The Jets spent the week in Cellular, Ala., on the Senior Bowl, the place the teaching employees, because the Nationwide Group coaches, obtained to see prospects up shut. It was nice entry for the Jets to gamers they are going to be evaluating for the subsequent 2 ½ months heading into the NFL draft.
Listed below are some ideas and observations after spending a while in Cellular this week and speaking to folks contained in the workforce and folks across the league:
1. The Jets haven't began their in-depth conferences on free company but. That may start this week and go for the subsequent few weeks, earlier than the mix begins on March 1.
It's too quickly to know what they is likely to be pondering concerning free company, however there are some indications in relation to their very own free brokers. There's a good probability that Braxton Berrios and Folorunso Fatukasi will hit the open market. That doesn't imply the Jets gained’t re-sign them, however they might get to check the market and see the place their worth is with different groups.
Berrios is a tricky contract to determine. Is he primarily a returner who can play some receiver? That could be how the Jets view him. Or is he a beginning slot receiver? That's most likely how Berrios and his agent see it. These can be two very totally different wanting contracts.
As for Fatukasi, he's an excellent run stopper and a frontrunner contained in the locker room. He doesn't have an effect on the quarterback, so he gained’t get large cash. However he and his agent would possibly wish to see what he can fetch on the open market earlier than taking regardless of the Jets provide.
Issues will change into clearer on the NFL Mix in the course of the first week of March. That's when tampering heats up and everybody will get a clearer image of a participant’s worth. It's potential the Jets will lock up the gamers between the mix and the opening of free company on March 16, as soon as they see what their markets seem like.
2. As early as it's to be speaking free company, it's untimely to be speaking about whom the Jets would possibly draft. However one factor that's clear is that Joe Douglas goes to be lobbied by the defensive coaches for assist. Douglas and the Jets used their first 4 draft picks final yr on offensive gamers. Their prime funding on protection in free company, Carl Lawson, was misplaced to a season-ending harm in August. It was no coincidence the Jets had the worst protection within the NFL.
Aside from Quinnen Williams, they haven't used a premium decide on a defensive participant up to now 4 drafts. Beneath Douglas it has been all offense within the first and second rounds of drafts. The Jets want playmakers on protection. They actually need assistance at edge rusher, cornerback and security. It could be a shock if Douglas didn't hit a minimum of two of these positions within the first two rounds of the draft.
3. Head coach Robert Saleh made some headlines in Cellular when he mentioned that Mekhi Becton must compete with George Fant to win again his beginning left sort out spot. Contained in the Jets, this was seen as an apparent assertion. They weren't going to simply hand him the job again after Fant performed so properly in his absence.
The Jets nonetheless imagine very a lot in Becton and the ability he confirmed as a rookie. It's clear they wish to see how he responds to this problem. No matter occurs, he might be a part of the beginning offensive line, both at left or proper sort out. However the Jets wish to see if Becton turns into extra of an expert and assaults this offseason.
4. Probably the most spectacular participant I noticed was Boston Faculty inside offensive lineman Zion Johnson. He was primarily a guard in faculty, however moved to heart on the Senior Bowl. He was sturdy on the level of assault and I didn't see him get beat in observe. Jets coaches have been impressed along with his grasp of the offense, too. He's a reputation to look at for the Jets within the draft.
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