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Florham Park – Checking in from One Jets Drive in Florham Park, New Jersey with some notes and Whispers from New York Jets Training Camp . . .
Revis and Marshall went up against each other today a few times, and there were no chippy exchanges. In fact, there were no exchanges at all. It was all clean and I didn’t see them say a word to each other. They didn’t seem to talk to each other.
On their first play against each other today, in a one-on-one WR-DB drill, Marshall beat Revis’ jam attempt, went deep on him, and caught about a 30-yard pass down the right sideline. Revis let up on the play once he saw he was beat. I’m not sure why did this. Maybe since this was an early practice drill, he was trying to reserve some energy.
Overall Revis had a pretty good practice with about three defensed passes.
Here is my take on Revis after watching him in today’s practice, which might have been his most extensive action of the summer.
Quick slants and things of that nature, he’s fine. Basic routes where he doesn’t have to cover a ton of ground, he can still get the job done. His instincts and ball skills are still terrific.
But when there is no pass rush, and he has to keep running with a faster, quicker young receiver, that is when he gets into trouble.
So it’s essential the Jets improve their edge-pass rushing this year.
As we all know, a defensive backs best friend is a good pass rush . . .
Speaking of the edge pass rush, there were some reports today that Jordan Jenkins had a good practice pass rushing.
Yes, he did have some good plays, but we need to provide some context. On consecutive players, he beat Jarvis Harrison off the edge.
Harrison was guard in college, and was a guard last year with the Jets. They are giving him some reps at tackle, and he’s struggling out there.
So while Jenkins deserves some credit for these two impressive rushes, it didn’t come against a starting offensive tackle. In fact, you could make an argument it didn’t come against a tackle at all.
And this points out a pattern I’ve seen over the first week-and-a-half of Jets camp.
When you see quarterback pressure coming off the edge, it’s usually when backup tackles are in the game.
The Jets edge-rushers aren’t getting much done against left tackle Ryan Clady and the platoon at right tackle of Ben Qvale and Ben Ijalana.
For instance, Lorenzo Mauldin had a QB pressure today, but it didn’t come against Clady, but rookie left tackle Brandon Shell (who needs a lot of work).
In fact, when Ryan Fitzpatrick is on the field with the starting offense, facing the starting defense, he’s had plenty of time to throw on most plays . . .
Jace Amaro had perhaps his best days receiving all summer, but his blocking still needs a lot of work.
I’m not sure how much Chan Gailey is going to play him in the regular season if his blocking isn’t up to snuff.
As we all know about Gailey’s offense, blocking is priority #1 at the tight end position.
August 8, 2015
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