REPORT: Jakobi Meyers “A Name To Watch” For The New York Jets

REPORT: Jakobi Meyers “A Name To Watch” For The New York Jets

All right, guys. What’s going on? Welcome in. So, Rich Sini of ESPN just dropped a huge like a pretty in-depth article hitting on a bunch of different positions. The center position, wide receiver, uh talked a little bit about Quincy Williams in the linebacker position. Uh Jamal Pritchette as well. There was a little um uh paragraph about him, but I want to focus in on the second point he made, which was a name to watch. talking about a potential wide receiver target here in Jacobe Meyers. Now, Simei says, “One receiver who might be available is Jacobe Meyers, who reportedly wants the Raiders to trade him.” Jets passing game coordinator Scott Turner, a Raiders assistant in the previous two seasons, spoke glowingly of Meyers last December. I tell people all the time, he’s one of my favorite players that I’ve ever coached. Myers, 28 years old, is coming off his best season, 87 catches, over a thousand receiving yards, and he’s in the final year of his contract at a 10.5 million base salary and wants a raise. And rightfully so, I mean, Meyers is literally coming off again the best season of his entire career with shaky quarterback play. So, you know, if you’re if you put yourself in in Meer shoes, of course, you’re going to want, you know, an extension. You’re not going to want a, you know, a decrease in pay, obviously. And the Raiders, I guess reportedly up to this point, have been uh a little reluctant to to uh give Me Myers that extension. Now, of course, this this can go any other, you know, any sort of way. We’ve heard uh team say, “Oh, you know, we’re not really interested in paying.” And then they shell out a contract. Uh I mean, we saw what just happened with um Hendrickson. We saw what TJ Watt just got. Who else? Terry McLuren had that whole thing, trade request, and he ends up getting the deal. Um, but Myers is a little bit different because he’s not one of those top tier premier NFL stars like W like Hendrickson, like uh Scary Terry here. Myers is kind of that consistent steady wide receiver, too. All those years with New England, uh, these past couple seasons with the Vegas Raiders, obviously reuniting with Josh McDaniels when he was the head coach over there. So, let’s ask the question. Is there a realistic chance that Jacobe Myers gets traded to the Jets? I think the answer is yes. I think the Jets would have some interest. By the way, Connor Hughes suggested a second round pick in exchange for Jacobe Myers, like compensation wise, no. Not doing that. Not doing that. First round pick, I’m not trading. Second round pick, not trading. Like, I love this upcoming draft class. and we already don’t have a third round pick because of uh Hassan Reic, Joe Douglas, that whole thing. So, the most I would be willing to move for a wide receiver, and you’d really have to sell me on it, is a fourthrounder. But ideally, I want to keep that selection, too. Fourth round picks are cool because that’s like late 90s, early 100s. Like, you can still get a top um like you can you can definitely get a contributor in round four, but potentially a starter. I want to hang on to that those round four uh selections. Uh, and look, we we’ve seen what these wide receivers are going for. It’s not that much. I I don’t I I can’t see a situation where Alec Pierce gets moved for a second. I can’t see a situation where Jacobe Myers actually gets traded for a second. I I mean, look at what George Pickins just went for. Jerry Judy a couple years ago, you know, the these moves um for these guys in like contract seasons, guys that want uh new deals, new extensions, they don’t get flipped for all like this major draft capital. Like you’re trading a second if you’re trading a second round pick for wide receiver, he better be a wide receiver one, not a wide receiver too. But here’s the curveball, right? Let’s say the Raiders are down to move Jacobe Myers. Again, they’ve been uh it doesn’t really seem like they’re down to trade him, but anything could happen. We just saw Micah freaking Parsons get traded like a week and a half before before the start of the season. So, I don’t want to rule anything out, but we’re honestly just a little too close to the start of the season to see a move get made this week. Um, that’s just my guess. I I think right now if you were were to ask Pete Carol and you say, “Hey, is Jacobe Myers maybe a part of the game plan? Do you see him being an impactful piece this Sunday against the Patriots?” Ironically enough, Meyer’s old team, the answer is yes. I I just feel like they are in full operation, full game plan mode. They definitely should be. I don’t see why they wouldn’t be with a week before the start of the season here. Um so to move a guy like that, a big part of the offense to me just feels a little like a pipe dream unless you’re overpaying. And again, I don’t want the Jets to overpay. I I don’t want us to to to jump the gun here. Now, I do think Meyers does fit the Jets. I think he fits the system really well. I think he would be a great great compliment to Garrett Wilson as a wide receiver, too. I think he’s someone who’s shown the ability to consistently get open throughout the years. He plays, he’s available, he’s durable. I like though I like those qualities a lot. Um, that is someone who I think ideally not only just makes sense for Justin Fields, right? When you’re talking about, okay, are are we putting Fields in the best position to, you know, have him succeed as a passer, have him grow as a passer, you know, it’s very difficult to say, okay, we expect you to take a leap. We we expect you to to develop as this as this passer, as our starting quarterback for this season. and you have Garrett Wilson, you have Mason Taylor who’s a rookie, Arian Smith, who’s a rookie, and then a bunch of just one-year contracts all over the place. So, you could definitely argue Myers. You could definitely pound your fist on the table and say, “Hey, like what more do you want? A wide receiver, too, again, who is consistent, who is durable, who fits the system, and is a good compliment to Garrett Wilson.” Like, it you have your options staring you right in the face. But I just feel like at this point in time, first of all, and I hate to say this, but there’s a team in our division who has a massive need at wide receiver in my opinion, a team that Myers has already played for in the New England Patriots, a team that has more cap space. And you do kind of feel like Myers would make sense for uh for New England as well. Could they potentially swoop in and make the deal, help out Drake May, right? May is going into year two, but he’s learning the Josh McDaniels offense. What better person slashcoach to have on the field than someone who’s been in the Josh McDaniels offense before and has had success, Jacobe Meyers, right? So, you can definitely, you know, unfortunately pose that argument, but I just don’t really think the Raiders are going to be trading him this week, you know, week three, week four, week five, week eight, right, as we’re approaching the trade deadline, maybe. But um I just I don’t think it sends a good message to the locker room to move off of a contributing piece that isn’t really being a distraction. Yeah, he requested a trade, but it’s I I don’t I I haven’t heard any reports that uh Myers is throwing anybody under the bus or talking crap about the organization or skipping, you know, I don’t think he’s a hold out or anything. I I think he’s just simply requested a trade. I want an extension. They couldn’t reach one and that’s really it. So maybe something gets done, maybe a trade happens. I’m going to say no, probably not this week before the season starts. But um yeah, the Jets better know what they’re doing at wide receiver, too. And again, they want to run the football. Garrett’s going to do his thing. Great. Mason Taylor, he’s probably going to be the second I I would assume pass catcher in a lot of these different passing concepts, uh or pass catching option. And then Justin Fields on the ground. There’s only one football to go around. Um, but still, you know, I just my fear is that defenses are going to look at the Jets passing attack and say Lazard is not a threat on the outside. Josh Reynolds is not a threat. And I’m not saying these guys are, you know, good for one catch. Josh Reynolds is going to have one catch for 11 yards. That that’s his, you know, contribution as wide receiver, too. I I I think these guys are capable of more. But as far as them getting like five, six, seven catches per game against any defense, I just feel like that’s unrealistic to assume. So, um, yeah. Anyway, let me know your thoughts down below in the comments section. Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate it. And as always, go Jets. [Music]

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Cimini: “2. A name to watch: One receiver who might be available is Jakobi Meyers, who reportedly wants the Las Vegas Raiders to trade him. Jets passing game coordinator Scott Turner, a Raiders assistant the previous two seasons, spoke glowingly of Meyers last December: “I tell people all the time, he’s one of my favorite players that I’ve ever coached.”
Meyers, 28, is coming off his best season — 87 catches, 1,027 yards. He’s in the final year of his contract ($10.5 million base) and wants a raise.”

REPORT: Jakobi Meyers “A Name To Watch” For The New York Jets

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