As the Jets wrapped up their minicamp last week with all players in attendance, head coach Robert Saleh did his end-of-camp Q&A with the media and covered a variety of topics in regards to Gang Green.\u00a0 Perhaps most interesting was what Saleh had to say about his team’s lack of experience at the cornerback position where there is essentially none.<\/p>\n
With no proven veterans to lean on, Saleh sounded like most head coaches when he said he’d like to get a look at his younger players, but as he began to elaborate, it sounded less and less like a canned answer and increasingly like something Saleh truly believes.\u00a0 Having worked under Pete Carroll with he Seahawks, Saleh quoted the Super Bowl winning head coach regarding young players in saying “Pete <\/span>Carroll<\/span> used to say you can\u2019t be afraid to play young guys. They\u2019re hell on wheels and they\u2019re fun to watch. There will be ups and downs. Trials and tribulations. You can\u2019t be afraid because there is light at the end of the tunnel.”<\/span><\/p>\n That’s a step or two further than most coaches would offer in place of the usual “we’re excited about the guys on our roster” that comes straight off the color-coded head coach wrist band.\u00a0 It also shows the tremendous confidence Saleh has in himself and his staff.<\/p>\n