This is the 15th year we are doing a summer countdown of the top 25 players on the Jets roster, and it’s difficult to remember a year with as much change.
Only 10 players on this year’s list were in the 2025 edition. General manager Darren Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn have torn down a roster that is now barely recognizable from the one they inherited. Will it be better? We’ll find out. For now, we evaluate how it looks on paper.
Just a reminder, we do not put rookies on the list because no one has any idea how a rookie will play in the NFL.
Before we get started with this year’s list, here is a look at the players who have dropped off from last year, with their ranking in parentheses: Sauce Gardner (1), Quinnen Williams (2), Quincy Williams (4), John Simpson (6), Alijah Vera-Tucker (8), Michael Carter II (9), Jermaine Johnson (10), Justin Fields (12), Allen Lazard (14), Andre Cisco (18), Xavier Gipson (19), Tony Adams (21), Josh Reynolds (22), Tyrod Taylor (23) and Jeremy Ruckert (25).
