Welcome to the 2026 Jets preseason.

The team effectively told everyone this week that it was turning to the future with the trades of star defensive players Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams .

The rest of this season, starting with Sunday’s game against the Browns, now becomes about evaluating the roster to see who should stick around for next year.

Take flight with the Jets

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The Jets are 1-7 and going nowhere in 2025. But now the franchise has five first-round picks in the next two years and the ammunition to land a franchise quarterback.

That’s not going to help on Sunday against the Browns, no matter how much general manager Darren Mougey and coach

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