The deadline for exercising fifth-year choices for 2022 first-round draft picks is Could 1.
Nonetheless, the Jets have already determined to select up all three of their 2022 participant choices.
On Monday, common supervisor Darren Mougey advised reporters the Jets anticipated to train fifth-year choices on cornerback Sauce Gardner, large receiver Garrett Wilson, and go rusher Jermaine Johnson.
“We have time to make that decision, but I do anticipate exercising those fifth-year options,” Mougey stated.
It was a slam dunk that the Jets would train their fifth-year choices on each Gardner and Wilson since they’re arguably the group’s two greatest gamers. In his first three seasons within the league, Gardner has received the 2022 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Yr, has been named to 2 All-Professional and two Professional Bowl groups, and has changed into the most effective cornerbacks within the league.
Gardner’s possibility since he was drafted fourth general within the 2022 NFL Draft can be $20.1 million.
Regardless of the quarterback carousel the final three seasons, Wilson has been very productive. He has caught 279 passes for 3,249 yards and 14 touchdowns. Final season, Wilson completed with a career-high 101 receptions for 1,104 yards and 7 touchdowns. Wilson was additionally named the 2022 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr after catching 83 receptions for 1,104 yards and 4 touchdowns.
There was hypothesis about whether or not the Jets will give Gardner and/or Wilson a contract extension this offseason. Nonetheless, Mougey and Jets coach Aaron Glenn have been on the job for lower than three months and this week’s draft has been their prime precedence.
“I’m going to get through the draft, but in terms of contracts and extensions on any players, I’ll always keep that in house,” Mougey stated. “We’ll keep those dealings and discussions in house.”
Whereas the choice to select up Gardner and Wilson’s fifth-year possibility was a straightforward one, that was not the case with Johnson. He’s coming off a season-ending Achilles tear he suffered in Week 2 towards the Titans.
Johnson was trying to enhance upon his Professional Bowl season in 2023, during which he registered 7.5 sacks and was anticipated to be one of many younger chess items on the Jets’ protection. His damage was vital as a result of he compelled Will McDonald and Quinnen Williams to tackle extra of the pass-rushing accountability.
Of their ultimate 12 video games of final season, the Jets registered 25 sacks, which was twenty fifth within the league throughout that span.
“Jermaine has been doing a really good job,” Glenn stated about Johnson on the NFL Annual Conferences final month. “I’ve been understanding him since he got here out of faculty as a result of we really coached him within the Senior Bowl and I do know precisely what he brings to the desk.
“He is working his a-s off to get back to where he needs to be. That player has a lot of confidence in who he is and we have a lot of confidence in him. So, we are looking forward to him getting back on the field.”
