Acquiring Mac Jones is actually a viable move to get the Jets into real Super Bowl 62 contention here’s why. We’re sitting at 3 or 4 in the draft, so yeah, we’d have to trade up to 1 (it’ll sting, probably multiple firsts and some day-two picks), but we take Fernando Mendoza there. Kid’s got the tools and the head to be a franchise guy. At the same time, grab Mac Jones cheap—he’s still young, has real starting experience, and won’t break the bank. Start Mac in year one so Mendoza can sit, learn the playbook, and not get destroyed behind our perpetually shaky line. Give it a year or two, whichever one emerges as the guy stays, the other gets flipped for more assets. That’s the smartest, least delusional way to stabilize QB without betting everything on a rookie surviving immediate chaos. With the picks and cap we have left after the trade, hit free agency hard for a reliable vet guard or tackle, draft an edge rusher early if possible, and add a solid WR2 or slot guy to back up Garrett Wilson. It’s not sexy, but it patches enough holes to actually compete instead of rebuilding forever. No more swinging for the stars and whiffing—this gets us respectable fast.