Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Todd McShay's latest mock draft: Randy Gregory to Jets

What's this, a mock draft that doesn't have Marcus Mariota going to the New York Jets?

ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay shakes it up in his latest mock (4.0 version), predicting the Jets will select Nebraska pass-rusher Randy Gregory with the sixth pick. Mariota, the trendy choice for the Jets, is off the board.

McShay, buying into the surging Mariota hype, moves up the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback to the Tennessee Titans at No. 2, also noting the Titans could deal the pick to a Mariota-loving team. He believes the Jets and St. Louis Rams are the likeliest to move up.

I, too, had the Jets taking Gregory in my latest mock, but that was before he admitted to testing positive for marijuana at the scouting combine and revealing in an interview with NFL.com that he was a habitual user in college. McShay downplays the marijuana thing, saying he doesn't think it will affect his draft stock. I'm skeptical. I think it's bound to have an impact.

If the top of the draft falls the way McShay predicts, the Jets would be faced with a difficult decision because of Gregory's potential as an edge-rusher. He'd be a nice fit in Todd Bowles' defense, but is he worth the risk?

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