2019 NFL Draft: Worst pick for each AFC East team

New York Jets: Trevon Wesco (121st overall)

The New York Jets are looking to run the ball. After all, they signed LeVeon Bell to some big cash in free agency. Of course, like any team looking to protect their back, drafting someone who can help out with blocker makes sense. However, taking a run block specialist inside the top 150 doesn’t. Trevon Wesco does one thing exclusively: he run blocks. He’s simply not a receiving threat.

While it’s nice to think that Adam Gase’s offenses pound the rock, they typically do not. In fact, during the 2017 season, Gase’s offense finished dead last in carries and eighth worst in 2018. Besides that, the Jets already have intriguing and potentially potent options at the tight end position.

Gase is expected to run multiple tight end sets, but they re-signed Eric Tomlinson, who does the exact same thing as Wesco. Second-year tight end Chris Herndon was a fourth-round pick who has traits to become a top receiving threat. Behind them is Jordan Leggett, whose ability to threaten the seam makes him intriguing in Gase’s system. And Daniel Brown, a former wide receiver turned tight end, offers some upside.

So while having a blocking tight end helps, it is overkill for a team that now has five tight ends on their roster. Wesco may not have a place in that mix given his skillset. At the end of the day, the Jets were better off taking a developing corner like Iman Marshall.