The entire 2021 NFL draft landscape has shifted. For the moment, anyway.
With the New York Jets’ first victory of the season on Sunday, the first overall pick currently belongs to the Jacksonville Jaguars. In order for that to stick, the Jaguars simply must match the 2001 Carolina Panthers’ achievement: win their opener and then drop 15 straight games.
Maybe firing Gregg Williams was a bad call after all? Various prediction models now put the Jaguars’ odds of landing the first pick at greater than 70 percent and possibly north of 90 percent.