With the attention of OTA’s focused squarely on the media-hyped race between Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow, the standout performers of the day were not under center for the Jets.
Instead, wide receiver Stephen Hill was perhaps the day’s biggest star, showing his long stride and big frame in drills. Hill is also deceptively fast, at one point blowing past cornerback Kyle Wilson in 7-on-7 drills to link up with Sanchez for a 75-yard touchdown pass. Hill had his defender beat by 10 yards when Sanchez threw the ball…
Sanjay Lal is a very active wide receivers coach who likes to walk up to a player and instruct him quietly but shouts his praise loud so that others can hear it. Twice he praised undrafted rookie free agent Royce Pollard for his routes…
Special teams coach Mike Westhoff broke his leg while in Indiana a couple weeks ago and had surgery. He’s back in New Jersey and expected to be ready for training camp . . .
Hill wasn’t the only wide receiver to find success against Wilson as Jeremy Kerley blew past the Jets cornerback on a 12-yard out pattern from Sanchez in 11-on-11’s…
A criticism of Sanchez last year was that he continually locked in on his first reads, something which he repeatedly did on Thursday…
Second year wide receiver Scotty McKnight was present but did not have a helmet. He stretched and ran but did not participate in any drills…
Isaiah Trufant had a nice down inside the five-yard line on a T.J. Conley punt. Conley looked head and shoulders above Travis Baltz in terms of distance and directional punting…
Third year cornerback Ellis Lankster had a nice breakup on a pass from Sanchez to Pollard. Lankster was overall solid on the day, including downfield coverage…
Several members of the media were raving about Sanchez’s performance, but one well respected member said when Greg McElroy went under center “There’s the best quarterback the Jets have”…
The media also raved about Shonn Greene’s performance and speed, not noting that he (like his teammates) wasn’t in pads and tackling wasn’t allowed. Greene told JetsConfidential that he’s at the same weight he was at the end of last season- “around 235”…
Signed on Wednesday, fullback Fui Vakapuna is a former seventh round pick in 2009 who was contacted on Monday by the Jets to “Come in and compete.” He had been training at BYU, where he played collegiately…
Guard Caleb Schlauderaff said he spent the offseason working out, usually six days a week. Two days were dedicated to lower body, two days to upper body and two days to Olympic lifting. His offseason goal was to increase his lower body strength for “anchoring the bull rush.” He said that over this point last year, his squat is up “roughly 25 percent.”
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