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At long last, the Jets didn’t finish last in a preseason ranking — but they were pretty close.

Pro Football Focus ranked all of the secondaries in the NFL. and well, the analytical site is not all that impressed with the Jets. PFF ranked New York’s tsecondary 28th out of 32 teams, noting the addition of Morris Claiborne as a major reason why the Jets were not lower.Claiborne finished his time with the Cowboys strong and had an overall grade of 84 for his performance in Dallas last season. The cornerback is now a major piece for this unit.

In addition, Marcus Williams and Buster Skrine will be depended on heavily to make plays in the secondary and keep opposing receivers in check during games. Altogether, those three will be extremely important in defending the aerial attack.The Jets will also hope that rookies Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye can help to bring along this defense. Obviously, they are young, but the Jets have seen promise in them. Adams especially has been turning heads during training camp.

As the Jets continue to rebuild and try to develop a winning culture in the organization, PFF provides them with even more bulletin board material to be used as motivation.

>    http://jetswire.usatoday.com/2017/07/20/pff-few-nfl-secondaries-worse-than-the-jets/

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If our primary corners this year are Claiborne, Skrine and Williams I will consider Maccagnan a failure.  Burris, Clark and Jones were all late picks, but if none of them is worth more than Williams, I will be pissed.  There will be enough opportunities and some of the UDFA class are intriguing.

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The New York Jets don't have to worry about any contract headaches when they report to training camp in eight days.

They have agreed to terms with first-round pick Jamal Adams, the rookie's agency announced Thursday night on Twitter. Per the rookie wage scale, he will make a fully guaranteed $22.3 million on a four-year contract. The team has an option for a fifth year.

Further details weren't immediately available, but it would be a $14.3 million signing bonus if the contract includes the standard structure.The former LSU safety, drafted sixth overall, is expected to be an immediate starter for the Jets. This means their entire draft class is under contract and it leaves only five unsigned first-rounders across the league.

>     http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/69790/agent-no-1-pick-jamal-adams-finalizes-deal-with-jets

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That sound you heard this week was the opening of NFL training camps. We're inside six weeks now until the start of the regular season, and the grunting and sweating that's happening on all those far-flung practice fields will soon yield to real results.The play-by-play you get of camp practices can be fun, and it can soothe your football-starved soul. But it doesn't ultimately make much of a difference as to what happens once the real games start. Far more likely to matter is what has come before -- the moves made this offseason long before camps opened.

With that in mind, and with camps open across the league, here's a look at the offseason moves likely to have a major impact on the 2017 NFL season, in no particular order :

~ ~   nyj.png?w=110&h=110&transparent=true   The New York Jets draft safety Jamal Adams

Look, it feels as if everything we say and write about the Jets is doom and gloom, and for the most part there's good reason for that. I don't expect them to be a good team in 2017. But Adams, the No. 6 overall pick, could be the most NFL-ready player in this year's rookie class, and the expectation is that he'll emerge as a leader right away and solidify things on that defense as the team adds pieces in the years to come. A great long-view pick for a team that has to be thinking that way.

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>     http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20174005/nfl-most-impactful-offseason-moves-2017-preseason-training-camp

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-- The Jets got very little game-changing production from their safeties, Calvin Pryor and Marcus Gilchrist, last year. 

While cornerback Buster Skrine didn't trash either guy, he believes the team's new duo -- rookies Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye -- will be "an upgrade" from Pryor and Gilchrist.

"They're very smart," Skrine told NJ Advance Media this week at training camp. "They're athletic. They can cover the field on the deep ball. They're better than a lot of safeties I've already played with in my career. Do I think they'll be an upgrade? Yeah, they'll be an upgrade. Both of them are really good. They're an upgrade."Skrine is entering his third season with the Jets. He played for the Browns from 2011-14. So he hasn't exactly played on a lot of outstanding teams. But he really likes Adams (a first-round draft pick) and Maye (a second-rounder). 

"They're extremely athletic," Skrine said. "They're both students of the game. I've got a lot of respect for them. Not saying our safeties were bad last year. I'm just saying they're really good."Skrine is being kind here. The Jets' safeties were not good last year. The organization traded Pryor to the Browns this offseason, and also cut Gilchrist, who sustained a serious knee injury late last season. Both moves were made after the Jets drafted Adams and Maye.

The Jets hope Adams and Maye can be their safety duo of the future, as the team rebuilds with younger players. And Skrine believes both players have big potential, as they step into starting roles as rookies -- no easy task for safeties."Jamal is the most athletic strong safety I've seen -- and coverage-wise," Skrine said. "He can do it all. He can move and he can guard a receiver. He can guard any tight end." 

>    http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2017/08/jets_buster_skrine_jamal_adams_marcus_maye_upgrade.html#incart_river_index

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Steve McLendon can't always see what Marcus Maye does is in the secondary, but the 8th year pro says what the rookie brings to the table is necessary.

"The most amazing thing, for me, is to see young guys comes in and communicate," McLendon, part of perhaps the Jets' most talented unit on the defensive line. "To not be scared to talk, because we need it. They're going to see something that we're not going to see because we're down in the dirt. ... It's good to have young safeties come in and do their job."

Maye, a second-round pick out of Florida, did his job Saturday. Midway through the Jets' Green and White scrimmage, Maye picked off veteran Josh McCown near the left sideline and took it to the house 60 yards for a defensive score on a night the defense often outshined its competition at MetLife Stadium."Marcus made a heck of a play," said McCown, who threw the only pick of the night between himself, Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty. "We've talked about these two young safeties [along with first round pick Jamal Adams, who did not play Saturday] for a while now and how they carry themselves. ... Those guys are going to make plays sometimes."Maye and Adams, who sat out Saturday's scrimmage with a minor ankle injury, have big responsibilities as the expected starting tandem. They are the eyes of the defense, the quarterbacks of the unit -- and both have received high praise in just a short amount of time in New York since draft weekend.

"[Marcus] has been good," coach Todd Bowles said. "He's been solid. He doesn't play like a rookie so we just hope he keeps getting better."

The Jets jettisoned last year's starters Calvin Pryor and Marcus Gilchrist out of town this off-season, leaving the opportunity for both rookie safeties to begin the season and opening day starters. In a perfect world in the eyes of the Jets' brass, the organization landed their starting safety tandem for the next decade with the pair who come to the Jets by way of the SEC.

Maye, a 6-foot, 207-pound hard-hitting type, spent the past four years at Florida, where he racked up 5 INTs, 16 passes defended, six forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries to pair with 205 career tackles. He has flown relatively under the radar with Adams, out of LSU, being a first-round pick, though both have received their share of praise since draft night."I feel like any guy on our team belongs in the NFL," McLendon said. "As for Marcus, though, I said that about him in OTAs. Same thing with Adams. They came in and communicated the first day we showed up."And Maye showed up Saturday, highlighting the night with the game's biggest play.

"It's amazing for a young guy to come in and get a pick six and do it in front of his fans," McLendon said. "Hopefully, it can carry over to next week and we can continue to build on these little things."

>      http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2017/08/he_doesnt_play_like_a_rookie_jets_marcus_maye_cont.html#incart_river_index

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Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer 

The Jets may have to start their third-string nickel back against the Browns. Juston Burris didn't practice today after injuring his foot yesterday, and he's questionable. Darryl Roberts (hamstring) was ruled out. That leaves only four healthy corners. Marcus Williams would play in the nickel and rookie Derrick Jones (inactive for the first four games) would be the fourth if Burris can't play. They could bring up a corner from the practice squad.

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Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer 

The Jets may have to start their third-string nickel back against the Browns. Juston Burris didn't practice today after injuring his foot yesterday, and he's questionable. Darryl Roberts (hamstring) was ruled out. That leaves only four healthy corners. Marcus Williams would play in the nickel and rookie Derrick Jones (inactive for the first four games) would be the fourth if Burris can't play. They could bring up a corner from the practice squad.

I'd be glad to see Jones play, the kids very athletic.

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~ ~  CB Morris Claiborne: He shadowed Brandin Cooks for the entire game. The numbers don't show it (six catches for 93 yards), but Claiborne played a terrific game. He got beat on a 42-yard pass, a fantastic throw by Tom Brady that beat good coverage. Week after week, Claiborne shows the ability to be a No. 1 corner.

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>     http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/72138/jamal-adams-coaching-decisions-under-scrutiny-in-jets-loss

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Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer 

Jets coach Todd Bowles said maligned CB Buster Skrine "had some technique errors" against the Dolphins. "It wasn't his finest day." That's putting It mildly. Bowles hinted that Jarvis Landry's TD in the first quarter was on Skrine, which would mean he allowed three TD passes in the loss. Still, he won't get benched, according to Bowles.

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