Miami Gardens, Florida – A look at what’s going on around New York jets:
1. Taylor returns: Mason Taylor has never played Hard Rock Stadium, but he attended countless games when he was a child. His favorite memory was to watch his father, the legend of Miami Dolphins, Jason Taylor, to be carried away by teammates after his last match in the NFL.
It was January 1, 2012, and he turned out to be against the jets – a ugly day in which the receiver of the unhappy jets Santonio Holmes was thrown out of the group by his own teammates. Mason, only 6 years old, does not remember these absurdities. He was focused on his father.
“It was probably my last memory [of the stadium]But certainly a lot of nice memories there as a child, “said Taylor.
The tight effort of the recruit of the jets will try to make new ones when it will return Monday evening for another game jets-dolphins. He had a calm start for his career (six catches for 43 yards), but the coaches want to make him more involved.
“We have to get Mason the ball, we must get [Breece Hall] The ball, “said coach Aaron Glenn.” These guys are good game leaders for us, and we do our best to make sure we do it. “”
Glenn called Taylor “a dynamic player for us when he gets the ball in his hands”. This is one of the reasons why they wrote it in the second round, 42nd in total. Their hope is that it can become a reliable option in the passage game, reducing the pressure on the wide Garrett Wilson receiver.
Wilson’s target share (37.2%) ranks second in the League, behind Puka Nacua of the Los Angeles Rams (37.6%) – the two highest target actions since 2012. It is a delicate balance. They want the ball in Wilson’s hands because it is so talented, but they don’t want to be predictable. It’s also good for morale when everyone eats.
Taylor was happy to learn that he could have a more important role.
“It certainly means that I do what I am supposed to do,” said Taylor. “But I mean, at the end of the day, whether I block 40 shots per game or have 12 receptions, that’s what I have to do to win this team and support this team.”
2. Let’s make an agreement: Managing Director Darren Mougey has been at work for only eight months, but a trend is already apparent – he likes to negotiate rethargement choices for players. The last one arrived a few days ago, the Jarvis Brownlee Jr. corner half (Tennessee Titans). Before that, he acquired defensive plated Harrison Phillips (Minnesota Vikings) and Jowon Briggs (Cleveland Browns). Each transaction involved choices from sixth and seventh rounds.
It is a solid strategy. Instead of writing players with late choices, where the success rates are very low, Mougey treated them for Brownlee and Briggs, the players under team control beyond this season. In fact, Brownlee is signed until 2027. Phillips is under contract until 2026, but it is a veteran agreement which will pay him $ 7 million unmarried.
Even if Brownlee and Briggs only remain deep players, the jets will have completed a few list points with profitable contracts.
3. Pick-Six: With so many wheels and transactions, it is difficult to follow the recovery choices of the 2026 jets. Currently, they have six choices – first round, second, fourth, sixth and seventh (two choices). They should also receive two compensatory choices, according to projections on the ceiling.
4. How Brownlee fits: Glenn described Brownlee’s trade as “evidence”. This always makes you ask you why a team would exchange a starting corner, only 24, but it was a low risk movement for jets – a sixth round choice in 2026 for Brownlee and a seventh round in 2027.
Brownlee is an aggressive racing defender and a good platform (the jets could use one). He can play the slit – “his best place,” said an opposing coach, who studied him. They wanted a viable backup for Nickelback Michael Carter II, who tends to be struck. If Brownlee trains, it could be a housing ($ 12.3 million in ceiling in 2026) a victim of the offseason.
“They always say that there are not many corners in the NFL who like to hit or like contact. Me? I am a different race,” said Brownlee. “I love to hit. I love to feel the opponent. … I feel like I’m missing a just grudge in my heart, and I feel a kind in a way on this subject.”
The blow on Brownlee is that it is unruly – 11 penalties accepted in 19 career games. Only two corners of the league have more over this period. It should be an interesting marriage with jets, who are trying to limit penalties.
Brownlee, who said he was surprised and “a little injured” that the Titans abandoned him, is weekly weekdays with an ankle injury and had been excluded from the match on Monday.
5. In the same boat (leaking): Jets and dolphins have a lot in common – the two 0-3 teams that have not yet produced take -out dishes. How rare is it?
It is only the ninth and 10th teams to start a season in this way since 1933, when turnover has become an official statistics. This is the first time that it has happened to two teams the same year.
If the jets do not produce take -out dishes on Monday evening, it will be their longest drought since 2018. They only had 17 last season. Different coaches, different diagram, same results. It may be time to recognize that they just don’t have enough game leaders in defense.
6. Never say: Jets have a 7.3% chance of making the playoffs, according to the ESPN football power index. If they fall at 0-4, it would be roughly hopeless, right? Do not say it to the coach of recipients Shawn Jefferson. He has played for the charges of San Diego 1992, who are the only team to make the playoffs after a start of 0-4 since 1990.
Jefferson shared him with his players, hoping to inspire a return. He used a boxing analogy, how Buster Douglas overcome long ratings to stun Mike Tyson.
“It’s an attrition game,” said Jefferson. “You’re going to be a little overturned, but you have to continue beating.”
7. Did you know? The jets have not won in Miami since 2014, the last match of Rex Ryan as a coach. Rather remarkable.
8. Look who is: The jets will see their old quarter-arre, Zach Wilson, for the first time in an opposing uniform. Wilson visited the Metlife stadium last season as a member of the Denver Broncos, but he was inactive. This time, he will be active as QB2 of the Dolphins.
After three disappointing seasons, Wilson, written No. 2 in total in 2021, was exchanged for broncos for money on the dollar. The jets received a sixth round choice in 2024, which they never used to select a player. They sent it to the Vikings as a return as part of a trade in the draft day which allowed the Vikings to exchange a place for the quarter-arre JJ McCarthy.
9. Will the thrill: Will McDonald IV never considered himself “one of these extreme riders” even if he excelled in the high jump, long jump and obstacles to high school. In college, he was known to jump from stationary cars. That, he said, was “easy”.
He showed his hop last week, jumping over a blocker in one bound to block an attempted goal on the ground. Its block, scoop and scoring left teammates with admiration. McDonald, too, was impressed, calling it a “legendary” piece.
.@ Will_jun1or is another type of athletics 🤯 pic.twitter.com/28z5uubghc
– New York Jets (@nyjet) April 28, 2023
10. The last word: “I did not have my Apple watch – we are not supposed to do it on the sidelines – but if I had done it, it would probably have called the 911 because of the height of my heart rate.” – The coordinator of special teams Chris Banjo for his reaction to the touch of McDonald.
