Jets could show just how all-in they are with 2024 NFL Draft decision

It is decision time for Jets general manager Joe Douglas — playmaker or protector?That is what the decision at pick No.10 in the first round of Thursday’s NFL draft is expected to come down to for Douglas.

Does he feel the Jets need to get another pass catcher for Aaron Rodgers or another player to keep him upright?Whatever happens ahead of them, the Jets feel confident they will be able to land a good player at No.10.“We definitely have 10 players that we’re excited to take,” Douglas said last week.

“We’re ready to roll.”There could be four quarterbacks taken in the first five picks, which would help push down non-quarterback talent toward the Jets.They could be looking at one of the top three wide receivers — Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze — falling to them or getting to a point where Douglas moves up to take one.Then, there is Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, who seems to be the most popular player linked to the Jets in mock drafts.

Bowers scored 31 touchdowns (26 receiving, five rushing) in three years at Georgia and can line up all over the formation.He is the consensus top tight end in the draft and considered one of the top five players in the draft by some draft evaluators.If the Jets do select Bowers or a wide receiver in the first round, it will give the offense a weapon to go along with Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall and help Rodgers, who has never completed a pass to a wide receiver or tight end drafted in the first round by the team he was on.Douglas did not use any names but commented on what was available this year in the top 10.“There’s a lot of special players on the offensive side of the ball and guys that are playmakers and top-level blockers, top-level playmakers, dynamic playmakers and they’re all a different flavor,” Douglas said, “whether you want a precision route runner that’s super productive, whether you want an explosive just freak, whether you want a high-level route runner that can go...