Free agency: Check.
2024 NFL Draft: Check.
What's next for the Jets? Offseason workout activities, camps and more camps before the preseason kicks off in August.
In the meantime, New York could add free agents to shore up positions of need not met with the team's seven-player draft class. The Jets don't have a lot of salary cap space, though, so this roster is more-or-less what head coach Robert Saleh will be working with for the 2024 season, barring some shocking cuts, trades or signings.
The Jets did relatively well in the draft with the selections of tackle Olu Fashanu and wide receiver Malachi Corley on offense. Both should provide depth and support at two key areas for New York with Aaron Rodgers expected to be fully recovered from his 2023 Achilles tear in Week 1.
But how did the Jets' draft relate to their pre-2024 power rankings? Here are 10 expert power rankings of the NFL following the 2024 draft and what they wrote about the Jets.
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Jets 2024 power ranking following NFL Draft
I looked at 10 league-wide power rankings for where the Jets were ranked. Some had the Jets in the top 10 or top 15, while others pushed New York down to the late teens and early 20s.
The aggregate rank, therefore, was 13.9. Meaning, on average, the experts on this list think the Jets are the 14th-best team in the NFL. That sounds relatively accurate given how the Jets performed without Rodgers, their 2024 offseason and the state of the rest of the NFL.
Here are what the 10 experts had to say about the Jets' post-NFL draft power ranking:
Steve Serby, The New York Post: 8
I’ll set the over-under at 14 on Aaron Rodgers games played. At least Tyrod Taylor is a competent professional backup.
T Olu Fashanu is quality insurance for Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses. Haason Reddick replaces Bryce Huff on an elite defense and the kicking game is in good feet. Last chance for Robert Saleh and Joe Douglas.
Connor Orr, Sports Illustrated: 10
This is an Aaron Rodgers-quarterbacked team, and I know that many of you view the Jets as perpetually superfluous. But I think if everyone remains healthy, this team is going to be seriously good. OT Olu Fashanu didn’t change my mind all that much. Hopefully he can be developed and eased into a starting role, or Morgan Moses can play guard until someone is pressed into playing one position out of necessity. I liked that the Jets invested in physical backs and receivers who can help alleviate the backfield pressure on Rodgers. When offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and Rodgers were at their best together, Rodgers had a stable of dependable backs and receivers who would break tackles off quick catches.
Nate Davis, USA Today Sports: 10
All due respect to new QB2 Tyrod Taylor, this team is one Aaron Rodgers injury away from a 14th consecutive season finishing shy of the playoffs – which would extend the current NFL mark of futility. Yet reloaded and reinforced, it's also one vintage Rodgers performance from its first Super Bowl appearance in 56 years.
Vinnie Iyer, The Sporting News: 13
Aaron Rodgers' injury kept the Jets from living up to their hype last season. Now with Rodgers coming off his torn Achilles, they have more key help for him in pass protection and at wide receiver, both of which met his approval on social media. They are right there in position to displace the Bills and Dolphins.
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: 11
It's go-time for the Jets. With Aaron Rodgers coming back at age 40, this has to be the year. They have all the pieces.
David Helman, FOX Sports: 13
Counting on the health of a 40-year-old quarterback recovering from an Achilles tear is a scary place to be. That said, I think the Jets have done all the right things to get ready for Aaron Rodgers' second attempt in New York. Beefing up the offensive tackle spot with Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses was an amazing decision, and I'm so proud of general manager Joe Douglas for insuring those guys with No. 11 overall pick Olu Fashanu. Douglas even signed a competent backup quarterback in Tyrod Taylor. That's how you protect an aging QB. We know the defense will be top-notch. Now, if Rodgers can just deliver the rest.
Maurice Moton, Bleacher Report: 17
Assuming Rodgers returns to action in Week 1, the Jets should be a playoff contender with an offense that's bustling with potential and one of the league's stingiest defenses.
With the addition of tackles Tyron Smith, Morgan Moses and first-round rookie Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Rodgers has layers of pass protection," he continued. "He has Garrett Wilson, Mike Williams, Tyler Conklin and rookie third-rounder Malachi Corley in the passing game with a bevy of running backs to balance the offense.
If Rodgers stays healthy, the Jets have no valid excuses to miss the playoffs in 2024.
Josh Kendall, The Athletic: 17
The Jets drafted an Aaron Rodgers support staff, getting offensive tackle Olu Fashanu, wide receiver Malachi Corley and running back Braelon Allen with their first three picks. Fashanu might not start right away, but he has that kind of talent, and Corley should join Mike Williams and Garrett Wilson in the starting lineup immediately.
Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports: 19
Left tackle Olu Fashanu was a good pick, but tight end Brock Bowers would have been such an exciting pick. And Fashanu and Tyron Smith are redundant at left tackle. It's not bad to grab a fairly safe left tackle prospect though. The Jets' only other pick until 134th overall was third-round selection Malachi Corley, a potential big-play receiver out of Western Kentucky. The Jets' class was fine. But Bowers would have made it a lot more fun.
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Eric Edholm, NFL.com: 21
The Jets were having a good weekend. They got their tackle at No. 11 overall in Olu Fashanu -- he was not my favorite of the options they had, but he was not far off. They also passed on the sizzle pick (Brock Bowers) to do so. GM Joe Douglas looks like a man hell-bent on making sure this offensive line finally works. Rounds 3 through 5 landed them some prospects I really liked, even though doubling up at running back with Braelon Allen in the fourth round felt a little redundant. All in all, it looked like a productive weekend. But then I saw the trade of John Franklin-Myers to Denver, and I didn't like it. Look, I get why the Jets did it: they gave themselves some cap relief and had a surplus up front. But if there ever was a time to push all their chips in, with Aaron Rodgers perhaps in his swan-song season, isn't this it? Maybe I'm leaning too much on my "theatre kid" past here, but don't underestimate the locker-room effect that comes with moving JFM.
