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Getty Images Now that the new crop of high-end NFL players has landed in the league, the oddsmakers have begun to make assessments of their potential performances in 2021. With only two of the five first-round quarterbacks on track to start as of Week One, only two of the quarterbacks have...

Getty Images The first overall pick is the first favorite to win the rookie of the year award. But the 24th pick could be the one to watch. Via PointsBet, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has +250 odds to win the prize the night before Super Bowl LVI. That part was predictable. After that...

Getty Images Eight quarterbacks have been selected so far in the 2021 NFL draft, the most through three rounds since the NFL began the “common draft” era in 1967. Friday night saw three quarterbacks selected, when Kyle Trask went to Tampa Bay at the end of the second round and Kellen Mond went...

Getty Images When the Jets called Zach Wilson to officially select him on Thursday night, head coach Robert Saleh told the young QB, “This organization is going to lift you, not the other way around.” Being the latest Jets draftee attempting to become a franchise quarterback comes with a...

Getty Images The Jets addressed quarterback and offensive line with their two first-round picks on Thursday night. On Friday night, they kept building their offense. Wide receiver Elijah Moore came off the board with the 34th overall pick. Moore is the latest Ole Miss receiver to make the...

Getty Images One common observation about quarterback Sam Darnold‘s three years with the Jets was that the team didn’t do enough to surround him with talented players on offense. Darnold is now in Carolina and the Jets didn’t waste much time before trying to make sure the same isn’t true for...

Getty Images Three years ago, the Jets took a swing at getting a franchise quarterback with a top-five pick. It didn’t work. So they’re trying again. And they’ve officially replaced Sam Darnold with Zach Wilson. The BYU quarterback with tremendous potential now potentially becomes the first...

Getty Images The Jets have taken a lot of swings at finding a franchise quarterback since the end of Joe Namath’s run with the team, but they haven’t hit a home run yet. They took another one when they took Zach Wilson with the second overall pick on Thursday night. Wilson spent some time...

Getty Images The Jets already selected a quarterback by selecting Zach Wilson with the second overall pick. Now they’ve drafted someone to help protect him. New York sent the 23rd, 66th, and 86th overall picks in the 2021 draft to Minnesota in exchange for the 14th and 143rd selections. With...

Getty Images If the lawyers on both sides of the Deshaun Watson litigation have indeed decided to trade public squabbles for private negotiations, and if they can work out a settlement of the 22 civil claims pending against the Texans quarterback before or during the draft, a trade could...

Getty Images The NFL draft has never had four quarterbacks go off the board within the first eight picks, or five quarterbacks in the Top 10. Both of those could happen on Thursday night. It goes without saying that the first three picks will be quarterbacks, with the Jaguars set to take...

Getty Images New Jets head coach Robert Saleh and GM Joe Douglas have their work cut out for them. Here is a list of New York Jets truths: The Jets have the longest playoff drought in the NFL, having last made the postseason in 2010. Saleh will be the Jets 3rd head coach in the last 4...

Getty Images A rash of civil litigation that began last month has made a potential trade of Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson impractical, unless and until those 22 lawsuits can soon be resolved. Before the off-field issues emerged for Watson, plenty of teams were interested. Via John McClain...

Getty Images When the Panthers traded for quarterback Sam Darnold, a report emerged that they would pick up his 2022 option, at $18.858 million. They haven’t. On Friday, G.M. Scott Fitterer said they would address the issue of fifth-year options after the draft, and that they have a “strong...

Getty Images Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley opted out of the 2020 season, but appears poised to return for the 2021 season — particularly after recently posting that he’s received a COVID-19 vaccine. New York reportedly received trade calls on Mosley at the start of free agency, but he remains on...

Getty Images It won’t become official until Thursday night, but BYU quarterback Zach Wilson is all set to become a Jet. Wilson has contacted Mark Sanchez, Chad Pennington and Josh McCown to pick their brains about what it’s like to play for the Jets and in New York City, according to Aditi...

Getty Images Robert Saleh’s first game as the Jets’ head coach is likely to be Zach Wilson‘s first game as an NFL quarterback and Wilson’s development will play a major role in how long Saleh is with the team. The choice to go with Wilson (or another quarterback they take with the second...

Getty Images The Jets traded with the Colts in 2018 to move up to select Sam Darnold with the third overall choice. The Jets traded Darnold to the Panthers after only three seasons. They will try to find their franchise quarterback again next week. The Jets are expected to select BYU...

Getty Images When Jets General Manager Joe Douglas met with the media after trading quarterback Sam Darnold to the Panthers, he said it was a fair assessment to say that the team would draft a quarterback with the second overall pick. He wouldn’t bite when pressed about whether that...

Getty Images Former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward spent the last two seasons coaching in the NFL, but he will be moving to the college ranks in 2021. Adam Rittenberg of ESPN confirmed an FAU Owls Nest report that Ward has agreed to take a job on Florida Atlantic head coach Willie Taggart’s...