Throughout the season, NewYorkJets.com will provide a Stock Report focusing on the Jets’ upcoming matchup.
This week’s report features players and/or themes that are trending before the Green & White (3-11) take on the New Orleans Saints (4-10) at the Caesars Superdome.
📈 Adonai Mitchell
Since the Jets acquired WR Adonai Mitchell from the Colts via trade in Week 8, the second-year pass catcher has stood out.
In the 5 games he has played for New York, Mitchell leads the team in receiving yards (236), receiving touchdowns (2) and is second in receptions (18).
Early in the second quarter of the Jets’ Week 15 game versus Jacksonville, the 2024 second-round pick (No. 52) made a spectacular over-the-head grab for a touchdown, the second of his career and second in the last 3 games.
“It was a play we worked on all week,” QB Brady Cook said. “We got the look we wanted. AD ran a great route, got his head around and made a great catch. He’s been great for us.”
📈 Nick Folk
Jets K Nick Folk, 41, is the second-oldest kicker in the NFL this season, trailing only Buffalo’s Matt Prater by 2 months, and has played and has aged like a fine Bordeaux this season.
Folk, drafted in 2007 by the Dallas Cowboys, leads the NFL in field-goal percentage (96.2%), minimum 12 games played, and has connected on 25-of-26 field-goal attempts this season. In addition, he is 14 of 15 on kicks of 50-plus yards and a perfect 21 of 21 on extra points.
“It has been really, really cool to see Nick come to work every day, put his best foot forward, put his head down and continue to work,” special teams coordinator Chris Banjo said. “I know his standard is going to stay high, so our belief in him is going to stay high.”