However, now the team needs a right tackle. Despite New York selecting Olu Fashanu with their first-round pick a year ago, another could be picked early again. Specifically, Missouri's Armand Membou has been a popular mock selection for the Jets with the seventh slot.

The New York Jets are once again beginning anew in 2025. They have a new general manager, new head coach and a new quarterback, as the Aaron Rodgers experiment failed. However, there's reason to be optimistic about this franchise's future.

When Jets general manager Darren Mougey turns in his first pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night – he starts the day holding onto the No. 7 overall pick – it’ll mark the fifth time in the last 20 years a new regime has made its first pick in the NFL Draft.