{"id":25049,"date":"2014-05-18T02:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=25049"},"modified":"2022-04-01T03:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:48:25","slug":"young-ny-jets-wr-take-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2014\/05\/18\/young-ny-jets-wr-take-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Wide Receivers Take The Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25050\" src=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shaq_Evans\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Rookie minicamp will conclude on Sunday and all eyes are on the rookie wide receivers. \u00a0It is a position of need for the Jets. \u00a0Eric Decker was acquired via free agency and TE Jace Amaro (2nd round) will help in the passing game. \u00a0The Jets still need help at wideout. \u00a0Beyond Decker and Jeremy Kerley there are plenty of questions. \u00a0David Nelson and Stephen Hill will be vying for a starting job and Clyde Gates is in the mix as well. \u00a0The young wide receivers will set out to make a name for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday though, there were too many dropped passes at practice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rex on WR drops today: &quot;When ur head&#39;s spinning a lil bit, ur focus is a lil off.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByKimberleyA\/status\/467713461263564801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not a good day for rookie WRs: All dropping today. Rite of spring for Jets.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nyj?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nyj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichCimini\/status\/467700149738045440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Joe Carlson was at the practice and he did comment on many of the dropped passes early. \u00a0There were also nice catches mixed in and Joe provided this recap on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saunders goes all out on every play. Nice to see after years of #10 taking plays off<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JetNation (@JetNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JetNation\/status\/467694932355211264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Overall from my perspective it was a successful practice. There were some drops by the WRs but everyone looked good.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JetNation (@JetNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JetNation\/status\/467713781288939520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Quincy Enuwa is one of the rookies who took the field for the first time this weekend. \u00a0He was asked how he views the competition at wide receiver.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oh well, making the squad on any NFL team is tough. I\u2019m not going to think of it any differently. (I\u2019ve) got to compete against whoever comes out there. And I\u2019m going to compete and I\u2019m going to do everything special teams, all the aspects of the game, just trying to find a way to get on the field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shaq Evans discussed the importance of improving at rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That\u2019s the main goal when you come to rookie minicamp is just to improve every day. Especially since I have to go back and finish school, I\u2019m trying to get as much done while I\u2019m here so when I get back I can be more advanced in the playbook and more advanced in our thought process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the wide receivers that are trying to make the roster, special teams can set them apart. \u00a0Enuwa was asked about special teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(It\u2019s) very important. Being a sixth-round draft pick, that\u2019s one of those rounds where you\u2019ve really got to make sure you find a way to get on the field. You know I\u2019m going to work regardless. I\u2019m going to try to do special teams and if I can find a way to squeeze into the depth chart on the receiver side of the field I\u2019m going to do that as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please click the link to read our full <a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2014\/05\/18\/jets-rookie-minicamp-recap\/\">NY Jets rookie minicamp report<\/a>quicky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rookie minicamp will conclude on Sunday and all eyes are on the rookie wide receivers. \u00a0It is a position of need for the Jets. \u00a0Eric Decker was acquired via free agency and TE Jace Amaro (2nd round) will help in the passing game. \u00a0The Jets still need help at wideout. \u00a0Beyond Decker and Jeremy Kerley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1337,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-home-slider","9":"category-camp-reports"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Shaq_Evans_.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-6w1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25051,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25049\/revisions\/25051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}