Meet the NY Jets’ top OT targets in the 2023 NFL Draft

By Ian Roddy — 01/13/2022

Few things in life are absolutely certain. Death, taxes, and the New York Jets needing offensive line help are some of the items making up the short list.

In the first half of the 2022 season, the Jets offensive line showed serious improvement from that of 2021, but once the injuries started piling up, it became pretty clear that the unit still needs more help.

The returns of Alijah Vera-Tucker and Mekhi Becton to the lineup next season will undoubtedly provide a jolt, but the line was in fact so bad to finish this year that it still feels like easily the biggest need on the roster. Cedric Ogbuehi and Mike Remmers simply can’t be the caliber of offensive tackle the Jets send out there to start a game at any point in 2023.

Free agency is always an option and general manager Joe Douglas will surely do his due diligence on players set to become available. A guy like Orlando Brown Jr., if not re-signed by the Chiefs, would be a tremendous signing at left tackle, but it’s never a safe bet that a player shakes free.

So let’s turn to the NFL Draft, in which the Jets are set to pick 13th overall.

This year’s crop of offensive tackles features three guys at the top of the class before a bit of a drop-off. Peter Skoronski from Northwestern, Broderick Jones from Georgia, and Paris Johnson Jr. from Ohio State all bring something of value to the table — which of them appeals most to Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh, however, is where the speculation gets interesting.

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