NFL Week 10 predictions, best bets: Picks against the spread for every game
The Jets universe changed in a big way Tuesday when they sent away two of their top players — Sauce Gardner to the Colts and Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys — in exchange for three first-round picks and a second-rounder over the next two years. They also received WR Adonai Mitchell, DT Mazi Smith, and a salary-cap cleanout that, combined with the additional draft capital, should allow Aaron Glenn and GM Darren Mougey to hand-pick the players they want to finally successfully rebuild the team.I recommend all Jets fans take a listen to The Post’s “Gang’s All Here” podcast from Tuesday, on which Brian Costello, Ryan Sampson, and Frankie Vittorini attacked all of the issues over the course of 90 minutes.Most of what I think was covered there, but here are my CliffsNotes:1.
The Jets weren’t winning with Gardner and Williams and probably were never going to.2.The trade haul and cap flexibility was their best chance to build around the strongest remaining parts of the team — Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall, if they re-sign or franchise tag him, and a solid offensive line.3.
It’s all about finding a franchise quarterback, and now the Jets have given themselves multiple chances to do that over the next two drafts without having to reach or empty the cupboard in a trade-up.The Jets have given their fans endless hours of mock draft fun and some big April nights to look forward to.But here in the picks department, we’re more concerned with what it all means for Sunday’s home game against the Browns.Interestingly, the line flipped in this game from Jets -2 to Browns -2.5 in the hours after Tuesday’s deals.
Oddsmakers obviously figured the sell-off was confirmation of a Jets’ all-out tank for the No.1 pick. I don’t see it quite that way.
If anything, the extra selections make it less imperative that the Jets need to end up at the top of the board.The best quarterbacks of the recent era (Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson) weren’t drafted w...