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Bills GM Brandon Beane was willing to take a chance on journeyman S C.J. Gardner-Johnson after researching his past and laying down rules for his first season with the team.
“We talked about just making sure, ‘You’ve got to be a good teammate,’” Beane said, via The Athletic. “We don’t want any cheap shots in practice or anything like that. You want to keep it in between those lines, but you do want his edge.”
The Jets are set to return four of their five offensive line starters from last season, including LT Olu Fashanu, C Josh Myers, RG Joe Tippmann and RT Armand Membou, while recently signed Dylan Parham slides into the left guard role. New York OC Frank Reich senses “real consistency” from their offensive line and doesn’t think they have any weak links.
“Young and hungry group, but seasoned,” Reich said, via Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic. “They’ve played football together. … They know how to work. I mean they’re really physically talented. They know what we’re trying to do. I sense a real consistency among the group and the right mentality. There is no weak link up there, mentally or physically. It’s very high functioning, mentally processing what we’re doing and why we’re doing it and seeing it done at a fast level. I’ve been very impressed by the group.”
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