The New York Jets are set at quarterback for the 2025 season, as much as I don’t like it. New GM Darren Mougey gave quarterback Justin Fields a two-year deal worth $40 million. With a Tyrod Taylor one of the best backup QB’s in the NFL, the Jets are pretty set at the position for the next season.

But with the NFL draft coming up, the question still hovers over the organization as what the future of the quarterback position will be for the Jets. Some of the most telling things about how Justin Fields is viewed around the league are the fact that he was let go by two organizations (including one in the Pittsburgh Steelers that still doesn’t have a solid replacement on the roster) and the fact that the Jets only gave him a two-year deal. Fields is not the long-term answer.

So, with neither Fields nor Tyrod Taylor being the long-term solution for the Jets, the obvious thought would be the Jets should draft someone this year and develop them to take over in the next year or so.

The Jets may have a shot a quarterback in the first round after the Giants signed both Jameis Winston and Russell Wilson, leaving Shedeur Sanders without a potential landing spot in the top six picks. The Jets, who pick seventh in the draft, might find the opportunity to draft Sanders too enticing to pass up and take him. But if the Jets decide against Sanders, or someone else make a move to grab him before the Jets pick, then the organization could be faced with the “draft and stash” strategy for the future at the position.

So far, the Jets have had reported Top 30 visits with two quarterbacks. Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Syracuse’s Kyle McCord. There are even reports that Aaron Glenn attended Ewers’ Pro Day which may indicate the Jets have a fair amount of interest in the Texas QB. Neither guy is considered to be a first-round pick at this point and in fact, both are much more likely to be Day 3 picks than Day 2 picks. That would put them firmly in the “developmental” category of quarterbacks.

It’s worth pointing out that a prospect doesn’t need to complete a top 30 visit with a team in order to be taken. In fact, it happens quite often, but which prospects a team visits with is usually telling in what direction the team is thinking in the draft.

I’ll admit that I don’t have strong feelings about the developmental potential of either McCord or Ewers. I do have strong feelings on the Jets ability to develop one of those quarterbacks. The truth is, the Jets have never been able to develop a quarterback. The closest they came was likely Chad Pennington.

Now, you can tell me how this is a new regime and a coaching staff and everything might be different this time, and you could be right. But if we look at this logically, there is no reason for the Jets to take a developmental QB in 2025.

For starters, the Jets have a starting QB in Justin Fields and high end backup in Tyrod Taylor. So, there is not an immediate need. Secondly, the Jets have a quarterback who will be the starter who has a different skill set than almost any other quarterback in the NFL. He is a runner first and a passer second. You can argue this point all you want you Justin Fields-stans, but he is what he is.

Lastly, the Jets have a new coaching staff. And I don’t mean new to the Jets, I mean a bunch of coaches that have never done the job they are being asked to do this season. Aaron Glenn has never been a head coach and Tanner Engstrand has never been an OC. We are now going to ask them to not only develop and install and offensive system that highlights Justin Fields’ abilities but develop a quarterback on the side who doesn’t have those same traits. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

The New York Jets need a quarterback of the future. I don’t believe Justin Fields is that quarterback and I don’t believe that quarterback is in the 2025 NFL Draft later this month. The best course of action for the Jets would be to wait on finding your future and not take a QB just because the future at the position is grim.

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