Five Changes I Want To See The New York Jets Make

Five Changes I Want To See The New York Jets Make

All [Music] right, guys. What’s going on? Welcome in. In this one, I almost wanted to do like rapid fire style changes that I would make. Changes that I would make right now with this New York Jets team. No, it’s not going to be, you know, stuff like firing Steve Wols, firing Aaron Glenn, but it’s just personnel decisions. It’s decisions on game day that I feel like, you know what, it what we’re seeing right now, it can’t get much worse. And again, rapid fire style. Uh, let’s dive into it. First order of business, let’s talk about something that the Jets just simply can’t figure out. Kick return, right? Kick return, punt return, hanging on to the football, not having these big time blunders. I mean, you look at where like most starting field position is is kicking off in 2025. It is so easy for offenses, right, compared to how it used to be where it was almost like starting at the 20 every every drive. I mean, you see how many drives do you see just start at midfield now. It it’s absolutely insane. The Jets have got to be able to take advantage of these new rules. I mean, we’ve had two games where special teams play has literally cost the Jets games. Pittsburgh and Miami. Now, I personally thought that Kane Inu was going to be healthy for this upcoming week, but I just read that he’s still off to the side working with trainers. He’s, you know, he’s still listed as a day-to-day player. Uh, which sucks because I really like what he was able to show, you know, preseason and whatnot, but for the time being, instead of doing this weird like Isaiah Williams signs to the practice squad, then he’s on the active roster. Forget Jamal Pritchette. Put Jamal Pritchette back there. He’s an undrafted free agent who a lot of Jets fans were excited about when the Jets initially signed him as an undrafted free agent. Known for his return skills, we saw those return skills on display in preeason. Again, it’s not getting worse. At this point, we’re just hoping that the guy doesn’t fumble. And yet, that is happening. So, for me, I’m giving the undrafted Fijian a chance. So, personally, that’s my game plan, right? If Ka can’t go, Pritchette’s in the game returning kicks. Boom. There it is. Case closed. We’ll see how he does. Moving on to wide receiver. Wide receiver has been absolutely horrible for this Jets team. Obviously, excluding Garrett Wilson, who is on an absolute tear this season. Man, is this guy explosive as hell, right? We all we already knew this, but Garrett just looks like he’s taken another step to his game. It’s unbelievable. But outside of Garrett again, it’s Lazard who is inactive again this week. Josh Reynolds has five catches for 47 yards on the season. Tyler Johnson has pretty much been ineffective up to this point. Um, for whatever reason, the Jets just don’t throw to Aryen Smith. I don’t know if that’s an Aryan Smith problem. I don’t know if that’s a Justin Fields problem. I don’t know if that’s a Tanner Instrand problem, but he’s just not utilized. So instead of giving all of these reps to, you know, the older veterans that I we just feel like, okay, we know who they are at this point, I’m activating Brandon Smith and Quinton Skinner. If you want to do maybe one this week and then see how he does and then, you know, reassess the following week. Okay, that’s understandable. Not only did both Skinner and Smith make plays in the preseason, in the case of Brandon Smith, I mean, this guy had over 100 yards in preeason in just the three games. You know, I’m looking at how they played. You know, they really attacked the football. They were really aggressive, right? Just overall physical players and they’re young and they have upsides. We know exactly who Lazard is. We know exactly who Josh Reynolds is. These players aren’t getting any better. They are not. And they’re clearly not helping the team out right now. As far as overall production is concerned in the passing game, Brandon Smith, Quinton Skinner, I’m not saying these guys are top 10 wide receivers in any category or anything like that. I’m not saying that, oh, these guys are the franchise wide receiver, too. No, but what they do bring to the table is youth, hunger, and a glimmer of hope that, hey, you know what? With more snaps, with more opportunities, they can get better. I mean, the bar is really not that high. I would rather give the snaps to the young, hungry players that showed something in preseason. By the way, you know, I like to think long term. I think NFL general managers need to be thinking long term. I think when GMs get caught up in like the shortsighted shortterm moves, they could run into problems down the road. You have to ask the question, what message does it send to the agents of these undrafted free agents that are coming in and proving something in camp/preeason? They’re playing a position that the Jets are completely thin at. They’re working hard and having an upside and yet they don’t get an opportunity. They don’t get an opportunity to be active on game day. And this goes for Pritchard as well. I mean, if you are that agent and when you have another client in the 2026 NFL draft class and you’re negotiating with maybe an undrafted client and they have an offer from the Jets and an offer from another team outside of money reasons, why in the world would that agent recommend his client signing with the Jets, he could be he’s literally witnessing players again at team needs, playing well, showing out in preseason, they don’t get an opportunity. They’re almost like they’re being held hostage. Now, I don’t want to make it sound like we have T. Higgins just randomly sitting on the bench and the Jets are like, you know, not smart enough to realize that. Obviously not. But, uh, the point is, if Brandon Smith gets activated to the roster and has no catches for no yards, that’s literally on par with what the Jets wide receivers are doing right now. So, for me, I’m letting the young guys play. We’re 0 and5. What we’re doing is currently not working. The veterans, we know who they are. They’re not giving us anything. I’m playing the young guys. and a stick on the offensive side of the football. I’m shaking things up. Not only would I be playing or getting these getting some of these younger players more involved, whether it’s Brandon Smith or Skinner or Pritchette, but also Galani Woods, but I’m not really liking what I’m seeing from Jeremy Ruckard. So, you know, of course, you can argue, okay, well, Rucker’s probably the better blocker than Galani Woods. That that’s totally fine. But is Woods going to be getting any better by just sitting on the bench and practicing with this team? I don’t know. I I I think, hey, he’s a 6’7 weapon. We’ve seen him produce at the NFL level before as a rookie. Let’s get him involved a little bit. Let’s I We all know Justin Fields likes to target the tight end position and Galani Woods with his size and catch radius that could be like like there’s a reason why the Jets picked him up here. Let’s get him in the game. Again, we are not a good football team. I would rather go down playing the young guys or guys with upsides as opposed to, you know, the players that either aren’t going to be here or veterans who we know who like exactly who they are. And it’s not just personnel offensively, right? For the offensive scheme, I really am getting Justin Fields outside of the pocket. I don’t understand why the Jets have not done this more. You know, you think about all the knocks, right? all the people that have, you know, came down on Justin Fields over these past uh really since the start of the season. He can’t process. He can’t process. He can’t process. Okay. Well, if that’s true, let’s take Justin Field and remove him from five offensive linemen, from a bunch of defensive linemen, from potential blitzers. Let’s remove him from the clutter. Let’s get him outside the pocket where literally no one is in front of him, no one is deterring his throw. The only thing he’s looking at is a half field read, wide receivers and DBs and tight ends and maybe a running back, but you guys know what I mean. It’s just pass catchers and pass defenders. It’s no offensive lineman. It’s no defensive lineman. So, in other words, the processing becomes a lot smoother. You’re simplifying it. You’re giving him half field read. And then you throw on top of it that Fields is a world class runner. So now if you have a guy like Fields outside of the pocket, not only can he throw it deep, not only can he throw it over the middle of the field, throw it short, right? And and like a lot of times in these uh you know roll outs where you’re only reading half the field, chances are there’s one or maybe two DBs, but there’s really that one primary DB that you’re looking at. He’s kind of in the middle, right? Is that DB going to come up and and try to close the gap on that on the um you know pass catcher closer to the line of scrimmage or is he going to sink backwards and try to cover uh the deep receiver right on the crosser whatever whatever it may be or even like the deep potential go route right and so it’s kind of like this cat-and- mouse game who’s going to bluff who’s going to show their hand first with the quarterback rolling out like actively on the move he’s just reading that DB if he sinks back he goes with the guy underneath and vice versa but if Fields can run. Now you throw this whole other element into the mix where you can really pick up some serious yardage where even if all the pass catchers are somehow covered, Fields could just take off and run up field. So that is just another big big element that I’m do I’m doing, right? The Jets don’t really have a ton of, you know, long developing play action plays. You know, I I think I’m going to be trying to to do that stuff a little bit more, but really the focus for me getting fields outside the pocket. Another thing offensively is speed, right? I I’m getting the play call in quickly. I’m getting up to the line quickly. I’m sapping the ball quickly, going more uptempo. I think this Jets offense has looked better in the third and fourth quarter compared to the first and second quarter when we take a look at the season from a macro perspective. And I I think when you have an an offense playing in rhythm in in a kind of quicker pace, there’s not as much thinking. It’s it’s more so you got to execute because you’re going fast. Now, I’m not saying every single drive or anything like that, but I do think it should be utilized a little bit more. Now, on the defensive side of the football, right, the the area where the most problems occur, I would say it’s the reason why the Jets are losing games. First order business, let’s talk about the secondary. Remove Michael Carter from the game. Insert Jarvis Brownley. Remove Tony Adams from the game. Insert Malachi Moore. If you want, you can get Isari Thomas more so in the mix, but you’re not really going to be in a position where you’re taking Gardner off the field much based off of what he’s being paid. And then, of course, with Brandon Stevens, you know, he’s performing right now as the best corner on this roster. He’s showing hustle. He’s flocking to the football. So, I don’t necessarily want to take him off of the field. I don’t want to move him over to safety because we’re getting the most consistent play from Stevens out of all of these guys. if Stephen starts to, you know, have some more mistakes and, you know, blow a couple plays and stuff. Okay, now, you know, obviously that’s more so inconsideration removing him. But, um, I I think we got to shake it up in the secondary, right? We have to get guys that are willing to tackle, willing to make plays, and quite frankly, what we’ve seen from Tony Adams, what we’ve seen from Michael Carter is just simply not good enough. Now, I want to make a, you know, a swap at free safety. I just don’t know if we have the personnel to do that. Um I I don’t think Cisco has performed as poorly as as you know those two players. Um but that that’s what I would do and the hope would be okay the middle of the field where the Jets are the most susceptible a massive section of the field to attack. I mean if this area is constantly being uncovered again Michael Carter virtually just unplayable up to this point by the way he’s hurt for this week. And then you know if you want to play like a lot of man coverage and you want to have this like drop down strong safety the robber in cover one and that player is not effective you know you are asking to be torched torched over the middle of the field. Throw on top of it the Jets are thin at linebacker. So yeah I want to make a change. Jarvis Brown Lee starting slot corner. Boom. No questions asked. Malachi Moore. Boom. He’s in a starting lineup. We don’t have to think about it. Uh yes he’s a younger player. Yes, there’s probably going to be mistakes along the way, but I would much much much rather have Malachi Moore be making these mistakes over Tony Adams, who again, we know who this player is. So, that’s the plan for the secondary, just a simple personal swap. It might sound, you know, super easy, but you know, again, you know, I don’t want to oversimplify it or anything, but that’s what I would do. That that’s what And again, assuming Brownley’s healthy, okay? I’m not playing this guy if he’s 90%, if he’s not good to go. But you guys know what I mean. I’m making I’m making changes in the secondary. It’s simply not good enough. And then with the defensive line, um I I think the big problem with this defensive line is pressure or lack of pressure on the quarterback. Uh primarily from the edge position, right? Tyler Baron has been ineffective, but hey, he’s a late round rookie. Braden McGregor has been ineffective. Michael Clemens ineffective. Will McDonald’s not really playing as much as I would like to see him. You know, I I don’t remember if this was idea or Solah’s idea, but what would happen if we took Q and not every play, not every drive, but we took Q and we plugged him at the end every once in a while, right? Obvious passing situations where they’re not going to flood Quinn’s way in the running game and just try to neutralize him. No, you take Quinn, you can put him at D. Again, these third and seven pluses. Will McDonald on the other side of the defensive line and then you’re rolling out Harrison Phillips and Jawan Briggs in the middle or if you want maybe more, you know, more so a pass rusher, you can put in Tufle on the inside there. Leonard Taylor as well, who I think deserves to be getting some more NFL action. So, defensively, you know, I’ve been impressed with Jawan Briggs. I think Harrison Phillips has just been as advertised, which is fine with me. And Quinnon is doing his thing. So, let’s utilize that, right? Let’s look at the pro the main problem of this defensive line and and and say, “Okay, what can we realistically do to to have success on the fly, not saying sign this player, sign this player, trade for this guy, but right now, what can we do?” We’ve seen Quinn line up at the end and have some success. We know by getting Quinnon on 101 matchups that instantly favors New York instantly. You’re putting two good defensive tackles on the field more in Braggs and Harrison. And then on the other side, you the hope is, okay, Will McDonald can win his one-on-one. So, I’m making some changes here, man. I I’m not just going to continue to do the same thing over and over. The Jets lose games, the Jets get blown out, and that it is what it is. Now, who knows? Maybe the Jets do the same exact thing and Tony Adams has a great day and the Jets win. Who knows? That’s what I’m hoping for. I hope I am dead wrong here. But until then, I need to actually see something to get behind. Right now, I like the Jets run blocking. I like the Jets running game. I like Garrett Wilson, what he’s been able to do in the passing game despite the deficiencies around him. But that’s pretty much it. That is pretty much it. So, anyway, let me know your thoughts down below in the comments section. Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate you guys. And as always, go Jets. [Music]

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Five Changes I Want To See The New York Jets Make

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