One position group the Jets certainly have no shortage of depth at is WR, with the addition of Omar Cooper in the draft and now the signing of Tim Patrick.
When healthy, Patrick has consistently produced at the NFL level, whether in Denver (2018-23), Detroit (2024), or Jacksonville (2025).
After entering the league as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2018, he quickly moved up the depth chart in Denver, and played so well in 2020 and ’21, the Broncos gave him a three-year deal for $34 million with $18.5 million guaranteed.
He earned this deal with two excellent back-to-back seasons as a full-time starter, with 79 and 85 catches, respectively, and 11 touchdowns combined.
Then, disaster hit the player on the injury front: back-to-back season-ending injuries, first a torn ACL in ’22 and then a torn Achilles in ’23.
To his credit, he bounced back from these two devastating injuries and stayed healthy in Detroit and Jacksonville the last two seasons.
Patrick’s numbers as a starter in Denver over those two seasons were particularly impressive because the team had a revolving door at QB both years.
And both Darren Mougey and Aaron Glenn have experience working with the player. Mougey, a former Denver personnel executive, was with Patrick the player’s entire time with the Broncos, and Glenn was with him in Detroit in ’24. They both know the player well and like him. This isn’t a leap of faith with a street free agent that neither key decision-maker has worked with.
He’s a big, physical receiver (6-4, 210) who is good at high-pointing the ball, and terrific on 50-50 balls.
While he is a former Jag, this guy is not a JAG (Just A Guy), a term you often hear from coaches and scouts about journeymen players who don’t move the needle that much.
This guy is really good and was an emerging star in Denver before the injury bug hit.
He’s going to give Adanoi Mitchell a run for his money for the starting job opposite Garrett Wilson, with Omar Cooper likely playing a lot in the slot.
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