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NY Jets mini camp is here and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich<\/a><\/strong> spoke to the media on Tuesday.\u00a0 He was asked about several players and gave these updates:<\/p>\n

Quinnen Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got very high expectations. He\u2019s a guy that last year at this time, as we all know, he was injured. He broke his foot and he delt with that for quite a bit. And, although he didn\u2019t say anything to anyone, like if you were to ask him man to man. There\u2019s something to be said about a guy that misses camp, misses the offseason. Not only was the scheme new and all that was new, but you\u2019re still getting your feet underneath you, your legs underneath you. I feel like last year he was in a little bit of catch-up mode the entire season. So, for this year to have a full offseason of absolutely rolling I think he\u2019s finding new levels of strain. I think he\u2019s going places that he hasn\u2019t gone to in the past, regarding the way he works on a daily basis. The sky is the absolute limit for this man. I can\u2019t wait to see what he can do on Sundays.<\/p>\n

Jermaine Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m just getting to know him now as a person. You see a big, long athlete that can move \u2013 he\u2019s got explosion, he\u2019s got speed, he\u2019s got bend \u2013 all the stuff that rushers need to have from a physical standpoint. Now it\u2019s just learning his game. Learning the intricacies of the position, learning how to strain on a daily basis. Learning the grit that\u2019s necessary to be successful on the line.<\/p>\n

Sauce Gardner<\/strong><\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t repeat errors. He\u2019s a guy that is so hungry to learn. If he gets beat, most of the time he just figure it out on his own because he has such a good football brain, and a thirst for the game and a thirst to get better and learn and grow. But if he doesn\u2019t figure it out, he\u2019ll go immediately to TO (Tony Oden), to Marquand (Manuel), myself, whoever and figure it out. And it doesn\u2019t show up again. He\u2019s going to have his lumps and his rookie moments which they all do, but at the same time there\u2019s not going be a lot of them. Probably less than most.<\/p>\n

Jason Pinnock<\/strong><\/p>\n

From a physical standpoint there\u2019s really nothing different. I mean here\u2019s this long, big, physical safety that\u2019s just got range. He checks off all the physical boxes. Now for him, it\u2019s about learning the position, he\u2019s a long-time corner. Corners aren\u2019t typically the greatest communicators. They haven\u2019t had to learn the whole game, they\u2019ve learned their side of the field, they\u2019ve learned their techniques. So, a lot of the time when you get him back there it\u2019s not only the technique, it\u2019s the vision, it\u2019s the communication. He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s getting better, and he\u2019s getting more comfortable with the position. Still got a ways to go though.<\/p>\n

(follow up) When you guys drafted him did you have a thought in your head that he might be able to be a safety one day or was it the injuries last year and things that happened, and his skill set. What made you make the conversion to Safety?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think, going back to Coach Saleh\u2019s time with San Francisco when they had Jimmy Ward, and in this defense, especially when you get into certain formations, we have safeties that have to cover in a man-to-man against a wide receiver. Jimmy Ward was that guy in San Francisco, a converted corner that went to safety and was able to assume that role at a high level. We are searching for that same guy. That\u2019s why Lamarcus has so much value to us. Here\u2019s a guy that\u2019s played nickel, he\u2019s played corner in some capacity, so he knows how to play man. We feel comfortable and he feels comfortable covering wide receivers in a man capacity. Now we\u2019re trying to find another guy that can assume that same role. Pinnock is getting better. We are very excited about what he will be, but he\u2019s still a young player and has a long way to go.<\/p>\n

Jordan Whitehead<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are so fortunate to have gotten him. He is an amazing human being. Every day he does something that just lights me up again. Like damn, he can do that, he can do that, he can do that. I don\u2019t know what his role was in Tampa regarding was he a leader or not, but he has absolutely assumed that role here with the fellas. They absolutely gravitate towards him, and they follow his lead and he does a great job of that. It\u2019s just rare that you get a guy in free agency like that because typically when you check all the boxes physically, you check all the boxes from a character standpoint, teams don\u2019t let you go. The fact that we were able to get him is huge.<\/p>\n

The linebacker group; C.J. Mosley and Quincy Williams. What about the rest of the room?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamien Sherwood is obviously a guy who couldn\u2019t participate because of the Achilles, still coming back. Just knowing him, he is an absolute tireless worker, he is going to be ready when it\u2019s time to go. Excited about him. Him and Hamsah (Nasirildeen) both, they\u2019re converted safeties, so last year was trial by fire. It\u2019s like new position, NFL, speed change, everything, new playbook. So, it was a lot thrown at those guys. So, for them to do as well as they did, it\u2019s still a surprise. The fact that now they have, like I always believe your rookie season you\u2019re drowning. Someone is just pushing their hand on your head, and you\u2019re just trying to breathe and stay afloat and then you have those offseason where things start to slow down, that\u2019s where the information starts to absorb. I think both of those guys are in that place now and they\u2019re starting to get the position, so I\u2019m excited about both of them taking a huge jump. I think Marcell (Harris), he brings an edge, a toughness, he\u2019s got some, I can\u2019t say the word I want to say. He\u2019s got some of that, this is my job, but every once and awhile when I know, I go and I shoot my gun. It\u2019s hard for some guys because guys are so conscientious to do right all the time. He is, too, not to say that he isn\u2019t, but he also has that X-Factor that all playmakers have where he just shoots his gun sometimes. I think he shows the other guys there\u2019s a place for that. Not all the time, but there is a place for that. So, he brings that, which I absolutely appreciate. It\u2019s a really good group. Del\u2019Shawn (Phillips) is a guy that you love because he can absolutely do right. If you put him out there, he will get every single human being on the same page. So, he brings a lot of value in that way. We get quality reps whenever he\u2019s running it because you just know that he\u2019s going to run it and he\u2019s going to do right. So, it\u2019s a young group, it\u2019s an inexperienced group, but it\u2019s a group we\u2019re excited about.<\/p>\n

If C.J. is out again, who is your MIKE linebacker?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know that yet, honestly. I don\u2019t know that. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a combination of moving Quincy around, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s Jamien, Hamsah, Del\u2019Shawn, I think it\u2019s way too early to tell. If I were to speculate, you\u2019d think maybe Jamien just from the standpoint of he\u2019s such a high-level communicator. We\u2019re far from that, I think.<\/p>\n

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