Combine Chaos: Why the Jets MUST Find Their QB Now | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
With Evan Roberts out, the spotlight turns to the NFL Combine and the massive quarterback questions facing the Jets and Giants. As GMs, coaches, and prospects descend on Indianapolis, the real action isn’t the 40-yard dash, it’s the behind-the-scenes conversations that could reshape franchises.
The discussion zeroes in on why this week is make-or-break for the Jets’ new regime, the pressure to secure a long-term quarterback, and whether prospects like Ty Simpson are worth a bold first-round gamble. Is drafting a QB about building the franchise… or saving jobs? And how much can a strong combine performance actually change a team’s future?
Plus, a look at how the event itself has evolved into a TV spectacle, why top prospects increasingly skip drills, and what truly matters when evaluating quarterbacks in today’s NFL. For a team desperate for upside, standing still may not be an option.
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| 0:29.9 | He pulled himself from the lineup, a little load management here, but Evan Roberts out. |
| 0:34.5 | So, plenty of football to get to, the combine's here. Throughout the course of the show. I know it'll be a little bit later on in the show. Aaron Glenn, John Harbaugh, and Darren Moosie will all speak. I think in the 1 o'clock hour. We should maybe have some quotes coming out from Joe Shane early this hour. But a lot of football in the mind. And this is a big NFL week, Tiki. Even if the combine itself and the events that get televised, if anybody chooses to sit down |
| 0:58.1 | and watch it, they find it extremely boring. Right. It's still a week with a lot of NFL news. |
| 1:02.8 | Oh, there's a ton of NFL news that's going to come out of this week because the GMs are getting |
| 1:06.8 | together and conversations about free agency are going to start happening. |
| 1:11.4 | And obviously, we'll talk about the draft, what prospects look good and whatnot. |
| 1:16.5 | It's really interesting, though, to compare and contrast over the last 30 or so years with |
| 1:20.6 | this NFL combine is and has become. |
| 1:24.3 | Because give credit to the NFL. |
| 1:26.5 | They've made it into a television event. They have. |
| 1:28.8 | They've made it into something that you as a football consumer feel like you need to watch. |
| 1:33.6 | When trust me, you don't because there's nothing that's going to come out of that other than |
| 1:37.6 | this kid is a good kid, which you could probably find out anyways. You don't need to go to the |
| 1:42.0 | combine to know the Intel on |
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