{"id":49699,"date":"2020-03-16T17:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=49699"},"modified":"2020-03-16T22:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T02:28:42","slug":"mind-the-stopgap-joe-d-should-look-to-some-vets-to-fill-gaps-for-short-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2020\/03\/16\/mind-the-stopgap-joe-d-should-look-to-some-vets-to-fill-gaps-for-short-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind the Stopgap; Joe D Should Look to Some Vets to Fill Gaps for Short-Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, in a perfect world, Jets GM Joe Douglas would come out of this off-season with every meaningful hole on his roster filled with a young proven starter or highly-rated draft pick for the Jets moving forward.\u00a0 However, that&#8217;s just no a realistic possibility at this point, so there are some spots that should be filled with proven vets on short-term deals who can be replaced in a year or two.\u00a0 Some possibilites?<\/p>\n<p><strong>LT Jason Peters:\u00a0<\/strong>Even at 38-years-old, Peters is one of the top pass protecters in the NFL.\u00a0 The Jets could always look to add the big left tackle to protect Sam Darnold&#8217;s blind side and then use pick no. 11 on his eventual replacement who could then play right tackle or a guard spot for a year while learning the ropes from Peters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB Prince Amukamara:\u00a0<\/strong>According to Connor Hughes of the Athletic, the Jets are showing some interest in Amukamara, who is past his prime, but could still be a CB2 for a season or two.\u00a0 If the Jets were to add a big name such as Byron Jones to pair with Amuakamara, it would be a much improved secondary with Bless Austin providing quality depth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> are among teams poking around ex-Giants\/Bears CB Prince Amukamara, per source. <\/p>\n<p>Would be a good signing for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYJ<\/a>. Yes, they need a No. 1 CB \u2026 also a No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Amukamara is 30, but still playing good ball: PFF coverage  grades of 71.5, 77.1, 70.5 last 3 years. Outside CB<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/1239644933008568324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>OG Greg Van Roten:\u00a0<\/strong>We first mentioned Van Roten as a player the Jets should be looking at during our offensive free agents preview on Jetnation Radio and since that time his name has emerged as a possible Jets target.\u00a0 At 30-years-old he&#8217;s no spring chicken, but has quietly been a solid player for the Panthers over the past few seasons and could offer insurance on the interior offensive line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RB Jonathan Williams:<\/strong> We may like him more than most, but Williams showed a nice combination of burst and power in limited carries last seaosn for the Colts.\u00a0 With so many questions at running back, a player like Williams could come in on a short deal and add some depth behind Le&#8217;Veon Bell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, in a perfect world, Jets GM Joe Douglas would come out of this off-season with every meaningful hole on his roster filled with a young proven starter or highly-rated draft pick for the Jets moving forward.\u00a0 However, that&#8217;s just no a realistic possibility at this point, so there are some spots that should be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":48421,"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":[3191,3192,3190],"class_list":{"0":"post-49699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"tag-greg-van-roten","9":"tag-jonathan-williams","10":"tag-prince-amukamara"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Joe-Douglas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-cVB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49699","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=49699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49701,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49699\/revisions\/49701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}