According to Tankathon, the Jets currently own the 7th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft with four games left in the season. Obviously the results of those four games will have an impact on where the Jets eventually select.
Many Jets fans want the team to lose out to achieve as high of a selection as possible. Those fans might be pleased to know that the remaining schedule is one of the league’s most difficult.
Tankathon has the Jets with the fourth most difficult finish in the league. In those four games,
the Jets have three of the six teams in the AFC currently with nine wins or more, Jacksonville, New England, and Buffalo. The other game against 3-10 New Orleans is significantly easier on paper. But I am sure the Saints also view that as an easy game. That contest could have major implications on where the Jets end up picking. These opponents collectively have a .615 winning percentage.
It is also worth nothing that one of the three teams with a tougher finish than the Jets is the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts actually have the toughest four game finish in the entire NFL. Their games are against Seattle, Jacksonville, San Francisco, and Houston, who have a combined .692 winning percentage. Indianapolis is also in freefall and in desperate enough shape at quarterback to bring in 44 year old Philip Rivers this week. The Colts are likely looking at losses.
That is significant for the Jets, of course, because New York owns Indianapolis’ 2026 first round pick from the Sauce Gardner trade.
