As the 2025 NFL season winds down, about half the league will start thinking about the playoffs, while the other half turns its attention to the 2026 NFL Draft . Heading into Week 15, the New York Giants hold the No. 1 overall pick. But with a potential franchise quarterback in Jaxson Dart already in the building, ESPN's Field Yates has the G Men trading that pick to the New York Jets in his latest 2026 NFL mock draft.
While the Giants may have their long-term solution at quarterback, the Jets definitely don't, after a season that saw them play Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor, and Brady Cook. That's why Fields predicts that New Jersey's AFC team will trade up from No. 7 to take Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza with the top pick .
While Yates doesn't mention what it would cost the Jets

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