{"id":231750,"date":"2025-07-24T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/231750\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T07:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:21:11","slug":"joe-tippmanns-handling-of-jets-center-battle-speaks-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/231750\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Tippmann’s handling of Jets center battle speaks volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps no New York Jets news<\/a> was more shocking than the center position in Florham Park, NJ\u2014when head coach Aaron Glenn told reporters<\/a> at league meetings that the man who snaps the ball isn\u2019t set in stone for 2025.<\/p>\n

New York featured one of the best young safeties in the NFL last season in 2023 second-round pick Joe Tippmann<\/a>. The Wisconsin product was a top-10 center according to Pro Football Focus last year.<\/p>\n

Even so, that didn\u2019t stop the Jets from signing former Green Bay Packers starter Josh Myers on the open market. The Ohio State prospect has started over 50 games in his career so far, and while he has not been as productive as Tippmann, he has the kind of leadership the team could use along the offensive line. <\/p>\n

Does that mean Tippmann is in danger of losing his starting job? <\/p>\n

To the now-veteran center, that isn\u2019t his primary focus going into training camp.<\/p>\n

Joe Tippmann addresses the center competition<\/p>\n

If Joe Tippmann was upset that he was the lone offensive lineman openly going through a competition this training camp, he didn\u2019t show it after the team\u2019s first practice Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

In fact, he relished the opportunity to prove his worth to a new coaching staff. <\/p>\n

\u201cJust keep competing,\u201d Tippmann told the media. \u201cWe brought Josh in, so I have that competition each and every day \u2026 It\u2019s an open competition and I\u2019m going to have to keep battling for that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first glance, it\u2019s hard to see the Jets seriously considering playing Myers over a young star like Tippmann. The former Packer was only given a one-year deal worth over $3 million.<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t the kind of money that goes to a starter. <\/p>\n

Despite the positive outlook going into camp, Tippmann made it clear that he wasn\u2019t expecting a competition heading into the offseason. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, it took me by surprise, but Coach AG called me first and let me know the situation beforehand,\u201d Tippmann explained. \u201cI immediately followed him on Instagram and started building that relationship.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jets head coach Aaron Glenn also made it clear that while the competition at center has been well documented, the same was to be true for the rest of the roster. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s an open competition everywhere, guys,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cListen, our job is to make sure we do this: bring in the best players we can, and every player on this team knows there\u2019s going to be competition every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Check out the Top Takeaways from the Jets’ First Training Camp Practice<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a big difference between the kind of competition someone like Olu Fashanu or Armand Membou (New York\u2019s two projected tackles) is going through and the one Tippmann is being thrown into. <\/p>\n

Justin Fields, for example, has not produced at the level Tippmann has over the course of his short career. The Jets can\u00a0say\u00a0that there will be\u00a0competition at quarterback, but they have also made it clear that Fields is \u201ctheir guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

That makes this year\u2019s center competition so intriguing in the early days of camp. <\/p>\n

If Tippmann cannot beat out Myers, what does that mean for his career? Would the Jets look to move on from a young player who was one of the better-graded stars from last season? Does that mean they\u2019ll be in the open market for another center in 2026? <\/p>\n

All these questions will be blown away if Tippmann wins the job outright. The current competition could be used as a tool to get the most out of an ascending player as well. <\/p>\n

The center\u2019s response to the position battle is commendable. He is being a consummate professional at a time when his future is cloudy.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t take away from the amount of questions soon to come on his side, at the very least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perhaps no New York Jets news was more shocking than the center position in Florham Park, NJ\u2014when head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,4402,30015,198,7,3228,226,2313,13940,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,3231,3916,3232,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-231750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-atlantic-health-training-center","10":"tag-faria-on-the-beat","11":"tag-featured","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-free-content","14":"tag-jets","15":"tag-joe-tippmann","16":"tag-josh-myers","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-jets","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkjets","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","23":"tag-ny-jets-news","24":"tag-ny-jets-players","25":"tag-ny-jets-roster-depth-chart","26":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114907007310181591","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231750","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=231750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}