Any Nathan Shephard sightings?

[Bruce Harper]

Should we read anything in to his lack of playing time?  He was a fairly high pick for us.  Is he hurt?  Right now, each of Bilal Powell and Robby Anderson have more solo tackles than he does.

[Patriot Killa]

I think they are just riding the hot hand with Henry Anderson right now.

[bitonti]

I have a Dynasty IDP league and am about to drop him for BJ Hill. He's playing he's just not producing. The fact he's 25 means there's like zero upside. He should be producing now. So yeah, there is concern. He might become a solid "jordan Jenkins" style contributor but a legit player would be flashing right now.  He's occupying gaps best thing you can say about the dude. Probably another classic Mac day 1 overdraft. 

[Beerfish]

Everyone loved this guy in camp but much like other 'can't be blocked' comments he is facing our oline in camp.

[morny]

5 minutes ago, bitonti said:

I have a Dynasty IDP league and am about to drop him for BJ Hill. He's playing he's just not producing. The fact he's 25 means there's like zero upside. He should be producing now. So yeah, there is concern. He might become a solid "jordan Jenkins" style contributor but a legit player would be flashing right now.  He's occupying gaps best thing you can say about the dude. Probably another classic Mac day 1 overdraft. 

He drafted him near the end of day 2?

[#27TheDominator]

He's playing between 1/2 to 1/3 of the snaps and not doing much.  Don't see him getting pushed around, but, as Bit points out, he's not doing much either. 

[Thai Jet]

9 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

Everyone loved this guy in camp but much like other 'can't be blocked' comments he is facing our oline in camp.

Sad statement but true.

[bealeb319]

He is a rookie who has like 1/3 of five games experience in the NFL? Might not pan out but defiantly not going to get concerned about him yet especially with Anderson beasting out

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[Thai Jet]

7 minutes ago, morny said:

He drafted him near the end of day 2?

Most correct !

[Thai Jet]

Just now, bealeb319 said:

He is a rookie who has like 1/3 of five games experience in the NFL? Might not pan out but defiantly not going to get concerned about him yet especially with Anderson beasting out

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Looking for Anderson to have a monster game against his former team.

[bitonti]

20 minutes ago, morny said:

He drafted him near the end of day 2?

sorry it's a classic Day 2 overdraft.  Like Ardarius Stewart, Christian Hackenberg, and Lorenzo Mauldin. 

[GREENBEAN]

I like Shephard. He is not coming up with the stats we'd like to see, but our Run D has been pretty stout and he is a contributor to that. I've eyeballed him a couple of times this year trying to see what he was doing. He doesn't get that great of penetration but his gaps were clogged pretty nicely during the plays I focused on him. He's not getting pushed around. 

Let's hope he continues to improve but he is only a rookie playing less than half of the D snaps in the first half of his first season. I wouldn't sound the alarm bells just yet. 

[Barkus]

He came from a nowwhere school so should give him more time to acclimate. He is not getting blown out of the line and is sturdy. Anderson has been so good that he will have a tough time getting more playing time right now.

[GreenFish]

He hasn’t had splash plays, but he is contributing to a strong DL. We currently have 4 guys playing really well up front.

I kind of see him more as a Steve McLendon NT then a Leo DT type. 

[JetsFanatic]

8 minutes ago, bitonti said:

sorry it's a classic Day 2 overdraft.  Like Ardarius Stewart, Christian Hackenberg, and Lorenzo Mauldin. 

A little early to come to that conclusion.

[JustInFudge]

He's actually played quite a bit.  144 snaps which is good for about 40%.  That's only about 50 less snaps than Henry Anderson who has seen 53% of the snaps.  Henry stands out.  Sheppard has been a ghost. 

Game 5 of NFL career and he's a nobody which is concerning because he's 25 and a full grown man but he's a small school guy learning to adjust to the NFL. He's never seen anything like the athlete's he's playing vs. right now.

 

[Skeptable]

Snap Count:

NEW YORK JETS SNAP COUNT SUMMARY

2018

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Sam Darnold	60 100%	65 100%	63 100%	55 100%	62 100%													305
Bilal Powell	24 40%	34 52%	34 54%	35 64%	34 55%													161
Isaiah Crowell	24 40%	31 48%	29 46%	20 36%	25 40%													129
Trenton Cannon	12 20%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%	1 2%													13
Quincy Enunwa	40 67%	52 80%	53 84%	52 95%	48 77%													245
Robby Anderson	35 58%	53 82%	42 67%	41 75%	32 52%													203
Jermaine Kearse		20 31%	34 54%	47 85%	39 63%													140
Terrelle Pryor	24 40%	44 68%	44 70%	2 4%	13 21%													127
Andre Roberts	10 17%	0 0%	1 2%	3 5%	2 3%													16
Charone Peake	13 22%	0 0%	0 0%															13
Eric Tomlinson	29 48%	37 57%	24 38%	13 24%	46 74%													149
Chris Herndon		44 68%	34 54%	36 65%														114
Jordan Leggett	15 25%		19 30%	26 47%	29 47%													89
Neal Sterling	40 67%	10 15%																50
Steve McLendon	21 30%	32 53%	32 42%	39 51%	28 36%													152
Nathan Shepherd	32 46%	22 37%	28 36%	40 52%	23 30%													145
Mike Pennel	18 26%	10 17%	19 25%	16 21%	12 16%													75
Leonard Williams	46 66%	49 82%	65 84%	56 73%	59 77%													275
Brandon Copeland	51 73%	32 53%	45 58%	47 61%	48 62%													223
Henry Anderson	34 49%	29 48%	49 64%	33 43%	49 64%													194
Jeremiah Attaochu	10 14%	0 0%	7 9%	17 22%	33 43%													67
Avery Williamson	64 91%	60 100%	77 100%	77 100%	77 100%													355
Darron Lee	64 91%	57 95%	77 100%	68 88%	77 100%													343
Jordan Jenkins	44 63%	49 82%	51 66%	53 69%	41 53%													238
Frankie Luvu	35 50%	33 55%	31 40%		28 36%													127
Josh Martin				19 25%														19
Neville Hewitt	7 10%	3 5%	0 0%	2 3%	0 0%													12
Kevin Pierre-Louis		0 0%	0 0%	7 9%	0 0%													7
Jamal Adams	70 100%	60 100%	77 100%	77 100%	77 100%													361
Doug Middleton	70 100%	55 92%	77 100%	1 1%	0 0%													203
Marcus Maye				77 100%	77 100%													154
J.J. Wilcox	5 7%	3 5%	9 12%	5 6%	3 4%													25
Terrence Brooks	0 0%	0 0%	1 1%	0 0%	0 0%													1
Morris Claiborne	63 90%	57 95%	72 94%	53 69%	77 100%													322
Trumaine Johnson	52 74%	60 100%	64 83%	77 100%														253
Buster Skrine	59 84%	49 82%	15 19%	61 79%	13 17%													197
Darryl Roberts	22 31%	0 0%	9 12%	22 29%	73 95%													126
Parry Nickerson	3 4%	0 0%	42 55%	0 0%	52 68%													97
Juston Burris	0 0%				0 0%													0

[JustInFudge]

13 minutes ago, bitonti said:

sorry it's a classic Day 2 overdraft.  Like Ardarius Stewart, Christian Hackenberg, and Lorenzo Mauldin. 

I somewhat agree.  It was a shock when the announced his name because there were real potential stud pass rushers on the board who played at a real school; Jerome Baker taken immediately after Sheppard from OSU who I personally loved in the 3rd, is looking every bit the part in Miami.  30+ tackles a bunch for a loss, 2 sacks.  Sam Hubbard from OSU who I liked too also has sack but it's still very early still in these dudes careers.  Sheppard could find himself but it is concerning that's he's not at his size/age even as a rookie.

 

[section314]

11 minutes ago, JiF said:

He's actually played quite a bit.  144 snaps which is good for about 40%.  That's only about 50 less snaps than Henry Anderson who has seen 53% of the snaps.  Henry stands out.  Sheppard has been a ghost. 

Game 5 of NFL career and he's a nobody which is concerning because he's 25 and a full grown man but he's a small school guy learning to adjust to the NFL. He's never seen anything like the athlete's he's playing vs. right now.

 

Agreed. Look at Dalvin Thomlinson on the Giants.  Bama guy who basically played in the mini NFL in the SEC. Took him awhile to get up to speed. If we are still having this discussion weeks 12-16, maybe red flag time.

[morny]

26 minutes ago, bitonti said:

sorry it's a classic Day 2 overdraft.  Like Ardarius Stewart, Christian Hackenberg, and Lorenzo Mauldin. 

Ah right, glad we've completely written him off after five games of his rookie season. Good to know. 

As for overdraft, I'm pretty sure he was drafted in and around where he was projected. Obviously that doesn't matter if he's no good, but it wasn't criticised as a reach. 

[UntouchableCrew]

I'm not overly worried about a guy 5 games into his career, but obviously the timeline for a 25 year old is different than that of a younger player. Let's see where he stands at the end of the season.

[Thai Jet]

1 hour ago, GreenFish said:

He hasn’t had splash plays, but he is contributing to a strong DL. We currently have 4 guys playing really well up front.

I kind of see him more as a Steve McLendon NT then a Leo DT type. 

I wouldn't argue with you on this. More of a behind the scenes hero.

[Paradis]

The Jets are more stubborn with the 3-4 scheme than the guy who broke the world record sitting in a tree for 40 years.... we haven’t had the personnel to run a good 3-4 since 2010. Why we don’t just commit to a 4-3 is beyond me.

 

 

 

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[ScarletKnight89]

He's been the least productive player on what has been a pretty good D-Line so far. He hasn't been awful or anything, but he's just kind of there right now. Hopefully he develops as the season goes on and starts to be more productive.

He was a 3rd round pick from a small school and he's already 25 years old. This is the type of pick you make when you feel you have a real steal on your hands. It would be disappointing if this pick didn't work out and would be another negative for Macc in the draft. But it's only been 5 games. We have to give it some time.

[BCJet]

Damon Harrison played in 5 games his rookie season, without making a single tackle.

I didnt love the Shephard pick at the time, specifically due to his age and the fact that it was another DT.  That being said, until this time next year, we cannot tell what the kid will be.  Hes making a huge jump to the NFL so its going to take time.

[HawkeyeJet]

Not that that anyone cares nor does it mean anything overall, but he absolutely blew up 1 run play last week.  Not sure if it resulted in a TFL or not but he destroyed the RT(I believe) and was in the backfield in a blink.

[dbatesman]

[CanadienJetsFan]

6 hours ago, GreenFish said:

He hasn’t had splash plays, but he is contributing to a strong DL. We currently have 4 guys playing really well up front.

I kind of see him more as a Steve McLendon NT then a Leo DT type. 

This. 

What's everyone complaining about?  The guy wasn't touted to be a sack master...he's a D lineman.

[Smashmouth]

6 hours ago, Beerfish said:

Everyone loved this guy in camp but much like other 'can't be blocked' comments he is facing our oline in camp.

 the same OL that shut down one of the better pass rushing teams in the NFL ?

It was going to take this OL time to adapt to a new system and at this stage they seem to be doing pretty well. New offenses usually show themselves from mid season on. It would have been nice to get wins against cleveland and Miami which we should have gotten.  The Jets are a few plays and a HC away from being 4-1. I say judge the new offense in the second half the defense which has been both great and horrible and wildly inconsistent has zero excuses since they have been the same system for 4 years

[Nixhead]

Did anyone think this rookie would come in and be better than McLendon or Williams? Maybe Shep is the reason Leo is making some plays now. Our run defense for the most part seems to be pretty solid so worrying about Shep is a waste of brain power - and I don’t have much left. 

[varjet]

There is only so much cap room to go around.  This pick makes sense if he can step in for one of McClendon,Anderson or Williams and save the team cap space.

For a team rebuilding we did not seem ready to give up on McClendon, who is good.  We still bought one year of Anderson,working for a contract. 

This does not seem to make sense to me. 

[jack48]

22 hours ago, Bruce Harper said:

Should we read anything in to his lack of playing time?  He was a fairly high pick for us.  Is he hurt?  Right now, each of Bilal Powell and Robby Anderson have more solo tackles than he does.

Henry Anderson?

[bitonti]

9 hours ago, varjet said:

There is only so much cap room to go around.  This pick makes sense if he can step in for one of McClendon,Anderson or Williams and save the team cap space.

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the Jets are currently 21 million under the cap. None of these decisions are cap space related. 

[More Cowbell]

22 hours ago, bealeb319 said:

He is a rookie who has like 1/3 of five games experience in the NFL? Might not pan out but defiantly not going to get concerned about him yet especially with Anderson beasting out

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Thank you. Some.of the posters here are unbelieveable.  The most dirty stuff happens along the lines and since he played for a small school, he probably never experienced any of that and has to adjust.  This is like being in school all over again. 

[More Cowbell]

22 hours ago, JiF said:

He's actually played quite a bit.  144 snaps which is good for about 40%.  That's only about 50 less snaps than Henry Anderson who has seen 53% of the snaps.  Henry stands out.  Sheppard has been a ghost. 

Game 5 of NFL career and he's a nobody which is concerning because he's 25 and a full grown man but he's a small school guy learning to adjust to the NFL. He's never seen anything like the athlete's he's playing vs. right now.

 

The most important thing is he isn't  getting pushed off the line. He might need to get stronger now. He isn't  likely eating yo doubles but I like that he isnt getting pancaked