The Giants selected Reese<\/a> and he will join a defense that includes pass rushers Brian Burns, Abdul Carter, and Kayvon Thibodeaux. He will likely play at middle linebacker, but Giants head coach John Harbaugh is expected to use Reese in a variety of different ways, much like at Ohio State, where he played on the edge, as an off-ball linebacker, and even as a slot defender.<\/p>\nBut Glenn is trying to establish his program with the Jets, and Bailey hopes his time at Texas Tech will help the Jets escape their 15-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason we had the success that we had at Tech was a lot more than me,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cIt was the staff, the alumni, the players that we acquired.<\/p>\n
\u201cCreating a great routine, effective routine, staying consistent with that routine. I\u2019m looking to carry on the same thing in my pro career.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jets also added two playmakers in Sadiq and Cooper, who are two totally different players. At 6-3, 241 pounds, Sadiq is shorter than the prototypical tight end. Still, he is a physical, explosive player who looks like a nightclub bouncer and can stretch defenses while also displaying effort as a run blocker.<\/p>\n
At the NFL Combine in February, Sadiq ran a 4.39 40-yard dash. While the Jets went with on-field production with their first pick in Bailey, Sadiq is more of an athletic freak than a proven commodity. This was also more of a luxury pick after the Jets drafted Mason Taylor in the second round last year.<\/p>\n
Sadiq caught 51 passes for 560 yards and eight touchdowns for the Ducks last season. But he drew criticism for his inconsistent hands despite being labeled a premier prospect. Sadiq had a 10.5% drop rate during his only season as Oregon\u2019s starting tight end.<\/p>\n
Unlike Sadiq, Cooper is not the flashiest receiver, especially considering he played primarily in the slot last season. But he exhibits toughness over the middle and the ability to attack contested passes.<\/p>\n
Cooper finished with 69 receptions for 937 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Hoosiers. He will be expected to help a Jets offense that was last in passing yards and had just one wide receiver (Garrett Wilson) finish with more than 30 receptions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coaches just feel I need to improve,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cReally just taking it one day at a time, making sure I come in confident. But really, just improve my all-around game, just making sure that I get more comfortable the more reps I get. And also, just coming in with a great attitude and mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NFL Draft is a gamble, especially when a team like the Jets has three first-round picks. Their 2022 draft class was considered a home run after they selected Sauce Gardner, Wilson and Jermaine Johnson in the first round. They also drafted Breece Hall in Round 2.<\/p>\n
But as good as that draft class was, it means nothing if the Jets cannot find a long-term solution at the quarterback position. Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh, who oversaw the 2022 draft, failed when they selected Zach Wilson a year earlier. Wilson is the lone Jets\u2019 first-round pick from that star-studded class.<\/p>\n
The Jets punted on selecting a quarterback in this year\u2019s draft after Fernando Mendoza was selected by the Raiders at No. 1<\/a>. With three first-round picks again next year, the success of the 2026 class will ultimately come down to whether the Jets can identify and draft the franchise quarterback they\u2019ve been seeking for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, the Jets made three first-round picks in hopes of jump-starting their rebuild. Four years later, history…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[4155,7,226,28626,6,15,84,93761],"class_list":{"0":"post-874177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-david-bailey","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-kenyon-sadiq","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nfl-draft","14":"tag-nfl-playoffs","15":"tag-omar-cooper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116464826659548039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874177","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=874177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}