Jets trade idea has Aaron Glenn help Bears leap his former team with draft maneuver

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The New York Jets have four top 44 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft but may consider trading down for additional Day 2 selections. A proposed trade could allow the Chicago Bears to leapfrog the Detroit Lions for the 16th pick, facilitated by Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson.

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The New York Jets have four picks inside the top 44 selections of the 2026 NFL Draft. But, after that 44th pick, they aren't picking again until the 100's on Day 3.

While the Jets might be interested in moving up in the draft for a top-tier player, they could also use a trade-down to pick up some more Day 2 ammo a bit down the board.

That's the trade idea that ESPN's Bill Barnwell pitched for the Jets, as Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson would link up once again, this time in a trade, to have the Chicago Bears jump the Detroit Lions for the 16th pick in an intriguing draft maneuver.

Jets trade idea helps Bears jump Lions to land extra Day 2 capital

"By the Jimmy Johnson chart, packaging No. 25 with the 60th pick they landed from the Bills should be enough to get the Bears up to No. 16, where the Jets could be interested in trading down and adding a few more selections," Barnwell writes.

While the Jets might be trying to land as good of players as possible in this year's class, they also could benefit from adding a couple of extra picks as well.

This trade idea from Barnwell would have the Jets moving down from the 16th pick to the 25th selection while picking up the 60th pick in the draft.

After such a move, the Jets would still have four top-44 picks, but the narrative would shift a bit to owning five of the top 60 selections.

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That's a lot of draft capital, and it would be worth the move from the 16th pick to the 25th pick. They should still be able to land a solid wide receiver at that spot, or they could take Ty Simpson as well.

Regardless of what the Jets would do in such a situation, landing the 60th pick and giving the Jets even more ammo in the first two rounds is not a bad idea.

Barnwell, having Johnson and Glenn link up again for a trade that could hurt the team they worked for in 2024, would be a fun storyline behind such a draft-day trade.

It makes sense from both teams' perspectives, and it's the exact kind of trade-down that the Jets should consider with the 16th selection in the middle of Round 1.