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Getty New York Jets Cornerback Jimmy Moreland at Washington im Jahr 2019.
It looks like the New York Jets roster is the most comprehensive in a long time, and that’s a credit to CEO Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh.
Unfortunately, the more you accumulate your reserves, the more others knock on the door or, in this case, hunt down.
This has become the NFL term for when you steal a player from someone else’s training team. In 2022, there is no protection against this as long as an active place on the roster is offered, and an NFL insider believes the Jets are the perfect poaching candidate for the San Francisco 49ers.
Lombardo connects Jets’ Jimmy Moreland with the 49ers
The 49ers have been hit hard on the injury front this season and could really use some expert cornerback help after losing Jason Verrett and Emmanuel Moseley. The latter suffered a cruciate ligament injury just at the end of the season and many believe San Francisco will seek a possible replacement.
During a Mailbag column with Heavy on the NFL, Niners fan insider Matt Lombardo asked for a few names to watch, and Jets veteran Jimmy Moreland emerged as a potential option for the training team.
“Two veterans currently in the test groups would be ideal for DeMeco Ryan’s plan and could easily be killed in the next few days,” Lombardo said. “Corn Elder, currently on the Washington commanders training team … could be a plug-and-play starter in San Francisco. Likewise, Jimmy Moreland still has a lot of potential on the New York Jets training team to contribute to the San Francisco high school “.
Gang Green first hosted Moreland in early September before signing him on September 14th. For now, he currently serves as the Nickel corner reserve behind Michael Carter II after the Jets lost Javelin Guidry by giving up.
Moreland, a former seventh round pick with Washington, works best in this slot but is versatile enough to change elsewhere in a pinch. Moreland started 10 games and appeared in 37. He only managed one interception during his three-year term, although the DB dropped five passes with an allowed career catch rate of 75.7% at Pro Football Focus.
“If it’s a successful exchange for someone like [William] Jackson or a poaching training session, it wouldn’t be surprising at all to see San Francisco add a cornerback in the near future, ”concluded Lombardo.
Cornerback went from being the Jets’ weakness to being their greatest strength
When Douglas and Saleh added DJ Reed Jr. and Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner in the offseason after enlisting Carter, Brandin Echols and Jason Pinnock the year before, it was a clear sign that the Jets were looking to beat their opponents in the game. passage to choke.
It has worked great so far, with the NYJ defense ranking in the NFL top 10 by past yards five weeks into the game. If you break it down further by position, the Jets’ cornerbacks have given up just 429 yards from their 1,087 yards total.
Overall, the secondary and signal unit also improved as they developed more chemistry – they had the best two weeks of the season against Pittsburgh and Miami, totaling less than 200 yards from 178 and 158 in their last two games. They forced five interceptions during that two-week span.
Although Gardner was spectacular for being a rookie, the star of this cornerback team so far has been Reed. The acquisition of the free agent allowed only 88 yards on five starts and an absurd reception rate of 47.8%. This gave an NFL passer-by score of 39.8 when it counts, according to Pro Football Focus.
That said, Carter has so far been the weak link with a team lead of 189 yards allowed in the slot. While the franchise could probably afford to miss out on a deep comedy like Moreland starring Echols, Bryce Hall or the Safeties Will Parks and Ashtyn Davis available for the role, it wouldn’t be ideal to give him Nickel given his stolen experience.
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