Pragmatically and at times painfully, the New York Jets have pieced together a roster that is among the best in the NFL. And one ESPN reporter believes that the roster is good enough to be contenders this year.
And for the Jets, the argument can be made that this is the most talented roster that they’ve assembled in franchise history.
Consider a recent tweet from ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler about the Jets.
Not one given to knee-jerk reactions or hot takes, Fowler has been releasing a ranking survey over the last few days of the top players in the NFL. Fowler has culled this information from conversations with league executives and scouts.
And while Jets fans might quibble with the placement of certain players on the list (*cough* Sauce Gardner is the third-ranked cornerback in the ESPN survey *cough*), the big picture still remains promising for the franchise as a whole.
And Fowler underscored that with this tweet about the talent level on the Jets roster. It is certainly a fair assessment of where things stand on the Jets roster:
The #Jets are in their window. They have three players in the Top 3 at their positions, four in the top 10 and five others who were high honorable mentions.
This roster is plenty good enough. https://t.co/6KYI8GvsDg
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) July 18, 2024
Yes, there are question marks about the health of quarterback Aaron Rodgers (eighth in the NFL according to ESPN) and the revamped offensive line still has to prove itself. But every NFL team has at least one major question on their roster and this shouldn’t be held against the Jets when projecting their season.
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Now, the Jets still need to go out there and prove it, but general manager Joe Douglas has certainly done a masterful job of building this team both through free agency and the NFL draft.
And that puts the Jets in a prime spot to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2010 season.