Jeff Smith

Full disclosure…there’s a good chance I’m a bigger Jeff Smith fan than most.  In three years with the Jets, the undrafted receiver has managed to produce just 26 receptions for 292 yards without a touchdown.  In year’s past, Smith’s path to the 53-man roster didn’t present as many obstacles as the 2022 version, which means… Read more

The New York Jets enter the 2021 with a relatively young, but potentially dangerous wide receiver corps. New offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur comes from a system under Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco that loves to utilize separation receivers, more so than the big-body, contested catch types. This positional preference is evident with the veteran acquisitions… Read more

If you plan on paying close attention to the New York Jets wide receivers at training camp or in the pre-season, you may not want to blink or you might miss it.  Joe Douglas has a talented group of wide receivers to work with in Corey Davis, Denzel Mims, Elijah Moore, Jamison Crowder (for now)… Read more

When you’re one of the NFL’s doormat franchises that hasn’t made the playoffs in a decade, it becomes a yearly exercise.  Fans will review their favorite team’s roster during the offseason in search of any players who may have may have been overlooked in the previous season, but may steal a key role in the… Read more

The Jets tied up some loose ends regarding their 53-man roster today by adding four players while placing five on injured reserve. https://twitter.com/RichCimini/status/1303037448402894849 Rich Cimini of ESPN New York reported that offensive lineman Josh Andrews, tight end Daniel Brown, safety Matthian Farley and cornerback Nate Hariston have all been signed by Gang Green. Meanwhile, wide… Read more

The New York Jets have placed wide receiver Jeff Smith on injured reserve and the speedster will be eligible to return in three weeks. https://twitter.com/MMehtaNYDN/status/1302985656268980224 Smith was getting a look with the first team offense for an injury depleted wide receiver corps before injuring his shoulder while attempting a diving catch.  Jeff Smith will join… Read more

Jets GM Joe Douglas hasn’t done a whole lot wrong in the early portion of his tenure at the helm, but one criticism he faced immediately following the NFL draft looks to have a chance to come back and haunt him already.  The Jets were thin at wide receiver and in a historically deep class… Read more

When Jets GM Joe Douglas met with reporters earlier this offseason prior to the NFL scouting combine, he was asked about what the Jets were hoping to do on offfense.  Understanding the need to add playmakers around quarterback Sam Darnold to create an explosive offense, he replied by saying “speed creates pressure and pressure breaks… Read more

With all of the pomp and circumstance that comes with the NFL draft and the “etched in stone” players on the 55-man roster, we sometimes lose sight of the bottom-of-the-roster guys who didn’t see action during the previous season but were retained by their team or added by another on a future contract.  Who are… Read more

A pair of rookies had their seasons ended prematurely when the Jets placed offensive lineman Chuma Edoga and wide receiver Jeff Smith on IR with just two games left in the season. Edoga racked up a handful of starts earlier this season but struggled mightily in pass protection while Smith spent most of the year… Read more

Having all the speed in the world doesn’t always translate to success in the NFL (see Stephen Hill) but Joe Douglas has put together a young receiving corps that gives Sam Darnold four targets who can run with, or past, just about any defender in the NFL. The addition of undrafted rookie free agent Jeff… Read more