Two years after the Jets chosen him within the second spherical of the NFL draft, Denzel Mims needs out.
The extensive receiver has requested a commerce from the Jets, his agent Ron Slavin stated Thursday.
“It’s simply time,” Slavin stated in an announcement to The Put up. “Denzel has tried in good religion however it's clear he doesn't have a future with the Jets. Denzel vowed to return again higher than ever this season and he labored extraordinarily laborious within the offseason to make that occur. Nonetheless, he has been given no alternatives with the beginning offense to get right into a groove with them. We really feel at this level a commerce is our solely possibility, for the reason that Jets have repeatedly informed us they won't launch him. [General manager] Joe Douglas has all the time accomplished proper by Denzel and we belief that he'll do every little thing in his energy to search out one other workforce the place Denzel could be a contributor.”
The query of whether or not Mims would make the roster or if the Jets ought to commerce him has lingered over coaching camp. Groups should minimize their rosters to 53 gamers by Tuesday and lots of trades will occur across the league earlier than then.
Douglas drafted Mims with the 59th-overall decide in 2020. He performed in 9 video games as a rookie and had 23 catches for 357 yards, exhibiting flashes of potential. The complete teaching employees that drafted him was fired after that season and Mims by no means appeared to earn the belief of recent head coach Robert Saleh or his employees.
A bout of meals poisoning in 2021 saved Mims out of many of the program that spring. He misplaced 20 kilos on the time and it took him some time to regain his power. When coaching camp started, he was buried on the depth chart and gave the impression to be within the coaches’ doghouse. He performed 11 video games in 2021, catching eight passes for 133 yards. He was a wholesome inactive in two video games early within the season. A bout with COVID-19 harm him late.
Jets coaches appeared to have a problem with Mims’ work ethic and a focus to element.
Saleh and offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur heaped reward on Mims this spring and summer time relating to the form by which he returned after the offseason. Nonetheless, Mims practiced principally with the second-team and third-team, hardly ever taking part in with beginning quarterback Zach Wilson, when he was wholesome.
Mims is simply 24 years previous and has uncommon bodily presents, so he ought to draw curiosity from different groups. The 6-foot-3, 207-pounder ran a 4.38 40-yard sprint popping out of Baylor. He was recognized for profitable contested catches and confirmed a few of that potential as a rookie.
However he has been buried on the depth chart the previous two years. Since they drafted Mims, the Jets have signed Corey Davis as a free agent, drafted Elijah Moore within the second spherical in 2021 and chosen Garrett Wilson within the first spherical this yr. Additionally they re-signed Braxton Berrios to a free-agent deal this offseason. That has left Mims because the fifth extensive receiver, at greatest. On most days, Jeff Smith has been within the rotation forward of him.
Mims caught three passes for 43 yards within the preseason sport towards the Falcons on Monday evening, together with a 27-yarder that arrange a discipline objective simply earlier than halftime. He was additionally flagged for an unlawful block on a punt return. The Jets have tried to discover a function on particular groups for Mims, one thing they worth for his or her substitute receivers. Within the Jets’ first preseason sport towards the Eagles, Mims had two catches for 25 yards. He additionally drew an unlawful formation penalty and had a drop.
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