Three Jets Starters who Could be Draft Day Trade Bait

Three Jets Starters who Could be Draft Day Trade Bait

From JetNation Radio; NY Jets Podcast by JetNation.com

March 20, 2026 · 30 min

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The episode discusses potential trade candidates for the Jets ahead of the NFL draft.

  While the Jets may be sitting pretty with four picks in the top 44 of the upcoming NFL draft, it’s hard not to notice the enormous gap between their fourth and fifth picks at 44th and 103rd respectively. https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/70771487/download.mp3 If you’re Jets GM Darren Mougey, you’d undoubtedly like to add another pick at some point to shorten that gap between 44 and 103 by picking up a selection in a spot where plenty of value players should still be on the board. If he’s hoping to do so, he has a couple of players who may demand a pick in that range. Edge Will McDonald: With the Jets expected to move to a 3-4 base defense, McDonald may be the ideal player to shop for a premium pick. His size should mean a reduced role as it is, so why not look to move him and draft a player who can be a bigger part of what you’re doing? As a player who has proven he can be a 10+ sack player, it shouldn’t take much work to convince a contender that his production would skyrocket if he could play with a lead every now and then. RB Breece Hall: It’s been obvious for quite some time that Hall would love to move on to greener…

Topics covered

  • NFL draft
  • trade speculation
  • New York Jets
  • player analysis
  • team strategy

Keywords

  • Jets
  • NFL draft
  • trade bait
  • Will McDonald
  • Breece Hall

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Organizations: Jets, NFL

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