{"id":922873,"date":"2026-06-19T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/922873\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:30:15","slug":"3-quick-observations-from-day-2-of-new-york-jets-2026-nfl-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/922873\/","title":{"rendered":"3 quick observations from Day 2 of New York Jets 2026 NFL minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, 2026, 8:54 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a data-autotag=\"61e70eee-950b-4335-a373-675b010563dc\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Jets<\/a> have taken the field for the start of their 2026 NFL minicamp schedule this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Jets kept rolling on with Day 2 of the three-day event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It&#8217;s one of the first chances for the new defensive scheme Glenn wants to run during the 2026 NFL season to get on the same page. The same can be said for the new-look offense with quarterback Geno Smith under center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the dust settling on the first day of workouts, here are <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jets Wire&#8217;s<\/a> three quick observations from Day 1 of 2026 minicamp:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:590px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90615843007-usatsi-24045020.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Florham Park, NJ -- August 21, 2024 -- Jets tight end Jeremy Ruckert during practice. The New York Giants came to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey to take part in a joint practice with the New York Jets.\"\/>Mason doesn&#8217;t step up<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the Jets will likely deploy tight end sets with both Mason Taylor and rookie <a href=\"http:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/04\/25\/things-know-new-york-jets-first-round-pick-kenyon-sadiq-2026-nfl-draft\/89789544007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-round pick<\/a> Kenyon Sadiq next season, someone will be the No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sadiq sat out minicamp with an injury this week. That left Taylor alone&#8230; however, he did not step up. His poor play included a reported drop in the end zone:<\/p>\n<p>Ponds pounces<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ponds was selected by the Jets at the <a href=\"http:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/04\/24\/2026-nfl-draft-new-york-jets-dangelo-ponds-no-50-trade-lions\/89783104007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 50 overall selection<\/a> at the 2026 draft. The comparisons between his play style and the one head coach Aaron Glenn previously had has drawn a lot of connections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ponds popped up with some of that during team drills on Day 2. This interception was a strong play:<\/p>\n<p>Showing some trust<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a sign of trust and appreciation for his players, Glenn sent the Jets home early. The team opted not to have a third day of training camp on Thursday. The coach canceled it:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The players will appreciate that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 18, 2026, 8:54 p.m. ET The New York Jets have taken the field for the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[95878,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,119735,97197,97198,95882,96814,95896,96747,95888,95895,95897,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-922873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-jets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-sourcejets-wire","tag-sstssportsnfljets","tag-sstsnjets","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-taggeno-smith","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york-jets","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116775376324450216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922873","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=922873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}