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Jets stars Marcus Maye and Jamal Adams are the most effective security tandems within the NFL.
Malcolm Jenkins’ affect on the Eagles’ secondary can't be overstated. Neither can his unlucky departure.
The franchise selected to let the 32-year-old security depart in free company with out placing up a lot of a struggle. They declined his staff possibility for 2020 and he took his skills again to New Orleans for a minimal pay bump. It stays to be seen how that call performs out in Philadelphia however give them credit score for having a backup plan in place. The Eagles introduced that cornerback Jalen Mills would transition to security, then resigned Rodney McLeod to solidify the unit.
Mills will take over Jenkins’ position as an attacking inside-the-box security (in all probability extra sturdy than free) whereas McLeod holds down the spot he has manned in Philly since 2016. In addition they went out and signed hybrid defensive again Will Parks in free company and drafted security Ok’Von Wallace out of Clemson.
They've some elements however will all of them match collectively? There was a rising sense that the Eagles nonetheless may signal one other security in free company, like both Reshad Jones or Tony Jefferson.
Others have predicted they're ready till the 2021 draft to take a playmaker like Andre Cisco (Syracuse) or JaCoby Stevens (LSU). Then, there are commerce choices and two of the largest prizes on the block reside proper up the New Jersey Turnpike: Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye.
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Jets Entertaining Affords for Maye: Report
Are the New York Jets entertaining commerce presents for Maye? There was somewhat little bit of backwards and forwards concerning the matter. First, Manish Mehta of the New York Every day Information tossed out a nugget that the 27-year-old security was obtainable.
Jets GM Joe Douglas has “fielded commerce inquiries and engaged in discussions” about Maye up to now 12 months, per Mehta. The report comes on the heels of New York drafting Ashtyn Davis within the third spherical, the proficient security out of California.
Davis may very well be an insurance coverage coverage for Maye who can take a look at free company as soon as his rookie contract expires after the 2020 season. Maye was the 39th general choose within the 2017 NFL Draft. Mehta wrote the next about him:
Reality be advised, Maye, who was the No. 39 general choose by the earlier Jets regime, could be a first-rounder in a re-do of the 2017 draft.
Maye performed 95 and 99 p.c of the defensive snaps in his first and third seasons. He bounced again from an injury-marred 2018 marketing campaign with a career-high seven cross deflections final 12 months, together with a game-winner within the endzone within the waning moments of a win in opposition to the Steelers in Week 16.
Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak has since refuted the commerce report about Maye, together with his supply calling it “past faux information.” Both approach, Professional Soccer Focus ranked Maye because the 14th-best security in soccer final season after recording 65 complete tackles and beginning all 16 video games.
In three NFL seasons, Maye has racked up 178 tackles and 4 interceptions. Maybe Eagles GM Howie Roseman ought to choose up the telephone and get the entire story.
The Curious Case of Jamal Adams
Enter Jamal Adams. The Jets’ different beginning security is extensively considered the most effective in soccer, plus he’s coming off back-to-back Professional Bowl nods and his first All-Professional choice. Adams is an absolute beast in cross protection and completed 2019 because the top-rate pass-rusher amongst safeties. He’s an authorized stud.
However his younger profession has taken a dramatic twist. The previous first-round choose (sixth general in 2017) was the surprising topic of commerce rumors ultimately 12 months’s deadline, with each the Ravens and Cowboys making sturdy pitches to accumulate him. These offers by no means occurred however the mere hypothesis left a really unhealthy style in Adams’ mouth. He has already demanded a profitable contract extension from the Jets and skipped the staff’s voluntary offseason exercise program.
It’s not a very good search for a staff attempting to construct a younger nucleus round third-year quarterback Sam Darnold. Adams has maintained his need to remain in New York however not with no new deal. He’s seeking to be the highest-paid security within the league, someplace round $60 million.
The scenario is fluid and can proceed to gasoline commerce rumors all through the offseason. The Eagles must quit so much to get him, at the very least a second-rounder. He could also be price it.
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