“A Roster of Opportunities”

Losing is what the Jets do best, and 2017 figures to be their masterpiece:

With Quincy Enunwa now out for the season with a neck injury, the Jets’ wide receiving corps will be led by … well, um, let me know whether you’ve heard of any of these jamokes:

Robby Anderson
Deshon Foxx
Frankie Hammond
Chad Hansen
Chris Harper
Gabe Marks
Jalin Marshall
Charone Peake
ArDarius Stewart
Lucky Whitehead (yes, that Lucky Whitehead)
Myles White
Marquess Wilson

Holy hell, look at that list again. Then consider that the Jets’ tight ends caught just 18 passes for 173 yards last season—far and away the worst numbers in the league. And that running back Matt Forte, who will be 32 by the end of the season, only survived an otherwise thorough roster purge because he’s due $4 million guaranteed. And that the new left tackle is Kelvin Beachum, who spent last year impersonating a traffic cone in Jacksonville. And that the quarterbacks are Josh McCown, Bryce Petty, and Christian Hackenberg. I think that about covers it.

Your reminder about Hackenberg, who the Jets seem to expect to make the most throws to this collection of sub-replacement-level players:

There isn’t a more inaccurate quarterback prospect in this draft with a reasonable chance at being drafted. Hackenberg is inaccurate at every level of the field, on all throws and against all coverages.

This season his completion percentage when adjusted for drops, spikes, etc. was 64.0 percent, which was 120th in the nation. In 2014, he was 105th. Every accuracy number you look at sees Hackenberg struggle, and the tape shows the same thing.

Even when under no pressure at all this past season, he completed just 61.9 percent of his passes. That’s the same completion percentage Cardale Jones managed on all plays, not just pressure plays, and Jones is a player whose accuracy is seen as a negative.

Hackenberg’s completion percentage under no pressure at all of 61.9 percent would only have ranked 44th in the nation, if it was his real completion percentage.

This roster is to offense what the Trump administration is to governance, so Woody becoming an ambassador under Trump was overdetermined.

Admittedly, their defense actually has some talent — they may want to bring in Rob Ryan to make sure they don’t blunder into some 9-7 wins like the Jeff Fisher-era Rams.