Taking a look at the Jets rookie pass rusher

The Jets drafted former Miami defensive end Tyler Baron with their final pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft. Today we break Baron down in detail.

The 23-year old Baron is 6’5” and 258 pounds. He was an honorable mention all-ACC selection last year. He had 13.5 sacks in four years at Tennessee before transferring to Miami last year and registering 5.5 sacks.

Background

Baron was a four-star high school recruit who headed to Tennessee and recorded 21 tackles and a sack in a rotational role as a...

The last task before the really quiet period.

The Jets are set to open their organized team activities (OTAs) today.

This commences the third and final phase of the offseason program.

Phase 3 is a four-week period that consists of 10 OTAs. Teams can have a maximum of three OTAs in each of the first two weeks and a fourth non-OTA workout is allowed but with Phase 2 rules (no offense vs. defense, no one-on-ones, no helmets).

Live contact is not permitted and players are not allowed to wear shoulder pads, but they can wear helmets. Teams...

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Good morning Gang Green Nation! The New York Jets have OTA practices three days this week, starting tomorrow. This will be the first time the rookies go up against the veterans, and should provide some interesting first looks at where the rookies stand when they go up against real NFL competition. Of course it’s just a few days, there is no hitting, and much of the work is just beginning to install the offensive and defensive packages, but the OTAs still provide some tidbits of insight in an otherwise dead...

Silly season reaches its peak.

The time between the NFL Draft and the start of training camp is the slow period in the NFL. The news really starts to dry up.

From September through February, there are games to break down. February to March is all about getting ready for and analyzing free agency. Then from March to late April we do the same for the NFL Draft.

Once the Draft ends, there isn’t much left to talk about. So whenever a small snippet of news becomes available, it gets a ridiculous amount of attention relative to its actual performance....

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Good morning, Gang Green Nation.

This is generally known as the quiet part of the offseason. The offseason program is going on, but there usually aren’t many developments coming from that. The Jets cutting a player like Greg Zuerlein gets much more attention at this time of year than it would when the games are going on. The pickings are slim. The other big story of the last few days has been people pretending there’s a chance the Jets are going to consider bringing Jamal Adams back. Of...

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Happy Saturday, Gang Green Nation, and congratulations for making it to the weekend.

There is actual Jets news today. The team has released kicker Greg Zuerlein after a difficult 2024 season where he missed 6 of his 15 field goal attempts and spent half the season on injured reserve. This comes days after the Jets cut punter Thomas Morstead. Both Zuerlein and Morstead are in their late 30s. It seems like the Jets are looking for a youth movement on special teams. Kicking performance can fluctuate wildly from one season to the...

Zuerlein had two good years with the Jets, but his last year was difficult.

The Jets have announced the release of kicker Greg Zuerlein after three years with the team.

The Jets signed Zuerlein in 2022. His first year was solid as he connected on 81.1 percent of his field goal attempts. His second year was excellent as he made 92.1%. His third and final year, however, was rocky. He made only 9 of 15 with several of the misses coming in tight losses. The Jets placed Zuerlein on IR halfway through the season, and he did not return to...

They will face opponents that are a little fresher.

Over the last year or so, I have noticed discussion over the concept of rest differential. That is how much rest a team has entering games over their opponents. If you play on Sunday afternoon, while your next opponent is on Monday Night Football, it is a bit of an advantage. You get an extra day of rest. If you are coming off your bye while your opponent isn’t, you get seven.

Believe it or not, there are actually people who calculate rest differential for all 32 teams.

As you can...

Former Jets All Pro safety pining for return to glory days

With the 6th pick in the 2017 NFL draft, the New York Jets selected safety Jamal Adams. At first, that looked like a home run of a pick as Adams netted 2 Pro Bowls, a first team All Pro designation, and a second team All Pro designation by the end of his third year with the team.

After that it went quite south, as Adams publicly feuded with the team. He asked to be traded for several months before the team eventually granted his request, sending him to the...

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Good morning Gang Green Nation! Jamal Adams wants to “come home” to the Jets. He was a good player for the Jets a long time ago. He isn’t anymore. This dude has played a total of 20 games in the last three seasons combined. He has one season in the last three where he made more than 7 tackles. His specialty was blitzing, and he hasn’t had a sack since 2020. He used to be a physical safety. Now he shies away from contact. Frankly, he stinks, and he can’t...

There are a number of options

The 2025 Jets schedule has its share of intriguing matchups. Some are intriguing for storylines. Some have great matchups. Some are tests for key members of the team. Others are just at a fun venue. Which one do you find most compelling? These are the top contenders I see.

Week 1: vs. Steelers

We know Justin Fields will be taking on his former team. If Aaron Rodgers signs with the Steelers, this opener game would be unique. Both teams would be starting the opponent’s Week 1 quarterback from the previous year.

**Week 2: vs....

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