Touchdown Wire’s pre-combine mock draft: Chase Young, Jerry Jeudy are pivot points

Everybody does mock drafts, most everybody does more than one, and every mock draft is done for different reasons. To get clicks? Well, duh. That would be reason No. 1, dear reader. Let’s not be arch about this. That aside, what we’re trying to do …

11. New York Jets (7-9): Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa

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There are those who believe that Wirfs could stay at tackle in the NFL; others believe his best move is to guard. The Jets’ likely response? “Who cares, we are throwing up emergency flares up and down the entire line.” Wirfs is a weightlifting monster who is more agile on the move than that description might indicate, and though he’s not your prototypical left tackle, there’s a spot for him on any NFL roster at right tackle or guard. New York’s tackles combined for 17 sacks and 91 total pressures allowed last season; their guards allowed seven sacks and 70 pressures. Wirfs would be a massive improvement anywhere the Jets want to put him.