Post #57734 - 08/12/2022 02:05:05

Did the Jets Make a Mistake Drafting Jer

This season there has been so much talk about the Jets' 2022 draft cla s, but we have not heard much about Jermaine Johnson.The rookie defensive end has been relatively quiet this season.He flashed a huge smile after being selected No. 26 overall by New York on draft day. Since, between the ankle injury which sidelined him for three weeks Josh Jacobs Jersey , and being buried in the defensive line rotation, nobody has seen or heard much from him since.On the season, Johnson has notched a domestic 12 solo tackles and 2.5 sacks (tied 101st).Is it time to panic?Yes, the game film says it is.Johnson lacks the nece sary power, speed and pa s rushing moves to be elite in the National Football League.In pa sing situations, he either runs straight into the offensive tackle or tries to bend the edge and get through the back door of the pocket. Neither attempted route to the quarterback has worked well.That's not what I think, it's what he has put on game film.Am I surprised?Not one bit.Why?In a January Bo Jackson Jersey pre-draft article, I Johnson looks as vanilla as a pa s rusher with the Jets as he did at FSU.He got by in college being an opportunistic hustler and he only got noticed after putting up 11.5 sacks prior to the draft.To put Johnson's meteoric rise from Last Chance U to being a first-round pick into perspective, he logged 5.0 sacks in 2021.During the 2022 college season, Johnson didn't even show up on any of Pro Football Focus' first-round mocks. He wasn't even listed on their top-100 until January (No. 42).That didn't stop Jets' General Manager Joe Douglas from Marcel Reece Jersey trading back into the first-round and reaching for Johnson.Nothing has changed since he put on a Jets helmet.Scroll to ContinueJohnson looks the same as he did on his college game film, only what got him by at FSU isn't working quite as well against a higher level of competition.New York's back-up sub defensive ends Bryce Huff (3.5 sacks) Cliff Branch Jersey and fellow fourth-round draft choice Micheal Clemons (2.0 sacks) look better than Johnson on game film.Where does that leave Johnson?On the outside looking in.It leaves him seeing more playing time on special teams than on the defensive side of the ball. On the season, he has 21.25% snap time on defense and 21.93% snap count on special teams.This is another bad sign that says this is how the coaching staff sees him.We are not even talking about New York's starting defensive ends, Carl Lawson or John Franklin-Myers.Johnson has no chance of beating them out.This isn't a rookie thing either. It's a skill set thing.Grading Jermaine Johnson6-foot-5, 262 pounds2022 game film reviewed: Las Vegas Raiders Hoodies Sweatshirts (11/6) BUF, (11/20) NE and (11/27) CHIGrade: C (average, nothing special about the player)Scouting ReportBottom lineDouglas will end up taking more and more heat about Johnson as time goes on.It's unfortunate, because I love Johnson's story and I love his effort level.This is what happens when a prospect is over-graded.MORE: