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Watching both placekickers today in practice, you get the sense that both will be kicking the league this year, no matter who the Jets choose.
Watching Cade York and Jason Sanders in practice, they look like the pros, with great confidence and smooth strokes.
Who is going to win the competition? I have no idea, but perhaps Sanders might have a slight edge since he was with Miami the last eight seasons, so he kicked in the Jets division, so not only does he have a good feel for MetLife Stadium, but also Hard Rock, Gillette and Highmark (though they are moving to a new stadium this year, but it’s right next to the old one) . . .
Media QB stats in training camp are foolish, and actually hurt the team, if QBs are impacted by them and this leads them to not want to experiment and take chances on the practice field. Young QBs who are on social media might let this stuff impact them, and lead to less risk-taking and experimentation, in a time of year that is all about developing chemistry, not style points.
And another issue is, some of these stats are misleading because you can’t touch QBs in practice, so sometimes plays go beyond their realistic length.
Like when edge-rusher Kingsley Enagbare burst into the backfield, pulled up so he didn’t touch the QB, and Cade Klubnik completed a pass to tight end Mason Taylor.
There was another similar scenario when linebacker Kiko Mauigoa was blitzing up the middle, was held by guard Kohl Levao, and Klubnik hit Taylor again.
QB practice stats are dumb, but with that being said, while I have no idea what his QB media stats were today, nor do I care, Klubnik did have several nice completions today – there is no doubt about it . . .
David Bailey got rave reviews from the media today.
What is my take?
I’m going to reserve judgment because it was a non-padded practice and I don’t know what his assignments were, but I will say he did show excellent first-step quickness and was aggressive in taking on blocks, not passive. Sometimes in college, there was some passivity when taking on pulling linemen. You didn’t see that today.
As for grading how he did today, I will leave that to Karl Dunbar . . .
Jamien Sherwood addressed the media today, and he’s not running away from the fact that he must improve in coverage.
He said he has watched film of good coverage linebackers, like Kwon Alexander.
But then he mentioned a name that was a little surprising – Quincy Williams.
Remember the Jets-Jags game last year where Williams gave up three touchdown passes from what I could see, and others said it was four.
“Quincy Williams has had issues in the past with situational awareness and route awareness, and the Jags are taking advantage of the opportunity,” Jags radio analyst Jeff Lageman said during Jacksonville’s blowout win over the Jets.
Look, Williams is tough as hell, a good blitzer and big hitter, but he had issues in coverage during his five-year stint with the Jets.
You could argue that Lavonte David or Matt Milano film might be better options . . .
Geno Smith’s most impressive completion today was a back shoulder throw to Garrett Wilson down the left sideline. Terrific play-call by Frank Reich and excellent execution by Smith and Wilson. It was one of those routes where Wilson acted like he was going deep, but Smith threw him open, about 20 yards into the route, with an unsuspecting Stephens expecting a deep throw.
Great call, great route, great throw . . .
Speaking of great throws, Brady Cook had a terrific pass to WR Jamaal Pritchett – on a mid-range crossing route to the left sideline.
Cook is not going to go down without a fight . . .
On a run up the middle by Breece Hall, a key block was by left guard Dylan Parham on Darrell Jackson, who ended up on the ground.
Coaches don’t like to see players on the ground in these practices; it looked like Jackson might have been told this by a coach. They like everything to be done on your feet to help avoid injuries.
But clearly it was not Jackson’s plan to end up on the ground.
Once again, Jackson’s pad level was high, and Parham got under the 6-6 defensive lineman, contributing to his fall.
I’m not looking to pick on Jackson, just saying he needs to lower his pad level . . .
WR Tim Patrick (pictured above) back in action at camp after coming off the PUP list a couple of days ago. Underrated signing for the Jets. Big physical veteran receiver who is good on 50-50 balls. He previously played for Denver, Detroit, and Jacksonville.
Low man wins.
July 30, 2026
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