{"id":132289,"date":"2025-06-15T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/132289\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:56:11","slug":"jamien-sherwood-quiets-concerns-about-criticized-ny-jets-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/132289\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamien Sherwood quiets concerns about criticized NY Jets unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to popular opinion, <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/info\/roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> fans should not be concerned at all about the team\u2019s defensive line entering the 2025 season, according to linebacker Jamien Sherwood.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media at the Jets\u2019 mandatory minicamp, Sherwood praised the team\u2019s defensive linemen, going as far as to say \u201cthe sky is the limit\u201d for the positional group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a bunch of guys who are hungry, I feel like they are going to get after it this year, I\u2019m super excited,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/video\/jamien-sherwood-jets-mandatory-minicamp-day-3-media-availability-06-12-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Sherwood<\/a>. \u201cThey have a good coach in E-Dub [Eric Washington], they are led by Quinnen Williams, a guy that\u2019s been established in this league. We have another kid from Auburn, BC [Byron Cowart], that\u2019s exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, we got a lot of young guys,\u201d the Auburn product continued. \u201cWill McDonald is growing into his own, Jermaine [Johnson] is coming back, Micheal Clemons looked good, LT [Leonard Taylor III] is growing, so for me the sky is the limit for them and I am excited for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Washington, 55, brings decades of experience coaching defensive lines at both the college and professional levels. <\/p>\n<p>He began his NFL career with the Chicago Bears in 2008 as an assistant before earning a promotion to lead defensive line coach two years later. Before that, he spent four seasons overseeing the defensive line at Northwestern. <\/p>\n<p>Washington later spent nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers from 2011 to 2019, including six alongside current Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2024 season, Washington served as the Bears\u2019 defensive coordinator, during which Chicago ranked 22nd in defensive DVOA.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant question facing the Jets\u2019 defensive line is <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2025\/05\/08\/ny-jets-dt-production-where-from\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who will start alongside Quinnen Williams<\/a> on the interior.<\/p>\n<p>Identifying a consistent presence next to Williams will be key to the unit\u2019s success in 2025. The position remains up for grabs entering the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Undrafted rookie Leonard Taylor III flashed potential to fit that role as an undrafted free agent last year, while veteran free agent addition Byron Cowart <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2025\/06\/13\/new-york-jets-2025-my-guys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has emerged as an early favorite<\/a>, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Sherwood sees a hungry group ready to exceed expectations in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contrary to popular opinion, New York Jets fans should not be concerned at all about the team\u2019s defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,3228,23807,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-132289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-free-content","10":"tag-jamien-sherwood","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny-jets-news","18":"tag-ny-jets-players","19":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114688438065510361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}