{"id":862731,"date":"2026-04-10T01:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862731\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:18:22","slug":"what-jets-could-do-at-defensive-line-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862731\/","title":{"rendered":"What Jets could do at defensive line in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jets did a lot of work on this position in the offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/26\/sports\/jets-trading-jermaine-johnson-to-robert-salehs-titans-for-tvondre-sweat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading for T\u2019Vondre Sweat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/09\/sports\/jets-sign-defensive-end-joseph-ossai-for-36-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing David Onyemata<\/a>, so this is not a position of desperate need.<\/p>\n<p>I still think they could add an athletic pass-rushing lineman, though. <\/p>\n<p>They are missing that after trading Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys last year.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.47550432;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39044107\" width=\"871\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caleb-Banks.jpg\" alt=\"Florida's Caleb Banks could be an option in the 2026 NFL Draft for the Jets who could use a pass-rushing defensive lineman.\" class=\"wp-image-39044107\"  \/>Florida\u2019s Caleb Banks could be an option in the 2026 NFL Draft for the Jets who could use a pass-rushing defensive lineman. AP<\/p>\n<p>The second round feels like a sweet spot for defensive tackles. <\/p>\n<p>Could the Jets use the No. 33 pick on whoever doesn\u2019t go in the first round? <\/p>\n<p>What if Peter Woods of Clemson or Kayden McDonald of Ohio State is sitting there? <\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s Caleb Banks is an intriguing player. <\/p>\n<p>He is probably a first-round talent but foot injuries might push him into Day 2. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Jets also could look to add depth at the position in the late rounds of the draft. They don\u2019t have a lot of long-term answers here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jets did a lot of work on this position in the offseason, trading for T\u2019Vondre Sweat and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,255,6,15,15729,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-862731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-york-jets","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116377782121272581","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862731","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=862731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}