{"id":605917,"date":"2026-04-15T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605917\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:14:16","slug":"one-jets-trade-target-who-cant-be-ignored-before-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605917\/","title":{"rendered":"One Jets Trade Target Who Can&#8217;t Be Ignored Before the NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">One position of need the New York Jets will look to target during the 2026 NFL Draft next week is wide receiver. The Jets shockingly did not address their WR room at the start of free agency last month, despite several low-cost veteran options being available that could bolster this unit.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">As things currently stand, New York\u2019s top-three receivers are Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell, and Isaiah Williams. Even though the Jets have Geno Smith under center, who should bring some stability at QB, the passing game still lacks enough talent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">That being said, one way the Jets could improve their WR room before the draft is through the trade market. Late last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48313486\/new-york-jets-quarterback-2026-draft-ty-simpson-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN\u2019s Rich Cimini reported<\/a> that four receivers \u2013 Brian Thomas Jr., Rashod Bateman, Quentin Johnston, and Dontayvion Wicks \u2014 have been considered possible trade candidates.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Jets fans were likely hoping the team could snag Wicks from the Green Bay Packers, given the overabundance of depth at wide receiver. But the Philadelphia Eagles acquired him last week, giving up a 2026 fifth-round and a 2027 sixth-round pick for Wicks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">Looking at the other wide receivers mentioned as trade possibilities for the Jets, it&#8217;s tough to see the Baltimore Ravens moving Bateman, considering their current depth, and the same can be said for the Los Angeles Chargers and Johnston. And the Jaguars have reportedly said that they aren\u2019t moving Thomas Jr., according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/demetrius.bsky.social\/post\/3mgq2eizomd2u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">h\/t Demetrius Harvey of the Florida Times-Union<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Jets should set their sights on Buffalo Bills WR Keon Coleman<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">Nonetheless, all hope is not lost for the Jets. There are still a couple of wide receivers across the league who could add to their room, such as Buffalo Bills WR Keon Coleman or Denver&#8217;s Troy Franklin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Coleman, who was taken in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, hasn\u2019t made the impact everyone thought he would when coming out of Florida State. He had 29 receptions (57 targets) for 556 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games (12 starts) as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">The young wideout played in 13 games again last season but made only six starts, as he was benched at various times for disciplinary reasons. He finished with 38 receptions, 404 yards and 4 touchdowns on 59 targets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">Some have wondered about Coleman\u2019s future in Buffalo this offseason, especially after the comments from Bills owner Terry Pegula earlier this offseason, and the acquisition of former Chicago Bears receiver D.J. Moore. Looking at the Bills\u2019 depth chart, Coleman is the WR4 behind Moore, Khalil Shakir, and Josh Palmer. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">If you\u2019re Jets GM Darren Mougey, there\u2019s absolutely no harm in reaching out to Buffalo to see what it would take to acquire Coleman. He would give the Jets another big body wideout on the outside opposite Wilson. And it still could allow New York to take a WR at 16th overall, such as Indiana\u2019s Omar Cooper Jr., who can play inside the slot.<\/p>\n<p>What would a Coleman trade cost the jets?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">Given that it would be an interdivision trade, the Bills could try to tax the Jets to take Coleman off their hands. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">However, we saw a couple of years ago that the Washington Commanders traded Jahan Dotson to the Philadelphia Eagles. Dotson, a former first-round pick, had similar numbers to Coleman after the first two years. Dotson had 523 and 518 receiving yards after two years and 11 total receiving TDs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">Here\u2019s what the trade looked like:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">The Jets don\u2019t have a third-round pick this year, but maybe they could swing their fourth-round pick at No. 103 and possibly their fifth-rounder at No. 179. And in return, the Jets also get a Day 3 pick. If a fourth-rounder in this year\u2019s draft doesn\u2019t work, the Jets could consider giving up their third-round pick in the 2027 draft, as they have the three first first-round selections next season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">Regardless of whatever route the Jets take over the next several weeks, they must find a way to add multiple players to the receiver room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One position of need the New York Jets will look to target during the 2026 NFL Draft next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-605917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}