Mekhi Becton

Key to Jets Offensive Explosion, Jets Offensive Line is Better Than you Think

After spending the better part of the past decade as the team’s collective whipping boy, and often justifiably so, the New York Jets offensive line has quietly started to turn things around.  This, according to Football Outsiders and Pro Football Focus and anyone who has watched the team closely enough over the past several years. … Read more

Jets top Priorities Over bye Week Should Include at Least two Significant Roster Moves

The Jets have a couple of weeks to work on turning things around, particularly on offense, over the bye.  Then of course the week before they meet the Patriots. As currently constructed, the biggest problem that has to be addressed on the roster is right guard.  Greg Van Roten has been a consistent liability and… Read more

Becton Calls for More Mims via Twitter

As if the Jets coaching staff doesn’t have enough to worry about.  Now it looks as if one of their best and most popular players has jumped on board with Jets fans who have been screaming for the team to play wide receiver Denzel Mims. https://twitter.com/BigTicket73/status/1447204285033353221 Left tackle Mekhi Becton who was watching the Jets… Read more

High Profile O-Line Coach Says Van Roten is “Liability”

This could make for some awkward conversations in the Jets locker room in the coming weeks. Duke Manyweather, the offensive line guru who works with countless NFL linemen during the offseason, including Jets left tackle Mekhi Becton has offered a less-than-flattering assessment of jets right guard Greg Van Roten. https://twitter.com/BigDuke50/status/1442262700235444227 Following the Jets atrocious showing… Read more

Jets Healing up as Season Approaches; Becton Among Those on Track for Week 1

Jets head coach Robert Saleh met with the media and provided some updates on the team’s long list of injuries and it sounds as if things are up the upswing. According to Saleh, left tackle Mekhi Becton, wide receiver Denzel Mims, running back LaMical Perine and cornerback Brandin Echols are all expected to be ready… Read more

Who Stays, Who Goes? Predicting Gang Green’s 53-man Roster

It’s that time of year, Jets fans.  When dreams are made or crushed as NFL teams trim down from 80 personnel to 53 in the coming days.  For the Jets, some position groups will be tougher than others, but we’ll give it our best guess as to who stays and who goes.  And even then… Read more

Despite Plethora of Injuries, There is Some Good News for Jets Offensive Line

As we discussed yesterday the Jets offensive line has been taking an absolute beating during training camp.  From injuries (Mekhi Becton, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Cam Clark, Conor McDermott, Jimmy Murray), ineffectiveness (Dan Feeney and Corey Levin) and a surprise retirement (Alex Lewis), the Jets have plenty to worry about in the very near future.  However, all… Read more

Jets Getting Battered in the Trenches; Injuries, Poor Play and Surprise Retirement Depleting Depth

At the outset of every NFL training camp, the first answer many fans and players offer when asked what they hope to see or accomplish is “no injuries”.  For the New York Jets, those hopes were met with very good results through the first dozen practices or so.  Since then however, the team has taken… Read more

Report: Jets add Morgan Moses With 1-Year Deal

Mission accomplished. After weeks of rumors and negotiations, Joe Douglas and the New York Jets have landed free agent offensive lineman Morgan Moses.  Moses, who was let go by the Washington Football Team will plug in at the right tackle spot for Gang Green, offering an upgrade over previous starter George Fant. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1408543904920702978 The deal… Read more

Becton, Mims and Davis Expected to be Ready for Training Camp

Jets head coach Robert Saleh met with the media today and Jets fans will have been happy to hear that he expects the team to be a fully healthy when training camp kicks off in a couple of months.  Perhaps most important was mentioning the fact that left tackle Mekhi Becton is expected to be… Read more

No More Excuses for Jets’ Douglas with Pivotal Offseason Just Days Away

The excuse of an incompetent Adam Gase and his track record of landing dozens of his own players on injured reserve is gone.  The purse strings are expected to be loosened by ownership and he’s got the second  overall pick in the NFL draft.  What does all of this mean?  It means that Jets GM… Read more

A Long Look at the Good, the bad and the Ugly for Jets With new Beginning on Horizon

Your common sense as a football fan told you that it was going to happen all year, but now multiple outlets are confirming the Jets plans to cut ties with abysmal head coach Adam Gase.  In over his head from the day he arrived, Gase’s tenure with the Jets is the only one to rival… Read more

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