{"id":863825,"date":"2026-04-11T08:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863825\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:48:33","slug":"what-the-jets-could-do-at-edge-rusher-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863825\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Jets could do at edge rusher in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the Jets\u2019 biggest needs, and the expectation is they are going to fill it quickly. <\/p>\n<p>They have been projected for a while now to take either <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/23\/sports\/jeremiyah-love-caleb-downs-arvell-reese-are-nfl-drafters-worst-nightmares\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio State\u2019s Arvell Reese<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/video\/david-bailey-is-the-best-defensive-player-in-this-draft-gangs-all-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tech\u2019s David Bailey with the No. 2 pick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reese is a projection since he played mostly off-ball linebacker for the Buckeyes, but he is viewed as the player with the highest upside. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39053711\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas-tech-linebacker-david-bailey-124446028_8534d8.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Tech linebacker David Bailey attends the school's NFL football pro day, Thursday, March 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-39053711\"  \/>Texas Tech linebacker David Bailey attends the school\u2019s NFL football pro day, Thursday, March 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. AP<\/p>\n<p>Bailey had 14.5 sacks for the Red Raiders, so he is the more productive player.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets are thin at this position after trading Jermaine Johnson and letting Micheal Clemons leave in free agency, so they could double dip here and draft another edge rusher late to provide some depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is one of the Jets\u2019 biggest needs, and the expectation is they are going to fill it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,15,15729,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-863825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-draft","16":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116385213587666133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863825","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=863825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}