Craig Watts

Leading up to the start of the 2017 season, JetNation.com will be taking a look at each positional group as the Jets roster is currently constructed, with today’s group being the offensive line. Currently under contract: Kelvin Beachum, James Carpenter, Wesley Johnson, Brian Winters, Brandon Shell, Ben Ijalana, Brent Qvale, Dakota Dozier, Alex Balducci, Chris… Read more

By Glenn Naughton New York Jets beat writer Darryl Slater is reporting that offensive lineman Craig Watts is among those players being cut to meet today’s 4pm deadline to get their roster down to 53. https://twitter.com/DarrylSlater/status/772089674823266305 Watts looked impressive in camp and was an underdog JetNation.com had sneaking on to the 53-man roster, but it… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   According to Kimberly Martin of Newsday, Jets head coach Todd Bowles says the Jets are involved in “a lot” of trade talks as the deadline for final roster cut-downs to 53 approaches. https://twitter.com/KMart_LI/status/771787256097046528 While major trades between teams are a rare NFL occurrence, it’s not uncommon for a team to part… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   With the Jets getting set to kick off their second pre-season contest, a road game against the Washington Redskins, we take a look at a few players worth watching early on, and when the starters have exited and battles for roster spots are playing out on the field.  Generally these can… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   All 32 NFL teams are currently able to carry up to 90 players on their expanded rosters, meaning roughly 2,800 spots are filled as of this moment. Of those players, just 9 played their college football at Division II West Texas A&M, or .003%, with two of those nine residing at… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   The Jets roster, as currently constructed, doesn’t appear to have many spots that could allow a surprise back-up to steal a job away from an anticipated starter, but that could all change in time, especially along the offensive line.  More specifically, the right side of  the offensive line. If healthy, Ryan… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   After signing nine players to future/reserve contracts last week, the Jets today announced the signing of four more players to such deals. If you were keeping tabs on the Jets practice squad throughout the season, one of the four names should sound familiar as project offensive lineman and former British discus thrower, Lawrence… Read more