{"id":44827,"date":"2019-05-23T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=44827"},"modified":"2019-05-23T23:24:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T03:24:21","slug":"following-first-ota-presser-time-for-focus-to-get-back-on-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/05\/23\/following-first-ota-presser-time-for-focus-to-get-back-on-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Following First OTA Presser, Time for Focus to get Back on Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, so Adam Gase held his first press conference since the firing of Mike Maccagnan and cooler heads prevailed in a room full of reporters who lobbed one grenade after another in his direction.&nbsp; Gase <a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/05\/23\/gase-meets-media-addresses-maccagnan-firing\/\"><strong>handled it well<\/strong><\/a> before heading out to the practice field to get&nbsp; a look at his brand new club going through drills, and this is exactly where the focus of this team should be from here on out.&nbsp; On the team.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the search for a GM is under way and will grab headlines throughout the process, but Mike Maccagnan is out and the players are in the building for week one of OTA&#8217;s.&nbsp; There&#8217;s no reason why Adam Gase and company wouldn&#8217;t have been focused on their jobs up to this point if they block out the noise, but now would probably be a good time for beat writers on both the local and national level, along with fans everywhere, to move on and talk football.&nbsp; There was some of that today on twitter for those in attendance, so let&#8217;s take a look at who was saying what.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like Sam Darnold got off to a solid start and Robby Anderson did was Robby Anderson does; beat the defense deep for a 43-yard TD according to Connor Hughes of the Athletic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sam Darnols touchdown. Beautiful 43-yard strike Robby Anderson. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/1131590165284179968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Those who&#8217;d hoped to see the defense take on the personality of coordinator Gregg Williams won&#8217;t be disappointed to hear that the group broke their huddles with a rather interesting statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jets defensive players and coaches are very loud and energetic. Laryngitis is in their near future. <\/p>\n<p>They broke their defensive huddle this way: \u201cCome Get Some, Bitch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swagger is not in short supply. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3mLfWb4pjb\">pic.twitter.com\/3mLfWb4pjb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMehtaSports\/status\/1131589498603823106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Free agent addition Jamison Crowder opened plenty of eyes in doing what he does best, getting open underneath as noted by Rich Cimini of ESPN New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jamison Crowder has serious quicks and he\u2019s getting open consistently. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichCimini\/status\/1131594913160847360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>While it&#8217;s just a single play from a single OTA practice from a couple of back-ups, keep an eye on undrafted free agent wide receiver Jeff Smith out of Boston College.&nbsp; A converted quarterback, Smith has gadget play potential and some explosion as a receiver as evidenced by his 4.37 40 time at his pro day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Davis Webb just threw a gorgeous bomb to Jeff Smith. Couldn\u2019t have hand placed it any better. Beat Kyron Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/1131601350658277377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Smith is a long shot to make the roster, but showed excellent awareness and body control in the early stages of his development at the position during his time at BC.<\/p>\n<p>So there we have it; some actual football talk.&nbsp; Feels good, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, so Adam Gase held his first press conference since the firing of Mike Maccagnan and cooler heads prevailed in a room full of reporters who lobbed one grenade after another in his direction.&nbsp; Gase handled it well before heading out to the practice field to get&nbsp; a look at his brand new club going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":33581,"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":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3533.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-bF1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44827","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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44835,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44827\/revisions\/44835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}