Sports Illustrated just made a bold Arch Manning-Jets prediction

Tell us if this sounds familiar: conversations have already begun regarding the New York Jets potentially selecting Arch Manning or Dante Moore in the next NFL draft.

It’s not like we didn’t have that exact same debate throughout the 2025 college football season before both elected to return to school.

Neither Manning nor Moore has outright declared for the 2027 draft yet, and such a move likely wouldn’t happen until December at the earliest.

However, Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr is already thinking ahead, listing the Jets’ future quarterback situation in his 100 predictions for the coming season.

“Assuming Arch Manning declares and heads to the draft, and the team at No. 1 will refuse the Jets’ three-pick king’s ransom for the pick, New York will be in a position to use those picks to slot in at No. 2 to land Moore,” Orr wrote.

Orr did not explicitly predict where Manning would land. However, he believes the Cardinals — who currently have Jacoby Brissett and third-round rookie Carson Beck — will earn the No. 1 pick.

Should Jets fans want Dante Moore instead of Arch Manning?

I am not a scout, nor am I someone who spends his free time studying how Manning reads a zone blitz midway through the second quarter with the wind blowing behind the offense.

In other words, no one — not even the actual scouts—really knows how successful either Moore or Manning will be at the next level.

That might sound like a cop-out answer, but how many times have Jets fans watched other teams draft a “can’t miss” quarterback and watch things go up in smoke faster than they could have even turned the stove on?

Moore completed 71.8% of his passes for 3,565 yards, 30 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions last year. Unlike Manning, though, running isn’t a significant part of Moore’s playstyle.

In the grand scheme of things, the only thing that we know is that we know nothing.

At this time last year, Fernando Mendoza wasn’t even a consensus first-round prospect. Meanwhile, draft pundits repeatedly floated South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers as a potential No. 1 pick, and he was incredibly underwhelming.

Manning was inconsistent throughout his first season as a starter, and no one was surprised when he passed on the draft. Those early mock drafts are simply there to kill time during the dog days of summer.

But, because of his last name, Manning will be tied to the No. 1 pick until the Longhorns’ season kicks off on Sept. 5. Moore is a Power 4 starting quarterback with size (6-foot-3, 204 pounds) and whatever intangibles the draft analysts love.

At least Orr didn’t predict that the Jets would finish with the league’s worst record. Aaron Glenn can sleep well tonight knowing that one reporter somewhat believes in him.

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