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NFL mock draft 2016: Leonard Floyd to Jets, again

Edge rushers are all the rage this offseason because of what the Broncos—with Von Miller on one side and DeMarcus Ware on the other—did to win the Super Bowl about six weeks back.

The Jets have needed an edge rusher since—John Abraham, maybe?—and given that the have the No. 20 pick in this year's draft, it's been a rather popular option for them in this year's wave of mock drafts.

Nate Davis of USA Today is the latest to peg Floyd to the Jets, with this explanation:

The Jets have been trying for years—Calvin Pace, Vernon Gholston, Quinton Coples—to find an impact edge rusher.