2025 NFL Draft order: What must Jets do if they land the No. 1 choice?

The great news for Jaguars fans is that they didn’t have to watch their group lose this past weekend. Jacksonville was on a bye. And, in turn, the Jags haveactually kept the finest opportunity of landing the No. 1 area in the 2025 NFL Draft.

They’re not the just dumpster fire that’s ablaze, . The New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders — both without a beginning quarterback — stay at 2 wins. It feels like any one of these groups might relocation into the pole position for the draft by season’s end. But we can’t count out the three-win groups, like the New York Jets, who we’re set to goover listedbelow.

Here’s what the leading 10 in the draft order looks like through Week 12:

1. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9)
2. New York Giants (2-9)
3. Las Vegas Raiders (2-9)
4. New England Patriots (3-9)
5. Carolina Panthers (3-8)
6. Tennessee Titans (3-8)
7. New York Jets (3-8)
8. Cleveland Browns (3-8)
9. New Orleans Saints (4-7)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-7)

As we track the race for the No. 1 choice, we’re highlighting a various group each week upuntil the order is set. Last week it was the Dallas Cowboys, whose win over the Commanders on Sunday took them out of the leading 10 draft order for now.

[2025 NFL Draft order: What should Cowboys do if they land the No. 1 pick?]

It appears like any time is a great time for the Jets to start thinking about the future. They haveactually been entirely invested in Aaron Rodgers for much of the past 2 years, however that doesn’t feel like it’ll be for much longer. New York has fired its coach (Robert Saleh) and basic supervisor (Joe Douglas). Will the next program desire to run it back with Rodgers after this year’s group hasactually been such a mess?

Here’s what FOX Sports NFL authors Henry McKenna and Ben Arthur think the Jets must do if they get the No. 1 choice.

McKenna: I like Miami QB Cam Ward for the Jets. It looks like it’ll come down to a race inbetween Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders for the 2025 draft’s QB1. But with Sanders, the Jets would be dedicated to a comparable scenario to that of Rodgers. When Sanders reveals up, it’s the Sanders program. And that might suggest the arrival of coach Deion Sanders. Whether they’re a plan offer or not, Deion is going to be a headache for whichever franchise selects Shedeur. The Jets would be smart to prevent quarterbacks with luggage — if simply for a little while. 

Ward isn’t without his issues, . He may advise fans of Zach Wilson coming out of BYU in 2021, in part duetothefactthat Miami’s schedule doesn’t consistof any powerful challengers. That has played into Ward’s video-game data: 343 passing lawns per videogame with 34 goals and 7 interceptions. Ward is about 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds. And provided his significant arm strength and off-platform throwing capabilities, I bet he’ll draw contrasts to Caleb Williams since of their comparable size and profile. Williams was a muchbetter possibility, however his novice hasahardtime with the Bears might foreshadow capacity mistakes for Ward. 

It comes down to arm conceit. Once in the NFL, elite throwers requirement more than arm strength to total a pass. And that’s where the greatest concerns stay in Ward’s videogame. How much can he enhance his footwork, timing and tossing movement? How ready is he to discover videogame management?

Let’s set Ward with a coach like Lions OC Ben Johnson or Ravens OC Todd Monken in New York. Let’s lastly turn the Jets around.

Arthur: I’ll have to stick with Henry’s idea procedure. The Jets definitely requirement to go quarterback, and with the No. 1 choice, it oughtto be Ward or Sanders. The latter is my select, .

I think something to keep in mind would be Sanders’ desire to even desire to be with the Jets in the veryfirst location. Deion Sanders has stated that he’ll “privately” action in if the incorrect group desires to draft his child. We shouldn’t discountrate the capability of effective football households to do this (see the Mannings, who were able to get Eli with the Giants rather of the Chargers in 2004). And let’s be sincere, the Jets are a strong competitor for the “wrong” group. 

The chance that the New York market would present for the moreyouthful Sanders aside, the Jets haveactually been swallowedup in dysfunction for years, stoppingworking early-round quarterbacks in the procedure. For example, Sam Darnold and Geno Smith were identified busts by the franchise, just to discover success lateron in their professions with other groups. The Sanders household would be warranted in questioning the Jets’ capability to cultivate a quarterback-friendly environment. 

New York would have every factor to pursue the moreyouthful Sanders, who hasactually finished 73.4% of his passes for 3,488 lawns and 30 goals versus simply 7 interceptions for Colorado this season. His outstanding field vision and identify precision might make for an outstanding pairing with Garrett Wilson. The Jets likewise have a appealing backfield (Breece Hall, Braelon Allen) that might take pressure off him with the right plan. Sanders’ movement is a issue, so the offensive line would requirement to be airtight. As for Deion’s capacity participation, I wear’t think the household scenario would be as much of a headache as it’s been made out to be. 

In my view, the Jets can’t go incorrect with Shedeur Sanders. 

Prior to signingupwith FOX Sports as an NFL pressreporter and writer, Henry McKenna invested 7 years covering the Patriots for USA TODAY Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow him on Twitter at @henrycmckenna.

Ben Arthur is an NFL pressreporter for FOX Sports. He formerly worked for The Tennessean/USA TODAY Network, where he was the Titans beat author for a year and a half. He covered the Seattle Seahawks for SeattlePI.com for 3 seasons (2018-20) prior to moving to Tennessee. You can follow Ben on Twitter at @benyarthur.

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