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Locked On Jets - Daily Podcast On The New York Jets

Could New York Jets Shock the NFL Draft With Best Player Available at 2— Ignore Edge Rusher?

Locked On Jets - Daily Podcast On The New York Jets

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4.6549 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

New York Jets fans ready for draft night excitement—could the team shock the NFL by passing on an edge rusher at pick #2?

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0:00.0

The Jets are expected to pick an edge rusher in the NFL draft second overall,

0:06.8

but there are three ways they could surprise us.

0:09.2

We'll talk about them today on Locked-on Jets.

0:17.5

You are Locked-on Jets, your daily New York Jets podcast.

0:22.5

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:28.9

I'm John B from gangreneation.com, and today's episode is brought to you by Fandual.

0:33.8

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basketball parlay profit boost. Head to fanduel.com to get started. On today's show, we're

0:43.7

going to talk about what the Jets will do with the second pick in the NFL draft. Most people

0:47.9

are expecting them to pick an edge rusher. But there are three ways that they could potentially

0:52.3

surprise us. One would be trading down.

0:54.9

Another would be focusing on impact.

0:57.3

And the third would be going best player available.

0:59.6

We'll explore all of these options for the New York Jets.

1:02.4

Now, I'll be honest with you.

1:04.5

I think it's overwhelmingly likely that the Jets will end up picking a defensive end,

1:09.5

edge rusher prospects.

1:12.5

I just think that's where need, impact, and value line up with this draft. You know, you may like Ruben Bain Jr. You may like

1:18.5

David Bailey. You may like Arvel Reese. You may like some combination of them. But it just seems like

1:25.3

things have lined up for the Jets to pick an edge rusher number two overall. Of course, the NFL draft has a way of surprising us. I think every year there are predictions made and there are analysts who say this will never happen. There's no way in a million years something like this is going to happen. And the draft has a way of humbling us all. There have been shockers for me in the past, and I try and now approach the draft with humility.

1:47.0

Now, I think the Jets, again, probably are drafting an edge rush or second overall. I think that's

1:51.9

probably the right move also. And I talked about that on the show earlier this week, but you can

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