Segment 1: 3 Major Needs Going into the 2025 NFL Draft (Starts at 0:26)

• Protect New QB Justin Fields/Offensive Line Protection
• Acquire additional offensive weapons, including WR and TE, to help score more points
• Improve the defense, especially against the run

Segment 2: Analysis: Were Major Needs Addressed? (0:55)

• Is the team better now, given free agent and undrafted signings, and the new draft picks?
• For the second year in a row, major decision: OT or TE?
• 2006 Draft: first two picks (Ferguson and Mangold) landed the team two offensive lineman for a decade
• 2025 Draft Picks Rundown:
  • First Round: Armand Membou, OL, Missouri
  • Second Round: Mason Taylor, TE, LSU
  • Third Round: Azareye'h Thomas, CB, Florida State
  • Fourth Round #1: Arian Smith, WR, Georgia
  • Fourth Round #2: Malachi Moore, S, Alabama
  • Fifth Round: Francisco Mauigoa, LB, Miami
  • Sixth Round: Tyler Baron, DE, Miami
• Observations and Insights:
  • Needs addressed: OL and TE (still need more depth)
  • Needs not addressed: WR -- still gaping hold past Garrett Wilson, and DL (signed 4 DL in free agency for depth)
  • QB Update
    • Opted to add weapons for Justin Fields, did not draft a QB (signed UDFA QB Brade Cook, Missouri)
    • 2024 Fifth Round Pick QB Jordan Travis, Florida State, retired after the draft
    • Wise to draft a QB every year for competition and to fight a QB diamond in the rough
  • Biggest name in UDFA signings: Donovan Edwards, RB, Michigan
  • Concern: ability to score enough points?
  • Jets Cap Space: $27 million+ providing options to sign more players

Segment 3: AFC East Draft Review (33:00)

• Bills: traded up three times directly ahead of Jets during the draft; first five picks were on defense
• Dolphins: drafted three defensive linemen; former Jets QB Zach Wilson now the main backup for oft-injured (concussions) Tua Tagovailoa; major mistake? Team a QB injury away from rebuild?
• Patriots: apparently good draft; first four picks on offense to help rebuild one of the NFL's worst offensive units in 2024
• Road to Super Bowl runs through KC, with pitstops in Buffalo (and Baltimore?)
• Eagles (and Tampa Bay before that vs. KC) has shown best way to beat the Chiefs and QB Patrick Mahomes: strong pash rush

Segment 4: Final Thoughts (39:45)

• Do the Jets have a puncher's chance to fight for a wild-card playoff slot with first year head coach and GM?
• Fan expectations: develop young players, fewer 3 and outs on offense, better discipline (fewer penalties, especially on third down), be competitive every week
• Strong running game and improved defense critical to success