{"id":168416,"date":"2024-04-03T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=168416"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:10:49","slug":"jets-leaning-toward-pass-catching-weapon-for-rodgers-in-2024-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/04\/03\/jets-leaning-toward-pass-catching-weapon-for-rodgers-in-2024-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Leaning Toward Pass-Catching Weapon for Rodgers in 2024 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the New York Jets are leaning toward picking a pass-catching weapon in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/30\/new-york-jets-seven-round-mock-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">2024 NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/walterfootball\/status\/1775331078498128079?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Campbell of Walter Football<\/a> is reporting that the Jets are leaning toward taking a pass-catcher with their No. 10 overall pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftCampbell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DraftCampbell<\/a>. Jets are inclined to draft Brock Bowers or Rome Odunze at 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3lAY5Q1iI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/G3lAY5Q1iI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WalterFootball (@walterfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/walterfootball\/status\/1775331078498128079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jets Leaning Toward Pass-Catching Weapon for Rodgers in 2024 NFL Draft<\/h2>\n<p>The New York Jets have options at No. 10 overall. That&#8217;s because of how they attacked the offseason. That said, it seems like their preferred player is Brock Bowers or Rome Odunze. In <a href=\"https:\/\/walterfootball.com\/draft2024charlie.php\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his latest mock draft<\/a>, Campbell has the Jets taking Bowers.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a huge debate in the Jets community on who the Jets should take: an offensive lineman, or a pass-catcher. Many believe the Jets should take an offensive lineman as a safeguard against injury. Much of that is due to the recent history of injuries on the team. Their point is valid, but just a little flawed.<\/p>\n<p>The pass-catching weapon makes more sense because he will provide an immediate impact player as opposed to a player who might play, if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at each player&#8217;s strengths and why they make sense for the Jets in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Rome Odunze<\/h3>\n<p>Rodgers loves plays on the outside and ones that are quick and easy yards. He also absolutely loves go balls.<\/p>\n<p>In Green Bay, Rodgers had a different style of RPO game than the rest of the NFL. It was essentially screens built like an RPO. The quick dump-offs are easy yards for him. Not only that, with Odunze, they could gain big chunks.<\/p>\n<p>Odunze is also a vertical threat who can win contested catches. He can also create separation on going balls when needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattHarmon_BYB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MattHarmon_BYB<\/a> shows in this route tree diagram, Rome Odunze would be a perfect weapon for Aaron Rodgers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6iOiLDJLNG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6iOiLDJLNG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Pallas (@jetscap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jetscap\/status\/1775343181661434060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With this skill set, however, it may seem redundant with Garrett Wilson. That said, it gives the Jets multiple options for Rodgers, which is always a good thing.<\/p>\n<h3>Brock Bowers<\/h3>\n<p>Positional value is a term bandied about this time of year. Jets fans don&#8217;t like the &#8220;positional value&#8221; of a tight end at No. 10. Pigeonholing Bowers into the position of tight end is wrong, though, and limits his value to the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Very similarly to Odunze, Bowers&#8217; route tree fits the play style of Rodgers. It may even more so fit, because of his position versatility.<\/p>\n<p>Odunze will be best used as an X receiver. Bowers, on the other hand, can line up at Y (in-line TE), Z, X, or in the slot. Bowers also has YAC capability, like Odunze, but for a different reason. Odunze would with speed, and Bowers would be a tough guy to bring down, especially since they have outlawed the &#8220;hip-drop tackle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>All-In mode for the Jets<\/h3>\n<p>When the Jets landed Rodgers, we all knew the window was going to be a short one. With the struggles last season, the Jets have to push all their chips to the middle of the table and go for it all. With Rodgers, it&#8217;s one year at a time.<\/p>\n<p>While the injury history makes the hope for a lineman understandable, the need for immediate-impact players makes targeting Bowers of Odunze the most sense. They can still land a viable swing tackle in free agency, and the unknown of Carter Warren also should give pause in taking a lineman. In the end, it just adds up to taking a pass-catcher at 10.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: [Troy Taormina] &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the New York Jets are leaning toward picking a pass-catching weapon instead of an offensive lineman in the 2024 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2066,"featured_media":168458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,54],"tags":[10073,10068,218,32283],"class_list":["post-168416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jets","category-editorials","tag-2024-nfl-draft","tag-brock-bowers","tag-new-york-jets","tag-rome-odunze"],"modified_by":"Michael Zimmelman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}