Rapoport also expects them to do their homework on all the possible options available at No. 2. They recently hosted<\/a> Reese\u2019s running mate in the Buckeye\u2019s linebacking corps, Sonny Styles<\/a>, for a top 30 visit. Per Rapoport, Styles, also an expected top 10 pick, has plans to visit the Bengals, as well, though his trip to Cincinnati will be a considered a local visit, not a top 30.<\/p>\n To address the quarterback position, a lot rides on where exactly the Jets value Simpson. If they value him enough, they could chance him being around for their 16th overall pick in the first round. If things are trending in a direction that feels as if Simpson won\u2019t make it that far, they could utilize their first overall pick of the second round to potentially try to trade up and land the quarterback. Alternatively, if using the 16th pick still feels like a stretch for Simpson, New York may explore increasing their collection of draft picks with a move further back in the first round.<\/p>\n As for the Cardinals, Rapoport claims it would surprise him if they drafted Simpson third overall, but at the same time, he acknowledges that we\u2019ve seen the precedent for it in the past. He asserts that Arizona could simply fall in love with Simpson enough to select him that early. More likely, though, the Cardinals may look back just a year to an example set by the Giants. Following the approach New York used to add an elite pass rusher before trading back into the first round<\/a> for a quarterback, the Cardinals may opt to do the same.<\/p>\n Though Simpson recently visited Miami<\/a>, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter (via Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald<\/a>) did \u201cnot believe (the) Dolphins are in the mix for him.\u201d Additionally, all four teams have done homework on other passers in the draft. Notably, since March 21, Miami quarterback Carson Beck<\/a> has met with each team. Beck and the other projected mid-round quarterbacks offer secondary options for the teams that don\u2019t land Simpson and may end up being preferred options if their draft slot more appropriately fits their value.<\/p>\n These represent just a few of several possibilities that could play out at the end of the month. There is no shortage of quarterback needs in the NFL, but seeing the Giants land their potential franchise passer later on in the first round a year ago has opened the door for a number of mind games to play out. We\u2019ll see how well these draft day decision makers can play poker down the stretch as we await the final weekend in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crowded together at the top of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Jets and Cardinals find themselves in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[4955,390,2222,2037,256,4155,7,226,251,1917,255,2321,2097,6,57,2239,20708],"class_list":{"0":"post-854513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arvell-reese","11":"tag-carson-beck","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-david-bailey","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jets","16":"tag-miami-dolphins","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-jets","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkjets","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","23":"tag-sonny-styles","24":"tag-ty-simpson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116350063721263761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27541239-243x300.jpg\")
<\/a>The Jets currently hold pick Nos. 2, 16, 33, and according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, there\u2019s belief New York will exit the second round of the draft with a pass rusher and a quarterback<\/a>, but that could happen in several different ways. Per Rapoport, the Jets are widely expected to select a pass rusher with the second overall pick. Versatile Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese<\/a> has been a popular projection for New York there, but Texas Tech\u2019s David Bailey<\/a> also recently met with the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carson-Beck-vert-240x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Where Simpson could fall in the first round (or later) has been a huge topic of debate. Early conjecture speculated that it might be prudent to move up past the Steelers at 21 to land Simpson, while further evaluation suggested trading into the back end of the first round, just ahead of the Dolphins at 30, would be the likely move. In recent weeks, Simpson\u2019s chances of landing with either team in the first round have gone way down. In a mid-March episode<\/a> of The McShay Show podcast, Todd McShay of The Ringer guaranteed that Simpson would \u201cfor a fact\u201d not be the Steelers\u2019 pick at No. 21, suggesting the team has more of a third-round value on the Crimson Tide quarterback.<\/p>\n