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The mixed legacy of NY Jets’ 2021 draft class

The New York Jets’ 2021 draft class looks a lot worse than it did after Year 1.

Somehow, Joe Douglas’ draft classes have a habit of turning out that way. His 2020 class looks much the same.

Ultimately, the class will go down in history as a disaster because of one miss. Still, after their rookie year, the other 2021 picks could well have been a deodorant for that disaster. In 2022, though, two sophomore players went backward from their promising rookie seasons, and by mid-2023, neither player was on the team anymore.