{"id":8994,"date":"2025-04-29T06:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8994\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T06:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:07:07","slug":"new-york-jets-2025-nfl-draft-grades-from-the-national-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8994\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets 2025 NFL draft grades from the national media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> added seven players to their franchise in the 2025 NFL draft this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>They boosted their talent and depth on both sides of the ball. Their first two picks, offensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/25\/jets-armand-membou-ready-to-be-a-mauler-for-the-team-from-day-1\/83278252007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Armand Membou<\/a> (pick 7) and tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/25\/instant-analysis-new-york-jets-mason-taylor-round-2-2025-nfl-draft\/83283716007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Taylor<\/a> (pick 42), both have a path to seeing lots of playing time right away on offense.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they also added defensive pieces that should provide depth and maybe significant roles in cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/25\/instant-analysis-new-york-jets-pick-73-round-3-azareyeh-thomas\/83286411007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Azareye&#8217;h Thomas <\/a>(pick 73) and safety <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/26\/instant-analysis-jets-select-safety-malachi-moore-with-pick-no-130-in-nfl-draft\/83295368007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malachi Moore<\/a> (pick 130).<\/p>\n<p>They also added wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/26\/2025-nfl-draft-jets-select-georgia-wr-arian-smith-at-110th-overall\/83294799007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arian Smith<\/a> (pick 110) who possesses incredible speed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" data-autotag=\"61e70eee-950b-4335-a373-675b010563dc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jets<\/a> provided a solid <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2025\/04\/26\/2025-nfl-draft-new-york-jets-full-draft-class\/83300780007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">draft class<\/a> at a crucial time of a transition phase to a new general manager (Darren Mougey) and head coach (Aaron Glenn), and the two put their fingerprints on the team with their first draft.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Jets&#8217; draft grades from numerous national media outlets:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets added seven players to their franchise in the 2025 NFL draft this past weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[204,80,19,7,226,1184,206,1917,255,2321,2097,6,15,1602,2517,225],"class_list":{"0":"post-8994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-204","9":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","10":"tag-draft","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-listicle","14":"tag-new","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-jets","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkjets","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-draft","21":"tag-smg","22":"tag-smg-listicle","23":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114419758026222090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994","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=8994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}