Where an offseason of free-agent signings and draft gambles leaves the Jets in a wide-open AFC East

The NFL Draft is over. Free agency is now in bargain shopping mode. While tinkering never stops, the heavy lifting of roster building is over for NFL teams.

It’s time to take a look at the AFC East and how the Jets now stack up against their division rivals. It feels like the Bills have taken a big step back this offseason. The Dolphins have remained the same or maybe taken a slight step back. The Patriots are in the early stages of a rebuild.

It feels like the Jets have closed the gap. Have they passed their division rivals?

Let’s take a look at each position and rank the teams 1-4 at those spots and see who is the leader of the division…on paper.