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2016 Cincy Jungle Community NFL Mock Draft: New York Jets select...

With D'Brickashaw Ferguson retiring, should the Jets' first round draft pick address that loss?

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With the 20th pick in the Cincy Jungle Community NFL Mock Draft, New York Jets GM, retallicka selects...

Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State

The Jets have a pretty big hole to fill with the departure of D'Brickashaw Ferguson, and I'm not convinced Ryan Clady, who they just made a trade to acquire from the Broncos, will be able to stay healthy long enough to protect whoever they have under center.

Jack Conklin is strikingly similar to Ferguson in both size and technique. He comes from a winning program and was responsible for protecting the blindside of one of the better quarterback prospects in this draft Connor Cook. A pass rusher would've been nice to take at this point, as would a quarterback, but I feel there isn't much of a falloff between the remaining prospects.

With their second and third round picks I can see the Jets taking Connor Cook or Christian Hackenberg, and snagging a tight end or safety to fill out their depth chart on offense or in their aging secondary.

Mock Draft Order

1. TitansOT Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss

2. BrownsQB Jared Goff, California

3. ChargersCB Jalen Ramsey, FSU

4. CowboysDE Joey Bosa, OSU

5. JaguarsLB Myles Jack, UCLA

6. RavensRB Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State

7. 49ers - DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon

8. Eagles - CB Vernon Hargreaves, Florida

9. Buccaneers - DE Shaq Lawson, Clemson

10. Giants - OT Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame

11. Bears - LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia

12. Saints - DT Sheldon Rankins, Louisville

13. DolphinsLB Reggie Ragland,  Alabama

14. Raiders - CB Mackenzie Alexander, Clemson

15. RamsQB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State

16. LionsDE Kevin Dodd, Clemson

17. FalconsLB Darron Lee, OSU

18. ColtsDT A'Shawn Robinson, Alabama

19. BillsDE Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky

20. Jets - OT Jack Conklin, Michigan State