When you’re the owner of the NFL’s longest playoff drought (10 years) and coming off of a season in which you posted 2 wins to 14 losses with the league’s worst offense, it’s hard to imagine a team like the New York Jets having enough talent at multiple spots on that side of the ball to generate much buzz.\u00a0 However, thanks to the handy work of Jets GM Joe Douglas, this is exactly the position the Jets find themselves in.<\/p>\n
In recent years, the Jets have been so bereft of talent that it seemed any player who showed up and had a couple of good days at practice would exponentially increase their chances of making the 53-man roster.\u00a0 Inexperienced?\u00a0 That’s fine.\u00a0 Unproven?\u00a0 Great.\u00a0 No production in recent memory?\u00a0 Not a problem.<\/p>\n
This is how the Jets spent last season watching the likes of Chris Hogan, Josh Malone, Braxton Berrios, Jeff Smith and Kalen Ballage haul in passes from departed quarterback Sam Darnold.\u00a0 Even their top boundary receiver Breshaud Perriman was a veteran journeyman who has still failed to live up to his potential.\u00a0 In 2021 though, it should be a much different story.<\/p>\n
By adding free agents Corey Davis and Kellan Cole prior to selecting Elijah Moore with the 34th pick in the draft, players who made last year’s roster and saw the field will be forced down the depth chart or off the roster entirely.\u00a0 Who stays and who goes will be determined in training camp where there will likely be just a couple of roster spots up for grabs, whereas it was wide open to all comers over much of the past few seasons.\u00a0 And as you can see from the Jets current crop of starters and backups, the guys at the bottom of the depth chart will likely be guys who have the ability to take the top off of a defense.<\/p>\n