{"id":45196,"date":"2019-07-08T18:24:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=45196"},"modified":"2019-07-08T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T22:24:07","slug":"picking-apart-the-depth-chart-jets-2019-tight-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/07\/08\/picking-apart-the-depth-chart-jets-2019-tight-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking Apart the Depth Chart: Jets 2019 Tight Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jets training camp is right around the corner as the much-anticipated 2019 season gets under way at 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park when players report in the final week of July.&nbsp; JetNation.com has you covered as we&#8217;ll be breaking down the team&#8217;s depth chart at each position from top to bottom.&nbsp; Today, we kick it all off with the tight ends.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a group that&#8217;s led by second-year player Chris Herndon but with little behind him in terms of proven talent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Herndon-&nbsp;<\/strong>Herndon enters his second NFL season with much anticipation after an impressive rookie season that saw him haul in 39 passes for 502 yards and 4 touchdowns.&nbsp; Aside from opening lots of eyes as a receiver, Herndon proved himself to be more than capable as a blocker.&nbsp; A legitimate threat to become an outstanding dual threat player, Herndon and quarterback Sam Darnold have a chance to be something special for&nbsp; years to come.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Re-watching some clips for Jets\/Packers and this play from Herndon will never get old. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCI7lMZhhW\">pic.twitter.com\/xCI7lMZhhW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Naughton (@JNRadio_Glenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNRadio_Glenn\/status\/1104116516675600390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Eric Tomlinson-&nbsp;<\/strong>The incumbent no. 2 tight end whose primary role is to serve as a blocker is on thin ice.&nbsp; Following what many believe was his worst season as a pro in 2019, Tomlinson will be pushed by rookie tight end Trevon Wesco, who many feel was the top blocking tight end in this class.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevon Wesco-&nbsp;<\/strong>The aforementioned rookie out of West Virginia could be a valuable piece in Adam Gase&#8217;s offense.&nbsp; With the ability to line up as a tight end, fullback or H-back with a fearless demeanor and underrated hands, Wesco&#8217;s arrival will <a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/04\/27\/addition-of-trevon-wesco-bad-news-for-eric-tomlinson\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Jetnationcom+%28JetNation.com%29\"><strong>likely spell the end for Eric Tomlinson<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dark Horse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Brown-&nbsp;<\/strong>A little-known player who has managed to catch just 35 balls in 5 pro seasons, Brown was a college wide receiver with whom Adam Gase has some degree of familiarity given their time together with the Bears.&nbsp; Several scribes on the Jets beat spoke highly of Brown&#8217;s performance in OTA&#8217;s and given his familiarity with the offense, could jump out to an early head start in the competition for a final roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts on this or any other article on JetNation.com?&nbsp; Click <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.jetnation.com\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> to log in to our forums to speak your mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jets training camp is right around the corner as the much-anticipated 2019 season gets under way at 1 Jets Drive in Florham Park when players report in the final week of July.&nbsp; JetNation.com has you covered as we&#8217;ll be breaking down the team&#8217;s depth chart at each position from top to bottom.&nbsp; Today, we kick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":40266,"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],"tags":[2905,3054,2533,2856,3079],"class_list":{"0":"post-45196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"tag-chris-herndon","9":"tag-daniel-brown","10":"tag-eric-tomlinson","11":"tag-sam-darnold","12":"tag-trevon-wesco"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7063a-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-bKY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45196","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=45196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45198,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45196\/revisions\/45198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}