Jets X-Factor’s Rivka Boord wrote a great article earlier today about how the New York Jets are paying the price for attempting to take shortcuts to success.
Many factors could lead a franchise to a position where they feel the need to take shortcuts. For the Jets, their desperation for shortcut-taking emanates from one source: Joe Douglas’s two-year draft run from 2020-21.
The Jets’ most prominent issues in 2024 can all be traced back to their general manager’s biggest draft whiffs in the first two offseasons of his tenure.
Left tackle
One of the Jets’ worst starters in 2024 has been left tackle Tyron Smith.