Should the New York Jets Sit Tight at No. 18?

April 26, 2014   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

The New York Jets are tied with the St. Louis Rams at 12 apiece for the most picks in the 2014 NFL draft. That means the Jets have the flexibility to be one of the most active teams on the weekend of May 8. 
Their first-round selection is the 18th overall pick, but with 11 other picks, the Jets could easily move up to grab a coveted prospect. That being said, the 2014 draft is being heralded as one of the deepest in recent memory, so the Jets could also trade down to acquire more picks to give themselves even more flexibility to grab falling players later in the draft.
In order to understand what the Jets could or should do with their first-round pick, we should first get an idea of what to expect from what could happen before the Jets pick. To do so, I ran a simulation of the first 17 picks in the draft using FanSpeak's "On The Clock" mock draft simulator, which allows users to make the selections for a team of their choosing while filling in the blanks for the other 31...

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