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CSR Community Mock Draft Pick 20: Jets select WR Laquon Treadwell

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With the 20th pick of the CSR Community Mock Draft, the New York "J-E-T-S" Jets select WR Laquon Treadwell.

How things have gone so far:

Picks 1-8

Picks 9-18

Pick 19: Bills select DT Jarran Reed

Time for pick #20, and we have a team on the rise. With the 11th-ranked offense in 2015 (by PPG) and the 9th-ranked defense (also by PPG), the Jets would be primed to win the AFC East, if not for a certain team led by a former Big Ten QB.

Free agent QB Ryan Fitzpatrick is unlikely to return, leaving Geno Smith and Bryce Petty to man the men between the hashes. In a world with draft-day trades, the Jets might move up or down in a deal to get a QB. There are also rumors of interest in former Texans and Browns QB Brian Hoyer.

With no possibility of trades, and Wentz and Goff off the board, QB is off the table. Arguably, the biggest needs the Jets have are OLB and OT, outside of the helm of the offense. However, taking an OLB or OT at #20 is a reach. The top four OTs are off the board. Leonard Floyd is the top OLB left in the draft and had a good combine, but might be a slight reach at #20.

Enter the BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. Often projected in the teens, though slipping on draft boards lately, Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell is 6’2" and 220 lbs. He has the height and talent to win one-on-one battles with top CBs (a la Kelvin Benjamin or vintage Steve Smith), though he isn't fastest WR out there. NFL.com compares him to Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins. I don’t know an NFL team that wouldn’t take a DeAndre Hopkins in a New York "J-E-T-S" Jets Minute.

Jets WR Brandon Marshall is 32 (nearly ancient in football years) and WR Eric Decker is 29. Treadwell gives the Jets another offensive weapon for years to come for the QB du jour, whoever he may be. Treadwell may not play every snap from the outset, but he could earn his way to more snaps in no time.

Washington (Muhammad4) is now on the clock!

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