Here is the current list of the NFL draft order showing only the pick the Jets can get:
| Draft pick | Team | W – L – T | SOS | SOS diff. | Wk 16 Opp | Wk 17 Opp |
| 3 | Jacksonville | 4 – 10 | 111 – 113 | -1 | Tennessee | @Indy |
| 4 | Oakland | 4 – 10 | 113 – 111 | -3 | @San Diego | Denver |
| 5 | Cleveland | 4 – 10 | 116 – 106 – 2 | -7 | @NY Jets | @Pittsburgh |
| 6 | Atlanta | 4 – 10 | 124 – 99 – 1 | -14.5 | @SF | Carolina |
| 7 | Tampa Bay | 4 – 10 | 129 – 95 | -19 | @St. Louis | @NO |
| 8 | Minnesota | 4 – 9 – 1 | 116 – 106 – 2 | -7 | @Cincy | Detroit |
| 9 | Buffalo | 5 – 9 | 112 – 112 | -2 | Miami | @NE |
| 10 | Tennessee | 5 – 9 | 118 – 106 | -6 | @Jack | Houston |
| 11 | NY Giants | 5 – 9 | 117 – 105 – 2 | -8 | @Detroit | Washington |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 6 – 8 | 106 – 116 – 2 | -5 | @Green Bay | Cleveland |
| 13 | NY Jets | 6 – 8 | 110 – 114 | 0 | Cleveland | @Miami |
| 14 | St. Louis | 6 – 8 | 125 – 99 | -15 | Tampa Bay | @Seattle |
| 15 | Detroit | 7 – 7 | 100 – 120 – 4 | 8 | NY Giants | @Minnesota |
| 16 | Dallas | 7 – 7 | 107 – 115 – 2 | 2 | @Wash | Philadelphia |
| 17 | San Diego | 7 – 7 | 112 – 112 | -2 | Oakland | Kansas City |
| 18 | Green Bay | 7 – 6 – 1 | 102 – 120 – 2 | 7 | Pittsburgh | @Chicago |
Note – SOS is 16 teams playing 16 games so after week 17 the SOS should add up to 256 but for now it’s at 224 with 32 games left to figure out.
There is way way too much math involved to attempt how we can take the top spot which would be pick #3 but I explain it as simply this: Jets lose both games and have all 4-win teams win both games, have the 5 win teams & Pittsburgh win at least once and if SOS stays roughly the same then the Jets would get the 3rd pick. Obviously that isn’t going to happen but there’s still a chance anyway since our SOS is the worst aside from Pittsburgh in the 6 wins or less club. The Jets would lose at least 7 games in differential to Jacksonville and Oakland and 6 to Cleveland, Atlanta and Tampa Bay so they would need a lot of help in the other games to win the SOS battle.
Now you maybe thinking what about the Dolphins(8 – 6, 113 – 111) couldn’t we pass them? The answer is no we can’t because by beating them we would lose SOS by 1 game in the best case scenario since 14 out of 16 games are against the same team thus the best that could happen is a +2 difference (+4 for our other 2 winning out and theirs losing out and -2 for our win against them) which would leave us 1 short of passing them.
Moving on to getting pick #18, the Jets would have to win out plus having Green Bay lose out and having Detroit, San Diego, and Dallas lose at least once with some SOS help as the Jets lose at least 3 games in SOS due to their wins and they gain at least 1 win with a loss basically a 4-5 game swing pending who their one win is against.
Next week once some of this dust settles and we have a much clearer picture of where the Jets are going I’ll have a full chart on what needs to happen to get each pick that they can get.
