It’s about that point for gamers to report for coaching camp.
Jets rookies will report back to coaching camp on July 19. The veteran will report on July 22 and the group will maintain their first follow the following day.
When he was employed by the Jets in January, Glenn was labeled a tradition builder after serving to the Lions go from NFL backside feeders to contenders in 4 seasons. He’s hoping to do the identical with a Jets franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2010.
Let’s check out a few of the prime storylines to look at:
CAN FIELDS FINALLY LIVE UP TO HIS POTENTIAL?
The Jets signed Justin Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract in March, hoping he can revitalize his profession. We’ve got seen different quarterbacks, akin to Baker Mayfield, Geno Smith, and Sam Darnold, who’ve skilled resurrections later of their careers, and Fields is hoping to be subsequent up.
Fields, 26, is coming off a season during which he recorded the best completion proportion (65.8%) in his lone season with the Steelers. Nevertheless, that was in a small pattern measurement after beginning simply six video games earlier than Russell Wilson returned from a calf damage.
Since he was drafted eleventh total by the Bears within the 2021 NFL Draft, Fields’ profession has been uneven as a passer. He has thrown for 7,780 yards, 45 touchdowns, and 31 interceptions in 50 profession video games.
Glenn’s mission when the Jets signed Fields was to make him an all-around quarterback, not simply an athlete who performs the place. First-year offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand, who was the Lions’ passing recreation coordinator for 3 seasons, will probably be liable for serving to Fields attain that untapped potential.
Throughout practices within the spring, Fields continued to enhance as he discovered Engstrand’s offense, which is able to resemble the Lions’ system. Plenty of stress is on Fields this season. If he doesn’t reside as much as the expectations the Jets have for him, they may launch him subsequent offseason and save $10 million with a June 1 designation.
That will additionally probably imply the Jets will probably be out there for a quarterback in subsequent 12 months’s draft.
WHO WILL STEP UP AS THE JETS’ WR2?
Garrett Wilson might be poised to have the perfect season of his profession. Fields and Wilson have chemistry courting again to their time collectively at Ohio State, the place they have been teammates for 2 seasons (2019-20).
However who would be the Jets’ second receiving possibility reverse Wilson?
Josh Reynolds, whom the Jets signed to a $2.75 million contract within the spring, seems to be the early chief within the clubhouse. He has caught simply 13 passes for 194 yards and a landing throughout his time with the Broncos and Jaguars final season.
Reynolds, 30, was launched by the Broncos final December and claimed by the Jaguars, who lower him in March.
Throughout coaching camp, Reynolds will face competitors from Allen Lazard, Tyler Johnson, Xavier Gipson, fourth-round rookie Arian Smith, and former third-round decide Malachi Corley.
The Jets additionally drafted tight finish Mason Taylor, who was a dependable goal throughout OTAs (organized group actions) and obligatory minicamp.
WILL DEFENSE CONTINUE TO PLAY AT TOP LEVEL?
Shortly after he was employed in January, Glenn employed Steve Wilks to supervise a Jets protection that has completed within the prime 5 in yards allowed every of the final three seasons.
With a brand new system in place, will the unit proceed to play at a excessive stage? Wilks takes over a Jets protection that returns eight starters from a group that completed third in yards allowed (313.8).
However that quantity was an optical phantasm following Robert Saleh’s firing after Week 5. Of their closing 12 video games, the Jets have been twenty eighth in factors (26.6) and 18th in yards allowed per recreation (337.9).
Wilks is understood for his aggressive and bodily model of protection, characterised by a excessive variety of blitzes and zone coverages. When Glenn was the defensive coordinator of the Lions, he most well-liked to make use of a number of man-to-man protection.
The Jets’ defensive system is anticipated to be a mix of each Wilks’ and Glenn’s types.
WILL GARDNER & WILSON RECEIVE EXTENSIONS?
The Jets hit a grand slam with their 2022 draft class of Wilson and Sauce Gardner, who each gained the NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Yr Awards, respectively. Now it’s time to pay the piper or, on this case, prolong them.
Fortunately for the Jets, they’ve already exercised the fifth-year possibility for each gamers and they are going to be below contract till after the 2026 season. However they’d like to lock up each gamers for the foreseeable future.
Ideally, it could be nice to increase each gamers earlier than the beginning of the common season. The Jets did that final 12 months once they signed cornerback Michael Carter II to a three-year, $30.75 million contract extension final September.
Gardner’s contract extension might be the best of the 2, contemplating Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. acquired a three-year, $90 million deal in the course of the offseason, which made him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL historical past. Gardner has been a two-time first-team All-Professional and Professional Bowl choice throughout his first three seasons, so he’ll probably obtain barely greater than Stingley at any time when the extension occurs.
WHO HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE?
There are just a few gamers on the Jets roster who’ve one thing to show. Amongst them are Lazard, Corley, and working again Breece Corridor.
As well as, the Jets assured $1.75 million of Lazard’s base pay and voided the ultimate 12 months of his contract. That can enable Lazard to develop into a free agent subsequent offseason.
In two seasons, Lazard has struggled after compiling 60 catches, 841 yards, and 7 touchdowns after signing a four-year, $44 million contract in 2023. He was benched throughout his first season with the Jets after catching simply 23 passes for 311 yards and one landing in 14 video games.
Like Lazard, Corridor can be within the closing 12 months of his contract. In most of his tenure with the Jets, Corridor has been the No. 1 working again.
Though that’s nonetheless anticipated to be the case with Engstrand now overseeing the offense, the Jets will make use of a working again by committee system with second-year gamers Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis.
Whereas Lazard and Corridor will probably each make the group, there’s no assure for Corley, who missed substantial time within the spring as a result of an undisclosed damage. Engstrand instructed reporters final month that Corley will “have to find a way to catch himself up.”
This Jets regime didn’t draft Corley, and there’s no assure he’ll make the ultimate roster. Particularly after his solely notable play final season was an embarrassing ball drop/fumble contained in the one-yard line towards the Texans, which resulted in a touchback.
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