• Jets mailbag: The disaster it’d take to end up with Trevor Lawrence

    Jets mailbag: The disaster it’d take to end up with Trevor Lawrence

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Jets. If the Jets somehow end up with the first-overall pick in next year’s draft, do you think they …
  • Adam Gase opens up on new Jets, Sam Darnold and AFC East

    Adam Gase opens up on new Jets, Sam Darnold and AFC East

    Jets coach Adam Gase is excited about the new toys general manager Joe Douglas got him during the draft. Gase was a guest on “Gang’s All Here,” The Post’s Jets podcast on Wednesday. He spoke about many different topics from Sam Darnold to the AFC East. Gase was particularly excited about the team’s top two …
  • Grades for Jets’ 2020 NFL Draft picks: Joe Douglas took risks

    Grades for Jets’ 2020 NFL Draft picks: Joe Douglas took risks

    Joe Douglas could have looked at the Jets’ disastrous NFL draft track record and played it safe to break from his predecessors. He didn’t. In his first draft as general manager, Douglas filled starting holes, helped his quarterback and still swung for the fences. The Post graded every pick: A higher grade at a lower …
  • Joe Douglas shows adaptability in first draft as Jets’ GM

    Joe Douglas shows adaptability in first draft as Jets’ GM

    The first Jets draft of the Joe Douglas era is in the books. How did he do? We’ll tell you in three years. It is impossible to know how these draft picks will pan out, but you can evaluate on logic, and Douglas made some moves that were clearly smart and a couple that raised …
  • Mekhi Becton pick is fine, but Jets must fill this hole next

    Mekhi Becton pick is fine, but Jets must fill this hole next

    Joe Douglas and the Jets found themselves on Temptation Island when pick No. 11 arrived in Thursday night’s 2020 NFL Draft. The way the first 10 picks fell, the Jets and their first-time general manager were staring at as close to a perfect scenario as they could have hoped for: Only two of the top …
  • Jets select Mekhi Becton with No. 11 pick in NFL Draft

    Jets select Mekhi Becton with No. 11 pick in NFL Draft

    Sam Darnold got his protector on Thursday night. The Jets selected Louisville tackle Mekhi Becton with the No. 11 overall pick in the NFL draft. Becton is a mountain of a man who can fill the Jets’ hole at left or right tackle. Becton is 6-foot-7, 364 pounds and ran a 5.12 40-yard dash at …
  • Jets NFL Draft preview: Joe Douglas is all about ‘exciting’ picks

    Jets NFL Draft preview: Joe Douglas is all about ‘exciting’ picks

    Ready, Set, Joe! Joe Douglas, the Jets general manager, finally gets his crack at the NFL Draft on Thursday, 10 months after he was hired. Douglas, the career scout, has been waiting for this chance. “I don’t take this opportunity lightly,” Douglas said. “We’ve got eight picks and four in the top 79. We have …
  • NFL Mock Draft 6.0: Giants, Jets hold line, Tua Tagovailoa drops

    NFL Mock Draft 6.0: Giants, Jets hold line, Tua Tagovailoa drops

    It’s here. Finally. A live sporting event of sorts to take our minds off this pandemic. High drama, compelling theater, tears and cheers for all those collegiate stars whose dreams come true. The Serby Mock 6.0 does not include trades, features a Tua Tagovailoa fall and a surprise landing spot when all is said and …
  • Giants have four options if they want offensive lineman in NFL Draft

    Giants have four options if they want offensive lineman in NFL Draft

    The first question. Tackle or not? The second question: If it is a tackle, which one? Unless the Giants pull another first-round stunner in the NFL draft — was it really only a year ago they snagged Daniel Jones at No. 6? — it stands to reason they will be unable to trade down, will …
  • Jets NFL Mock Draft 4.0: Mekhi Becton’s upside pushes receiver need to Day 2

    Jets NFL Mock Draft 4.0: Mekhi Becton’s upside pushes receiver need to Day 2

    Former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum used to say “the hay is in the barn” at this point in preparation for the NFL Draft. The teams have done all of their work and are now just tinkering with their draft board, talking to other teams about potential trades, running things past ownership and going through …