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Will the New York Jets choose tight finish Brock Bowers with the tenth total choose within the upcoming NFL draft.
I’m not the one one who believes Bowers would be the Jets’ choose, however I’m keen to place my cash the place my mouth is with just a few wagers on this end result.
With the draft every week away, let’s have a look at the the reason why Bowers might be catching passes from Aaron Rodgers subsequent season.
No. 10 total choose odds
All about Aaron Rodgers
The Jets will – and may – do every thing they’ll to maintain the Corridor of Fame quarterback and four-time MVP wholesome and completely satisfied.
Due to this fact, most suspect the Jets will both draft an offensive lineman to guard Rodgers or a weapon for Rodgers to throw to.
I’m banking on the latter.
The Jets have already dedicated assets to the offensive line, signing a pair of tackles in Tyron Smith (Dallas) and Morgan Moses (Baltimore), each of whom ranked top-10 amongst tackles in PFF’s grades final season.
Together with fourth-year guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, New York’s entrance 5 ought to play nice.
What the Jets really want is a receiver who can create from the slot.
Whereas Garrett Wilson put up one other 1,000-yard season on 95 catches in 2023, the Jets’ subsequent most efficient cross catchers have been tight finish Tyler Conklin (621 yards on 61 receptions) and working again Breece Corridor (591 yards on 76 receptions).
The draft class options loads of wideout expertise, however its nearly sure Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, or Malik Nabers received’t fall to the Jets.
The subsequent receivers embrace Brian Thomas Jr., Adonai Mitchell and Ladd McConkey.
Thomas is extra of a take-the-top-off large receiver. Mitchell and McConkey may slide into the slot simpler, however neither took greater than 20% of snaps from that spot in school, and I don’t suppose both is value a top-10 choice.
Brock Bowers has limitless upside
Bowers shouldn’t be your typical tight finish. He jogs my memory of George Kittle or Travis Kelce – a extra conventional cross catcher with versatility, mismatch creation, nice palms and YAC capacity.
Basically, line Bowers up wherever, and he’ll make one thing occur.
And the Jets would fortunately line him up within the slot, the place he took greater than half of his snaps at Georgia.
Bowers is exactly what Rodgers and the Jets want, and he boasts sufficient high-upside expertise to be taken as a top-10 choose.
He racked up greater than 2,500 yards throughout three seasons at shut to fifteen yards per reception with 26 touchdowns and a drop fee below 5%. In his senior season, he tallied greater than 700 yards in solely 10 video games.
Why wouldn’t Rodgers need him? Bowers is a strolling mismatch with a novel mixture of pace, ball expertise and explosiveness. Dane Brugler of The Athletic has him graded because the draft’s seventh-best total prospect.
The ceiling is loopy excessive.
Odds for place of Jets’ first drafted participant
The mock draft market
Vegas Refund has tracked 32 mock drafts from trusted analysts throughout the business, and 24 have Bowers being drafted by the Jets.
NFL.com analyst Peter Schrager not too long ago mocked Bowers to the Jets, writing in his piece:
“This can be a particular prospect. Actually, I’ve been instructed by a number of normal managers that I’m not excessive sufficient on Bowers and that his capacity after the catch units him aside from nearly each tight finish prospect since Kyle Pitts. Wonderful participant, a winner and one other weapon for Aaron Rodgers to use — this pairing does certainly make a ton of sense.”
Betting on the NFL?
I’m considering the identical factor, Pete!
But, on the time of this writing, the sportsbooks nonetheless favor different avenues for the Jets’ first-round choose.
DraftKings nonetheless favors the Jets choosing an offensive lineman (+120), as does FanDuel (+105). Each books have Bowers’ draft over/below choose quantity at 12.5, albeit barely juiced to the below.
Given what I’m studying and envisioning, the posted strains don’t make sense.
I’m taking benefit by betting some juicy plus-money numbers on Bowers’ draft place and the Jets’ draft selection.
Brock Bowers draft prediction and choose
Brock Bowers draft place over/below: Beneath 12.5 (-130, FanDuel)
Place of Jets’ first drafted participant: Tight finish (+185, FanDuel)
Quantity 10 total choose: Brock Bowers (+210, FanDuel)
