Jamien Sherwood A Starter Now Or In The Future?

[DKBxJets]

Jamien Sherwood has stepped into CJ Mosley's role once again but has made strides in his development. The Jets defense arguably looks much faster, looser, and more capable of responding to the run game with Sherwood in the starting lineup. One of the biggest boost the defense has saw with him on the field is in coverage where he's grading out as a top 10 LB. Should the Jets consider slow playing CJ Mosley's recovery or even eating into his workload to get Sherwood on the field more often?

 

Note: PFF recently grade Sherwood at 8th best LB with Quincy as the 3rd best. Looks like the Jets can field 2 top 10 LB's no matter what, lol.

[Barry McCockinner]

I don't think it's a coincidence the defense has been better since Moseley was injured.

[AFJF]

Jets should've offered him a deal this offseason.  Was clearly getting better every year since being drafted.

[PepPep]

Has Sherwood shown that he can be a capable starter? Sure. He's playing great right now. But this defense still can't stop the run and Mosley will still be the starter when he comes back healthy. No doubt in my mind. I'm not sure how fair it is to say that the Jets D is playing much better without Mosley. He only played 1 full game this season. And nobody on defense played well against the Niners. If anything, it's a good problem to have when Mosley is back. This coaching staff needs to get more creative on both sides of the ball and mix up their personnel anyway. But in general the LB core has looked solid, IMO. 

From what I've seen so far the issues with stopping the run have been on the D-line. Opposing o-lines seem to always get a push and create holes. Our LB's have been pretty good at cleaning up the play, and that includes Mosley, but by then the RB has gained 4, 5, 6 yards. Our defensive line needs to become more disruptive in the backfield against the run. This requires discipline and better play recognition. Something the d-line in particular has lacked. Jordan Mason on SF shredded us with misdirection and cutbacks. Tony Pollard was able to use the edges on stretch plays because we can't set the edge like we could last year with JFM and a healthy JJ. Javonte Williams went power mode against us and the Broncos grinded out crucial yards down the stretch because their o-line got that push our d-line keeps giving up. The only game the Jets were able to really shut down the run in was against the Pats and that was because they were so clearly dominating that sad Pats o-line. 

The Jets are sorely missing JJ, JFM and Fotu. And their coaching staff needs to figure out a way to make up for that. Some of this may be on the players. But the fact that we see teams running the ball at will with all the talent this D-line still has without JJ, JFM and Fotu still injured has a lot to do with bad coaching. 

[AFJF]

5 hours ago, PepPep said:

Has Sherwood shown that he can be a capable starter? Sure. He's playing great right now. But this defense still can't stop the run and Mosley will still be the starter when he comes back healthy. No doubt in my mind. I'm not sure how fair it is to say that the Jets D is playing much better without Mosley. He only played 1 full game this season. And nobody on defense played well against the Niners. If anything, it's a good problem to have when Mosley is back. This coaching staff needs to get more creative on both sides of the ball and mix up their personnel anyway. But in general the LB core has looked solid, IMO. 

From what I've seen so far the issues with stopping the run have been on the D-line. Opposing o-lines seem to always get a push and create holes. Our LB's have been pretty good at cleaning up the play, and that includes Mosley, but by then the RB has gained 4, 5, 6 yards. Our defensive line needs to become more disruptive in the backfield against the run. This requires discipline and better play recognition. Something the d-line in particular has lacked. Jordan Mason on SF shredded us with misdirection and cutbacks. Tony Pollard was able to use the edges on stretch plays because we can't set the edge like we could last year with JFM and a healthy JJ. Javonte Williams went power mode against us and the Broncos grinded out crucial yards down the stretch because their o-line got that push our d-line keeps giving up. The only game the Jets were able to really shut down the run in was against the Pats and that was because they were so clearly dominating that sad Pats o-line. 

The Jets are sorely missing JJ, JFM and Fotu. And their coaching staff needs to figure out a way to make up for that. Some of this may be on the players. But the fact that we see teams running the ball at will with all the talent this D-line still has without JJ, JFM and Fotu still injured has a lot to do with bad coaching. 

Mosley is slow and can't cover as well as the more athletic former safety.

Bob will play Mosley because he's not a "play the best players" kind of coach.

Even still, Sherwood should have a future with the team.

[jeremy2020]

He's better than Mosley

[varjet]

3 hours ago, AFJF said:

Even still, Sherwood should have a future with the team.

This is true but he will be another Huff. Unless they extend him now he will be tough to keep. 

[Bobby816]

We better not do the stupid thing and start Mosley just bc of his name and leadership when Sherwood is better. And do this bc we just don’t want to pay Sherwood what he deserves. So we hide him as a backup just for this reason.

 

Play the best LBs. And if Sherwood earns a pay day. Pay him. He’s not going to command a crazy contract with just 1 year of good football in his career.