JetNation Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Current Safeties on the Roster: 39 Allen, Antonio S 6-1 210 24 2 South Carolina 32 Bush, Josh S 5-11 205 24 2 Wake Forest 37 Jarrett, Jaiquawn S 6-0 196 23 2 Temple 26 Landry, Dawan S 6-1 212 30 8 Georgia Tech 42 Lockett, Bret S 6-1 220 26 4 UCLA 45 Miles, Rontez S 6-2 203 24 R California (PA) Current Cornerbacks on the Roster: 22 Berry, Aaron CB 5-11 180 24 4 Pittsburgh 41 Crocker, Eric CB 6-2 195 25 1 Arkansas-Monticello 31 Cromartie, Antonio CB 6-2 210 29 8 Florida State 43 Edwards, Mike CB 5-10 186 22 R Hawaii 34 Fletcher, Donnie CB 6-1 195 22 2 Boston College 21 Lankster, Ellis CB 5-9 190 26 4 West Virginia 35 Trufant, Isaiah CB 5-8 170 30 3 Eastern Washington 30 Walls, Darrin CB 6-0 190 24 3 Notre Dame 20 Wilson, Kyle CB 5-10 190 25 4 Boise State 38 Adams, Royce DB 6-0 190 25 2 Purdue Cornerbacks With Darrelle Revis now in Tampa Bay, the number one cornerback for the Jets is Antonio Cromartie. As he did when Revis was hurt last year, Cromartie will have the monumental task of covering some of the best wide receivers in the game. He intercepted 3 passes and deflected another 13. Quarterbacks often chose not to throw against him last year and the same could be true in 2013. Next year those receivers include the likes of Stevie Johnson, Mike Wallace, Marques Colston, Steve Smith, Vincent Jackson, Roddy White/Julio Jones, among others. Coming off a strong season Cromartie has been confident and has now took on the role of “player-coach “ for the younger defensive backs on the team. Sky is the limit when it comes to Cromartie’s Pro Bowl potential and the Jets hope he’ll step up and perform as he did in 2012. Dee Milliner, 9th overall pick, comes in as the most outstanding corner in the 2013 draft. As a member of National Champion Alabama, Milliner had an astounding 41 pass deflections and 6 interceptions. He helped them become the nation’s top defense for the last 3 years. Milliner should not be compared to Revis. Putting a tag on a young player like that can be detrimental to his development. Fans need to treat Milliner as his own brand. Milliner has many traits as a cover, lock-down corner that emulate Revis, but he shouldn’t be compared in any extent. Milliner brings a level of speed and athleticism that the Jets missed last season and he should be an immediate plug in as the Jets number two corner. Kyle Wilson has struggled so far in his career. However, he has had mild success as a third corner in the slot. If Milliner beats out Wilson to become the starting corner, Wilson will assume the nickel corner role. He has been working with Cromartie all off season in New Jersey to try and improve his hip flexibility and his ability to read routes and react. Other corners like Isaiah Trufant, Ellis Lankster, Darrin Walls, Aaron Berry, and Royce Adams will have a role on the team in special teams or in special pass coverage packages and will provide mildly experienced depth in case of injury. Adams is a converted WR turned corner who saw significant reps with #1 defense last year in minicamp prior to getting hurt. The competition among these players, as well as, Eric Crocker, Mike Edwards, and Donnie Fletcher will make this a fun area to watch come minicamp and training camp. Safety After losing LaRon Landry (Indianapolis Colts) and Yeremiah Bell (Arizona Cardinals), arguably the two most consistent and solid defensive players on the 2012 roster, the Jets have turned in another direction. They signed veteran free agent Dawan Landry, older brother of LaRon, who played as a safety for Rex Ryan in Baltimore between 2006-2010. In Rex Ryan’s defensive system Dawan accounted for 9 interceptions and 270 tackles. Landry isn’t quite the big hitter as his younger brother, but he can still bring a big hit. He is a bit more fluid in pass coverage than his younger brother. Fans shouldn’t look for him to match his brother’s production in total tackles because the Jets defense will be younger and faster and hopefully won’t have to rely on safeties to lead them in tackling. He was a low risk high reward signing by new GM John Idzik who can play a major role as a leader in the secondary. With knowledge of the system, Landry is going to have to help the young safeties be the “quarterback of the defense” by making coverage calls and checks pre snap. Some of the young safeties that could be starting week one are 2nd year players Antonio Allen or Josh Bush. Allen saw some time as a blitzing safety last year and will now have a bigger role as an every down safety. Bush has been called a “ball hawk” by many of the offensive players including Jeremy Kerley. Rex has said in the past that Bush has many qualities that Ed Reed had under Rex in Baltimore. That is a huge compliment. While Bush may not quite be Ed Reed, look for he and Allen to have significantly better 2nd years and play a major role in the defense. Other guys in the mix could be Jaiquawn Jarrett, Bret Lockett, and hard hitting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrqfAgHo82o (link is his highlight video). Miles had a very good rookie minicamp. He comes from California University (PA), where he had 10 interceptions and was one of the hardest hitting safeties in the country. Miles could be an interesting guy to watch in minicamp and training camp as an “in-the-box” safety used to blitz. His physical play is right up Rex’s alley for players he loves to find playing time. Out of the three “on-the-bubble” safeties on the roster, Miles may have the best chance to make the team, if he learns the system and continues to perform as the hard hitter and playmaker he has been throughout college. Follow Me: View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The safeties are ******* awful. I'd rather have smith back in the line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 The safeties are ******* awful. I'd rather have smith back in the line up. You can't possibly mean that. I would rather line up 10 people on defense than march Eric Smith back out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 You can't possibly mean that. I would rather line up 10 people on defense than march Eric Smith back out there Eric Smith would beat four out of six of those safeties listed in a foot race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Eric Smith would beat four out of six of those safeties listed in a foot race. He would also defeat all 6 safeties in a "who can fall down in coverage the most" contest. On an unrelated note.....where is BG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Eric Smith would beat four out of six of those safeties listed in a foot race. If he didn't trip over his own feet or worse draw a flag for interfering with one of his fellow runners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stugotz81 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I put eric smith in the same pool as kyle wilson. both garbage defensive backs and cause more bad then good when on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I put eric smith in the same pool as kyle wilson. both garbage defensive backs and cause more bad then good when on the field. Kyle Wilson is a Pro Bowler compared to Eric Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Eric Smith would beat four out of six of those safeties listed in a foot race. You want to know how to beat Eric Smith in a race? Put on a Tim Tebow jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 You can't possibly mean that. I would rather line up 10 people on defense than march Eric Smith back out there No just trying to start sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 He would also defeat all 6 safeties in a "who can fall down in coverage the most" contest. On an unrelated note.....where is BG? Sorry I'm late, but you guys seem to have this covered. I'm proud of you all. Tripping, falling, yada yada yada, Eric Smith sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Nobody mentioned tripping over the 20 yard line. I'm surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 On a non I-hate-Eric-Smith note, if one of these safeties can emerge as a legit starter, I actually like this group. Cromartie had an absolutely amazing season last year (dare I say, as good as anything Revis has done post-2009) and while certainly not what we had hoped for when he was drafted, I think Wilson gets too much hate. He's got his moments and is solid enough, and with the likelihood of him being moved back into the nickel and Milliner taking the #2 role, that should be a plus. Beyond that, you have guys like Lankster and Trufant who have been around for a while now and shown their worth on both special teams and in dime packages, particularly Lankster who saw a ton more playing time due to Revis' injury. Nothing spectacular, but you could do a lot worse than what the Jets have gotten out of those guys. At safety, Dawan brings a solid veteran presence that should help to nicely fill in one of the safety spots without any questions, so it really comes down to if one of the young kids, particularly Bush or Allen, can show they've got what it takes to step into a starting role. Even if not, safety is one of those positions that you can typically find someone on the scrap heap after final cutdowns, so hopefully they can address that one way or another. Other than the DL, I'd say the DBs are probably the position of least concern on this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stugotz81 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Kyle Wilson is a Pro Bowler compared to Eric Smith No way man, Wilson blooooooows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishJets39 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I think S, Antonio Allen will be the starter I like him went Jets drafted him he a hard hitter. So look to see Allen and Landry to be the starter at Safeties. Never did like Eric Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 everytime a safety gets released, i think, that guy is better than our safeties. The Browns released Eric Hagg today. That guy is better than our safeties. These guys are shady. They need to pick someone else up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCJETSFAN Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 At the beginning of offseason we had one of the best secondary's in football with revis Cro Wilson for slot and Landry and bell as safety's we lost 3 of them so we took a hit there add that to the lack of LBs we have spells trouble for us on D!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeKlecko Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 On a non I-hate-Eric-Smith note, if one of these safeties can emerge as a legit starter, I actually like this group. Cromartie had an absolutely amazing season last year (dare I say, as good as anything Revis has done post-2009) and while certainly not what we had hoped for when he was drafted, I think Wilson gets too much hate. He's got his moments and is solid enough, and with the likelihood of him being moved back into the nickel and Milliner taking the #2 role, that should be a plus. Beyond that, you have guys like Lankster and Trufant who have been around for a while now and shown their worth on both special teams and in dime packages, particularly Lankster who saw a ton more playing time due to Revis' injury. Nothing spectacular, but you could do a lot worse than what the Jets have gotten out of those guys. At safety, Dawan brings a solid veteran presence that should help to nicely fill in one of the safety spots without any questions, so it really comes down to if one of the young kids, particularly Bush or Allen, can show they've got what it takes to step into a starting role. Even if not, safety is one of those positions that you can typically find someone on the scrap heap after final cutdowns, so hopefully they can address that one way or another. Other than the DL, I'd say the DBs are probably the position of least concern on this team. I think that may be overstating things a bit, but maybe you're right. At least I hope so. I just wish I had the confidence in one of them to step up that you seem to. I liked Jarrett a lot the year he was in the draft. To date, he has been a disappointment and appears to be too slow, but maybe he didn't get a real chance in Philly. As a rule, I'm not high on players from Wake Forest. I live very close to Wake, and they're in the news here about as much as UNC and more than NC State or Duke. Thus, I don't have a lot of hope for Bush. Hopefully, I'm wrong,and Kerley, Rex and others haven't just been blowing smoke. It would be awesome if he could be a real ball hawk and nail down the FS spot. Then Landry and either Allen, Jarrett, Miles or one of the others could handle the in the box responsibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsjetsjetss Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 eric smith still won us the miami game this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 At the beginning of offseason we had one of the best secondary's in football with revis Cro Wilson for slot and Landry and bell as safety's we lost 3 of them so we took a hit there add that to the lack of LBs we have spells trouble for us on D!!!! In return they have loaded up the front 7 with young talent. That and Ryan is really good at coaching all the defensive positions and there are a whole bunch of DBs on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCJETSFAN Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Loaded up front 7 ? Where besides Wilkerson the rest are question marks ! Everyone assumes couples and Davis are now Suggs And Lewis we have one guy that we can count on that's Wilkerson !! Besides Rex's defense depends on great safety play also and last yr any good team really scored at will !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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