Coming into the season, Moore had legitimate first-round buzz, with some projecting him as a potential top-five pick. Missing the rest of the year means NFL teams have less recent tape to evaluate, and there will inevitably be questions about where he stands heading into the draft.

On the other hand, his talent hasn't suddenly disappeared. If teams still believe in his arm talent, decision-making and long-term potential, one season-ending setback doesn't automatically erase that.

But does this change his plans? Does he still enter the draft and take his chances, or does he return to Oregon, get healthy, and give himself another opportunity to improve his stock?

Returning to college could make sense, but it also comes with its own risks. At some point, you have to weigh the potential of improving your draft position against the uncertainty of another season.

With the trade deadline approaching and Indianapolis sitting at 2-5 following Chris Ballard’s firing, all signs point to the Colts potentially pivoting into seller mode down the stretch.

For the Jets, who hold Indy’s 2027 1st-round pick from the Sauce Gardner trade, a full Colts tear-down/fire sale is the best-case scenario for draft positioning. When the trade went down last year, Indy was 7-2 and pushing for a deep run. As we sit here today, that trade has already given the Jets AD Mitchell and Kenyon Sadiq. If the Colts deal away veterans at the deadline and commit to a late-season teardown, that selection has serious top-5 potential.

With the Jets loss to MIA, they should seriously consider selling at the deadline as well, to lock in two potential top 5 or top 10 picks.

Combined with the Cowboys' pick (#11 currently), the Jets could land three picks in the top 10 in the 2027 NFL draft.

https://x.com/PlayDraftLabs/status/2114699872171368652?s=20

A couple of questions for discussion:

1. For Draft/Jets fans: If Indy falls into the top 5, does NYJ look to package two of these picks to move up for a franchise QB, or stay put and build a foundational core with three premium talents? I would personally stay up and draft 3 premier players instead of packaging picks.
2. For draft evaluators: How high do you realistically think this Indy pick settles by season’s end if they sell off at the deadline?

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For me I’m going to have to say KJ Duff but I’ve been seeing a lot of Cam Coleman and Charlie Becker.

Coleman this season has been disappointing frankly and while a lot of that is on Arch he’s also not really impressed me and he’s had some bad drops/misses.

Charlie Becker is getting a lot of hype and he’s good but I think if we’re talking WR2 of the draft, I don’t think he’s worth a top 10. When I watch him play he disappears a lot in 3rd and long situations, when you press man, he’s like Elijah Sarrat on the ravens right now. Still really good and WR3 but I don’t think he’s better than duff.

What I think is really impressive with Duff is pretty much every defense knows the ball is going to him, he’s the one of the only good players on his team, and yet he still manages to completely ball and make plays.

Note: I did my best to pick QBs that I think these college prospects will end up as in the NFL.

Arch Manning --> Paxton Lynch. Athletic with a talented arm, but very raw, with especially poor processing. Will not translate to the NFL.
Dante Moore --> Zach Wilson. Fast release of the football, but very poor throwing mechanics. Will not translate to the NFL.
CJ Carr --> Davis Mills. Can be a good game manager as a pocket passer, but will struggle under pressure. Will not translate to the NFL as a starter, but will probably be a solid backup.
Darian Mensah --> Teddy Bridgewater. Great at processing short to medium length passes, but weak arm strength causes incompletions vs better secondaries. Will only translate to the NFL as a backup/bridge starter.
Drew Mestemaker --> Gardner Minshew. Very good in Air-Raid passing attacks, but will falter outside of structure, especially with a larger playbook. Will not translate to the NFL as a starter.
Trinidad Chambliss --> Taylor Heinicke. Undersized QB with a gunslinger mentality. Lack of size will be more punishing outside of college level. Will not translate to the NFL.
Austin Simmons --> Mitchell Trubisky (without the dual-threat ability). Athletically gifted with great efficiency, but fails to process defenders, and with very limited starting sample size. Will not translate to the NFL.
LaNorris Sellers --> Anthony Richardson. Very good dual threat ability, but terrible thrower of the football. Will not translate to the NFL.