**EA:** There will be storylines aplenty for the Jets fans to follow at the NFL Scouting Combine. In addition to the 319 prospects invited to the Combine, GM Darren Mougey and HC Aaron Glenn will speak to the media for the first time since their season-ending news conference. Glenn has made several changes to his staff, and he'll address many of his newcomers including OC Frank Reich and DC Brian Duker. On the player personnel front, the league's negotiating window opens March 9, and the Jets have 24 players who can become unrestricted free agents. OvertheCap.com projects the Jets have more than $79 million cap space and Mougey will address needs in March. The first domino in the offseason is always free agency and there will be a lot of media converging in Indy to discuss what that might look like across the league. As far as the prospects are concerned, I think fans should take an eyes wide open approach. Nobody has more early draft capital than the Jets with the four selections in the top 44, starting with No. 2 overall. With Fernando Mendzoa a heavy favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Raiders, which quarterbacks can create some buzz? Does an offensive playmaker jump into the conversation at No. 2 or does this pick ultimately come down to a three-horse race between edges David Bailey (Texas Tech) and Ruben Bain (Miami) and Ohio State hybrid Arvell Reese? We know the receiver class is stacked, so you must circle that entire group starting with the likes of Carnell Tate (Ohio State), Jordyn Tyson (Arizona State) and Makai Lemon (USC). The Jets need playmakers on defense, and this is a safety group with a ton of promise.
**RL:** Ohio State LB Arvell Reese looks to be every draft analyst's favorite No. 2 overall pick for the Jets, so Jets fans should watch him at the Combine, but I'll go right to QB. Will Alabama's Ty Simpson be there at No. 16? Possible. But lower in Round 1, or at 33? Some analyst big boards say so. The question is whether the Jets see Simpson as their QB for the next decade, or even for just the next year. He'll put on a show at Indy, but then what will the Jets' exhaustive research say about him? He looked sharp for most of 'Bama's season with a live pocket presence, accuracy, decisiveness and mobility. Then in the postseason, not so much. The Jets certainly have the right people in place on Aaron Glenn's staff — OC Frank Reich and QBs coach Bill Musgrave — to assist GM Darren Mougey's personnel team in the evaluations. Other players to keep tabs on who could be there for the Jets: WRs Carnell Tate of Ohio State, Jordyn Tyson of Arizona State and Denzel Boston of Washington at 16, with CBs Colton Hood of Tennessee and Brandon Cisse of South Carolina, and Toledo S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the 33/44 range.