{"id":629982,"date":"2026-04-25T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629982\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:57:12","slug":"national-reactions-nfl-sees-hidden-gem-in-jets-pick-dangelo-ponds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629982\/","title":{"rendered":"National reactions: NFL sees hidden gem in Jets&#8217; pick D&#8217;Angelo Ponds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Jets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Jets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Jets<\/a> rolled the diced on their only pick on Day 2 of the 2026 NFL Draft and selected Indiana cornerback D&#8217;Angelo Ponds.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Gang Green sees their decision to take Ponds is praised when he&#8217;s on the field once next season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>As it pertains to off of it, the Jets are already seeing tons of praise thrown their way by the NFL world for taking Ponds after their trio of first-round selections on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a national media reaction roundup to the Jets picking Ponds at the 2026 draft:<\/p>\n<p>Reactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo PondsReactions: Jets select CB D&#8217;Angelo Ponds<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Jets Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/04\/25\/national-reactions-new-york-jets-dangelo-ponds-2026-nfl-draft\/89784037007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National reactions: NFL sees hidden gem in Jets&#039; pick D&#039;Angelo Ponds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;National reactions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">National reactions: NFL sees hidden gem in Jets&#8217; pick D&#8217;Angelo Ponds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets rolled the diced on their only pick on Day 2 of the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,277652,128653,1235,593,85,20004],"class_list":["post-629982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-d39angelo-ponds","tag-david-bailey","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}