{"id":325185,"date":"2025-08-28T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/325185\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:39:10","slug":"new-york-jets-ready-to-unleash-jermaine-johnson-within-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/325185\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets ready to unleash Jermaine Johnson\u2014within reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long road to recovery<\/p>\n<p>Last season was supposed to be the year New York Jets edge rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/team\/jermaine-johnson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jermaine Johnson<\/a> proved he was worthy of being one of the best players at his position.<\/p>\n<p>Like many dreams for the organization in the Aaron Rodgers era, Johnson\u2019s goal was crushed extremely early in the season.<\/p>\n<p>The former first-round pick from the 2022 draft class <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ny-jets-de-jermaine-johnson-season-end-torn-achilles\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">suffered a torn Achilles<\/a> in the second game of the 2024 season. Johnson\u2019s absence was a key reason New York\u2019s defense took a significant step back in efficiency and several other categories.<\/p>\n<p>The road back from an Achilles injury is never easy. Many athletes struggle to return to their pre-injury form. Multiple doctors have confirmed to Jets X-Factor that this kind of injury typically takes two years to recover fully.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all that, Johnson is raring to go, and the Jets are ready to unleash him.<\/p>\n<p>Jets ready to unleash the man<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the final day of training camp, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said Johnson is expected to be ready for the start of the season and could play a strong role early on.<\/p>\n<p>Even with that confidence, New York plans to take things slowly with its veteran edge rusher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want players that you have to pull the reins back instead of telling them, \u2018Let\u2019s giddy up,&#8217;\u201d Glenn said. \u201cHe\u2019s been excited to get out there and ready to go. When you have a guy [who has] this season-ending injury, it kind of puts things into perspective of, man, just how [quickly] this game can be gone, like instantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his personality, and knowing he was out for a year, it\u2019s a no-brainer he\u2019s going to be ready to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jermaine, himself, is ready<\/p>\n<p>Since his injury last season, Johnson has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2025\/07\/25\/ny-jets-jermaine-johnson-announces-cleared\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted motivational quotes<\/a> and comments. Now, his focus is on being ready to make an immediate impact for the 2025 Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Just because he appears ready, though, doesn\u2019t mean fans should expect a breakout campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida State product still has a long way to go before he can be expected to play at the pace and level some of his teammates will need to sustain this season. In many ways, the Jets will protect Johnson from himself to ensure he doesn\u2019t reinjure himself.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean Jermaine Johnson will be unavailable to kick off the season next week. The New York Jets are ready to unleash him onto opposing quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>It may take some time to get there, but there\u2019s reason to hope the 26-year-old can make a positive impact early on.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting from the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, NJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long road to recovery Last season was supposed to be the year New York Jets edge rusher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,30015,7,3228,8142,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-325185","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-faria-on-the-beat","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-free-content","12":"tag-jermaine-johnson","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-jets","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkjets","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","20":"tag-ny-jets-news","21":"tag-ny-jets-players","22":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115109033796864407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325185","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=325185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}