“This is very good for us 🔥.” The Jets, perpetually stuck in a loop of “rebuilding,” just caught a break smoother than Joe Namath’s Super Bowl III guarantee. With $55M in cap space and three top-100 picks, coach Aaron Glenn is playing chess. However, fans scream, “Checkmate already!” But let’s be real: This is the Jets. ESPN’s Rich Cimini noted, “They have plenty of needs… but the real question is whether they actually do something with them,” summing up Jets fans’ eternal side-eye.

On October 15, the Jets traded a conditional 2025 third-round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for wide receiver Davante Adams. Initially, people believed the Jets had sent their third-round pick. However, on Friday, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo provided a notable update.

“Sources tell The Insiders the pick going from the Raiders to the Seahawks is No. 92 in the third round. If you search for the draft order online, you’ll see the Jets listed as having the 92nd pick. Not correct. It was Vegas’ after the Davante Adams trade and is now Seattle’s,” Garafolo explained on social media. And what does this chaos mean? He answered that as well, “Which means, the Jets still hold pick No. 73. That was the one the online draft orders had attributed to the Raiders.” That’s a great situation to be in.

“So apparently it was misreported by EVERYBODY… the #Jets actually traded the 3rd pick we got from the Lions & not our original 3rd… That’s 19 draft spots up. That’s a HUGE difference,” tweeted Jets insider Maxx Harrison Glaser, dropping a truth bomb.

We can say that the Jets just moved up 19 spots in the third round of April’s draft. Many assumed that Aaro Glenn and his team would pick at No. 92 in the third round, a selection they originally acquired from the Detroit Lions in a 2024 draft-day trade.

The Jets traded their 2024 fourth-round pick (No. 126 overall) to the Lions in exchange for a future third-round pick in 2025. However, Garafolo clarified that the third-round pick the Jets sent to the Raiders was actually the one they acquired from the Lions—not their own.

Turns out that Gang Green didn’t ship their own 2025 third-rounder (pick 92) for Davante Adams—they sent Detroit’s acquired pick (73) instead. Nineteen spots might not sound like Avengers-level drama, but in the NFL draft? That’s the gap between snagging a starting guard and a practice squad hopeful.

The Jets’ legacy is a rollercoaster of Rocky highs and Curb Your Enthusiasm lows. There’s the 1969 Super Bowl shine, where Namath’s guarantee became gospel. And the 2000 “Monday Night Miracle,” a 23-point comeback. Then… the play. The 2012 “Butt Fumble”—Mark Sanchez’s faceplant into his lineman’s rear—etched the Jets into NFL infamy.

But 2024 gave a glimmer of hope: Garrett Wilson’s one-handed TD catch, a Spider-Man-level snag that had fans whispering, “OBJ who?” Yet, even beauty can’t erase the stench of Adams’s release or Rodgers’s minicamp no-shows. “This team has talent, but the results don’t match up,” groaned Rex Ryan, the last coach to drag them to relevancy.

As the Jets sort out their trade, coach Aaron Glenn is shuffling the roster.

Aaron Glenn’s gamble

New head coach Aaron Glenn isn’t here for your fantasy football fantasies. While the Bengals franchise-tagged Tee Higgins and the Chiefs locked down Trey Smith, Glenn is out here tendering WR Irvin Charles and OL Xavier Newman-Johnson—moves that scream “We’re building a wall!” more than Game of Thrones’ Night’s Watch. It’s a stark contrast to the Jets’ past ‘let’s-trade-for-A-Rod’ desperation.

“The Jets are… facing significant roster changes, including the quarterback position,” the New York Post’s Brian Costello warned, hinting at the post-Rodgers void. Aaron Glenn’s strategy? He’s ditching splashy signings for calculated bets, like keeping DE Charles Snowden on a tender while letting Sam Darnold walk.

But let’s not kid ourselves: The Jets’ 2024 offense ranked 29th in PPG (17.4), and their defense allowed 27.3 PPG (31st). Glenn’s task? Fix this mess without pulling a Leeroy Jenkins. “I’d rather be close than, freaking, who sucks? The Jets?” roasted Hall of Famer Jared Allen, echoing every fan’s group chat.

With $51.36M in cap space and pick 73 now in the pocket, Aaron Glenn’s got leverage—if he uses it. The Jets need a WR1 (Adams’s ghost still haunts), a QB not named Zach Wilson, and a defense. Rookie TE Brock Bowers’s 1,194 YDs in 2024 proved youth can thrive here. But Glenn’s gotta nail this draft.

“Every sack is a step towards greatness,” Maxx Crosby once said. For Glenn, every tender, cut, and pick is a step toward fixing a franchise. The blueprint? There isn’t one. But as Ted Lasso taught us, “Believe.” Even if it’s just believing, the Jets won’t jet this. 🛫💔