Jets vs Pats 1st round picks from 2001-2020.
Total 1st round picks
- Jets: 25
- Pats: 18
Avg 1st round pick selection
- Jets: 13.9
- Pats: 23.2
Avg career AV (from pro-football-reference) of each 1st round selection
- Jets: 31.8
- Pats: 45.6
TOT career AV of all 1st round selections
- Jets: 794
- Pats: 821
Top 3 selections
- Jets: Revis (2007, 93 AV); Mangold (2006, 73 AV); S. Moss (2001, 72 AV)
- Pats: Mankins (2005, 102 AV); Seymour (2001, 91 AV); Wilfork (2004; 90 AV)
So picking an average of 10 spots worse on an annual basis, and having seven fewer 1st round picks over those 20 years, the Pats drafted far more total AV, and far more AV on average.
It's not like the Jets always have swung and missed. They've had some really good first round selections. But given where they regularly draft, especially compared to the Patriots, it's amazing just how much better in the first round the Pats have been compared to the Jets.
Which is, of course, one reason why the Jets are the Jets and the Pats are the Pats.