The Jets will maintain their remaining workforce actions this week once they congregate for a three-day necessary minicamp starting Tuesday.
With that in thoughts, it’s time to have yet another Jets mailbag earlier than the workforce breaks for six weeks.
For individuals who don’t know, Corley has been absent from OTA practices this spring attributable to an undisclosed damage. OTAs had been purported to be a chance for Corley to point out he deserves a bigger position on the Jets roster.
However it’s difficult to make the membership from the bathtub.
Over a 12 months in the past, the Jets made a daring transfer by buying and selling as much as choose Corley at sixty fifth total within the 2024 NFL Draft. However he struggled to make an affect, ending the season with simply three catches for 16 yards.
Corley’s largest play throughout his rookie season was a blunder in a victory in opposition to the Texans. In what would have been his first profession landing, Corley dropped the ball on the one-yard line proper earlier than crossing the goalline.
Now, Corley should show himself to a unique coach [Aaron Glenn] and common supervisor [Darren Mougey] than those who drafted him, [Robert Saleh and Joe Douglas]. That isn’t straightforward to do when he hasn’t been practising just lately.
My guess is that so long as Corley is wholesome and prepared for coaching camp, he may have an excellent likelihood to make the Jets’ 53-man roster. Glenn seems to have a transparent concept of how the Jets offense want to make the most of Corley, given his talent set. He’s additionally a comparatively younger and reasonably priced choice, and the Jets are embarking on a youth motion in 12 months 1 of the Glenn/Mougey period.
“Here’s what I remember from Corley, his ability to get the ball in his hands and make something happen,” Glenn stated final week. “And when you’ve gotten a participant like that, the very first thing you concentrate on is screens, you concentrate on punt return, kick return, you concentrate on issues like that.
“Now, we have a ways to go to really try to figure out exactly where we’re going to place him, because he’s been in-and-out, that’s just what it is. But there’s a plan for him, and we’re going to make sure that we try to utilize him to what he can do best, and we’ve seen that in college and hopefully he gets well soon, and we get a chance to utilize his skill set.”
It’s value noting that the Jets would save $1.07 million in the event that they had been to launch Corley.
Earlier than I get into these potentialities, I’m undecided the Jets’ Week 1 kicker is at present on their roster. Proper now, Anders Carlson and Caden Davis are competing for the spot after Greg Zuerlein was launched final month.
Carlson seems to have the leg up within the competitors, however each kicker have had their misses throughout OTAs. Carlson has had a blocked kick and missed one other one throughout media availability. Nevertheless, he has made two 50-plus discipline objectives.
If the Jets are going to think about UFL kickers, Rodrigo Blankenship might be their best choice. He went 21-for-22 on discipline objectives throughout the common season together with his longest coming from 56 yards. Blankenship does have NFL expertise, having performed 4 seasons with the Colts and Cardinals.
If the Jets go the non-UFL route, free agent Eddy Pineiro is another choice they might take into account. Final season for the Panthers, he made 22 of 26 discipline objectives and 33 of 35 further factors. Pinerio additionally has expertise with the Jets, having performed 5 video games for the workforce in 2021 earlier than being launched after coaching camp the next 12 months.
I don’t assume the Jets are going to go loopy and signal a bunch of well-known veteran free brokers earlier than coaching camp. However a couple of positions are regarding heading into coaching camp.
Amongst them is the vast receiver place exterior of Garrett Wilson. The Jets’ different receivers are Corley, Allen Lazard, Josh Reynolds, Xavier Gipson, Tyler Johnson, and rookie Arian Smith. Collectively, the group caught a mixed 85 receptions and eight touchdowns final season.
Except somebody noteworthy turns into obtainable, the Jets will possible stick with the group that they’ve. To not point out, Smith has been flashed throughout OTAs together with his unbelievable pace.
There may be additionally some unease concerning the defensive deal with place reverse Quinnen Williams.
The Jets’ dashing protection was subpar a 12 months in the past after permitting 121.1 yards on the bottom. They didn’t deal with the place throughout the draft, however they signed former Chiefs defensive deal with Derrick Nnadi and former Bengals defensive deal with Jay Tufele, who will possible be used on a rotational foundation. I may see the Jets probably including one other defensive deal with following remaining cuts in late August.
I discussed this within the final mailbag a couple of weeks in the past. I perceive the Jets haven’t made the playoffs since 2010, however that has nothing to do with Glenn and Mougey.
Followers ought to give this new regime an opportunity to construct their tradition and herald the kind of gamers they envision for his or her roster. Might the Jets be one of many shock groups of 2025? They might as a result of they’ve eight starters coming back from a protection that has completed within the high 5 every of the final two seasons and an improved offensive line on paper.
It’ll all come all the way down to how a lot Justin Fields continues to develop, not simply throughout coaching camp, but in addition throughout the precise common season. It is a new system for him, however Fields has been used to enjoying in a wide range of completely different offensive schemes since his time in Chicago. His career-high completion share final 12 months (65.8%) ought to give Jets followers optimism.
I’m undecided the Jets will likely be a playoff workforce in 2025, given the abundance of youth on their roster. However I wouldn’t be stunned in the event that they received a couple of video games late within the season and have momentum for a attainable playoff push in 2026.
