The bottom line for the Jets is this: If they’re going to rise from the ashes of 2025 and make the kind of big jump head coach Aaron Glenn is promising for 2026, they’re going to need more from their existing core players.

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Much more from the core.

All of the free world knows the Jets need an entirely new quarterback room going forward.

That’ll need to come through the draft with what they hope will eventually become their franchise quarterback and from a veteran free agent “bridge’’ quarterback signing to help bring the new kid along.