wilson<\/a>, like I just love him, but maybe behind him, it\u2019s that Colts pick. The Colts could be an absolute disaster this year. We saw them going off the rails even before Daniel Jones<\/a> suffered his injury. Speaking of moves that smack of desperation, the entire Colts offseason has looked like an absolute makeup session. Like they\u2019re doing everything they can to look like they know what they\u2019re doing, and I don\u2019t see a coherent plan for 2026 and 2027,\u201d McKenna bluntly said on \u201cBoy Green Meets Wudi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI see them committing big money to Daniel Jones in \u201926. He is a guy who is not just coming off an Achilles injury, but a broken lower leg. So we are talking about two major injuries to a quarterback\u2019s lower body. That is the kind of stuff that doesn\u2019t take one year to recover, that takes two years to recover. So, for them to make a long-term commitment to a guy who is almost definitely going to regress, and a guy who didn\u2019t have a lot of room for regression in his game. In 2026, I don\u2019t know what they think is going to happen next year except for them to lose a lot of games,\u201d McKenna added.<\/p>\n

#NFL<\/a> reporter @henrycmckenna<\/a> of @FOXSports<\/a> told me & @thejameswudi<\/a> that he believes the #Colts<\/a> could be a \u201cdisaster\u201d in 2026, which is GREAT NEWS for the #Jets<\/a>: \ud83d\ude08<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a few favorite assets as far as the Jets go. I love Garrett Wilson, like I just love him, but maybe behind <\/p>\n

No Pain, No Gain<\/p>\n

The Jets undeniably got worse at the 2025 NFL trade deadline. They shipped off two of their brightest stars for future assets. A promising future to be sure, but a painful present.<\/p>\n

Losing Sauce Gardner<\/a>, who is one of the best cornerbacks in football, was a tough blow for the Jets. However, that short-term pain might pay off in a major way. They sent Gardner to Indy and received a pair of first-round draft choices.<\/p>\n

The No. 16 overall pick in 2026 and TBD in 2027.<\/p>\n

McKenna said he doesn\u2019t believe the Colts\u2019 current regime is \u201cgoing to make it to 2027\u201d if his assessment of the team is correct.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a desperate organization tries to push too many chips onto the table, and the risk ends up burning them for the next [regime] having to foot the bill. I think the Colts are in a really bad spot. That obviously could be to the Jets\u2019 advantage,\u201d McKenna told me.<\/p>\n

\u201cColts look like a real mess to me. So I think that is a real opportunity for the Jets to have a nice pick at the top of the draft,\u201d McKenna added.<\/p>\n

Colts Hate Dogpile<\/p>\n

McKenna isn\u2019t the only person who has had a negative thing to say about the Colts\u2019 offseason so far.<\/p>\n

Alex Kay of Bleacher Report<\/a> called the Colts a \u201cpretender.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Ben Solak<\/a> ranked every team in the NFL\u2019s free agency performance this offseason. The Colts were ranked 27th out of 32 teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t love: The defensive back seven. This is about as thin of a linebacker and safety room as I\u2019ve seen in the post-free agency, predraft space. The current projected starters at linebacker are Austin Ajiake<\/a>, Jaylon Carlies<\/a>, and [Akeem] Davis-Gaither<\/a>. At safety, Hunter Wohler<\/a> will replace Nick Cross<\/a>. The Colts have tried to find viable starters on minimum contracts in Juanyeh Thomas<\/a> and Jonathan Owens<\/a>, but it\u2019s a bleak outlook in the back seven for Indianapolis. Without a first-round pick, the Colts will struggle to fill all of their current gaps,\u201d Solak explained.<\/p>\n

That Gardner trade with the Colts could prove to be the key to the Jets finding their long-term franchise quarterback.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPaul Esden Jr.<\/a> covers the New York Jets for Heavy.com. A New York native, he co-hosts a morning show, “The Manchild Show with Boy Green Digital.” Before joining Heavy in 2021, Esden Jr. covered both national and New York sports for FanSided, Elite Sports NY, and The Score 1260. More about Paul Esden Jr.<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

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