{"id":288616,"date":"2026-07-06T22:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:33:30","slug":"ny-jets-starting-lineup-ranked-across-nfl-too-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/288616\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets’ starting lineup ranked across NFL: Too high?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than 20 days remain until rookies report to New York Jets training camp<\/a> in Florham Park, which means we\u2019re almost out of the \u201coffseason rankings\u201d portion of the NFL calendar.<\/p>\n

Until then, we\u2019ve got some more rankings to unpack.<\/p>\n

ESPN recently ranked<\/a> all 32 starting lineups across the NFL, an interesting twist to your typical \u201cpower rankings\u201d. The Jets\u2019 placement is actually noticeably higher than their current Super Bowl odds, which are the third-lowest in the league (+35000, per FanDuel Sportsbook).<\/p>\n

New York placed 25th. This puts them one spot ahead of the New Orleans Saints and one spot behind the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n

The article listed off-ball linebacker as the Jets\u2019 greatest position of strength, citing Demario Davis\u2019 status as one of the best players in the league at his position<\/a>, even at age 37. As for the biggest weakness, this one was no surprise: quarterback. Geno Smith was one of the worst starters in the NFL last season and must prove he can bounce back to his form with the Seahawks from 2022-24.<\/p>\n

ESPN listed the Jets\u2019 young pass catchers as the team\u2019s biggest \u201cX-factor\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung pass catchers. Imagine a world where\u00a0Adonai Mitchell\u00a0fulfills his tantalizing promise while\u00a0Omar Cooper Jr. and\u00a0Kenyon Sadiq\u00a0are instant-impact rookies. Suddenly, the Jets would be flush with talent. But none of those three players are guaranteed producers. If they all flop, things would revert to\u00a0Garrett Wilson\u00a0not getting much help.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a fantastic choice. The Jets badly needed pass-catching help this offseason, and they opted to rely entirely on the draft to get it. They are also still poised to count on two young players who are holdovers from last season, trade pickup Adonai Mitchell and 2025 fourth-round pick Arian Smith. This approach could pay immense dividends, or it could completely bust. New York clearly preferred the high-risk, high-reward route.<\/p>\n

What do we think? Is the No. 25 spot a bit generous for the Jets at this stage? Or is their starting lineup more competent than some people think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than 20 days remain until rookies report to New York Jets training camp in Florham Park, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7013,22905,9,11,430,10,22,12125,7016,56506,12126,7018],"class_list":["post-288616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-free-content","tag-garrett-wilson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-ny-jets-news","tag-ny-jets-players","tag-ny-jets-rankings-lists","tag-ny-jets-roster-depth-chart","tag-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}