Nation of Gang Green, good morning. I hope everyone is off to a wonderful start to the day. For some reason, cornerback Sauce Gardner of the New York Jets and his “LeSauce” reputation of luring free players to the Jets have angered a lot of critics. None of it is actually his fault at all, even though I can understand some displeasure in general given the team’s previous performance. It’s actually necessary that he is making an effort to entice talented players to the squad. It is unclear if head coach Robert Saleh will still be employed after this season, but a lot of the young Jets players will be there, and they will still be motivated to succeed whether or not the coach is successful.
The highly-coveted offensive linemen Joe Alt and Olu Fashanu are expected to be gone by the time the New York Jets select No. 10 overall in the first round of the NFL Draft, according to NFL Network lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah.
How will the offensive tackle-hungry Jets proceed now that both blue chip bookends have already been selected?
I would say Alt is gone. Fashanu probably is gone. That’s why I think it could come down to Fuaga versus Latham with that selection,” said Jeremiah during Thursday’s media availability previewing next week’s NFL Combine.
In his latest mock draft, Jeremiah sent Oregon State’s Jeremiah Fuaga to the Jets as the third offensive tackle taken. Four of the first eight selections were quarterbacks.
“Fuaga is a really, really clean player for me. He has played on the right side. I don’t see really why you would want to move him. I think he is plug-and-play as a right tackle,” said Jeremiah.
Fuaga, an All-Pac 12 Conference honoree, is an appealing prospect, but there is supposedly a drop-off in projected potential after Alt and Fashanu. Although a reliable right tackle would certainly help the Jets, there seems to be a more acute need at left tackle with Mekhi Becton and Duane Brown possibly on the way out. Fourth-round rookie Carter Warren was serviceable when starting the season’s final three games at right tackle. Alijah Vera-Tucker also has experience at the position and could land there upon returning from Achilles surgery.
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