The New York Jets have the second pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Who will they take?
After winning just three games last season, the New York Jets have the second pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
And according to NFL insider Peter Schrager of ESPN, all signs point toward the Jets taking Texas Tech's David Bailey.
"I've had Bailey going to the Jets for the past month, and I have no further intel telling me any differently," Schrager wrote. "Ohio State's Arvell Reese is a great player, but I'm sticking with Bailey. New York needs his instant production (14.5 sacks last season) for its lackluster pass rush."
Bailey had 19.5 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks for Texas Tech in 2025. The Jets canceled a private visit with the youngster last week, but it was probably a smokescreen.
"In regards to David, we had good touch points with him at the Combine," Jets general manager Darren Mougey said. "We went to his Pro Day, had a good dinner with him. We were just kinda juggling our 30 and how to use them. I wouldn’t look too much into a cancellation because there were other ones we may have changed as well."
The Jets went 3-14 last season in Year 1 of the Aaron Glenn era. They became the first team in NFL history to not record a defensive interception and lose five straight games by 23 or more points within a single season.
Glenn is going to call defensive plays next season. Does that mean the Jets will be better on defense? Only time will tell.
"You do hear that a lot, and I will say this, we are, we will be a multiple defense," Glenn said when he met with reporters at the Annual League Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. "So there will be elements of 4-3, there will be elements of 3-4. And I think sometimes it's overwhelming.
"When you look at it, you're in nickel like 70 percent of the time. So you're in a four-down [lineman] space for the most part. So once you go to base defense, man, there's a number of things that you can do. I love front variations. So you will see some four-down fronts, you will see some five-down fronts and you will see a lot of movement within that. So, I don't want to sit here and say exactly who we're going to be, because we're going to be a little bit of everything But it'd be easy for all players to be able to compete."
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