Five pressing questions for Jets to answer before regular season begins
The Jets will open their season in four weeks from Sunday when they travel to Nashville to face old friend Robert Saleh and the Titans. Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.That may feel like a lot of time, but things begin to move quickly for teams once preseason games begin.
The Jets have five more training camp practices and then the season will be here. With that in mind, here are my five biggest questions remaining about these Jets: The Jets traded for the veteran Fitzpatrick to strengthen their secondary but there are questions around him.The biggest is, who will be the other starting safety? Andre Cisco appears to have the lead in the competition there, but that should worry any Jets fan.
Cisco has not been good.Former Giant Dane Belton has consistently made plays in training camp and could beat Cisco out.
It feels like Malachi Moore, a 2025 draft pick, is a long shot to start. The Jets have four quarterbacks on their roster — Geno Smith, Cade Klubnik, Bailey Zappe and Brady Cook.Smith is the unquestioned starter, but it gets murky behind him.
The Jets are giving Klubnik, a fourth-round pick, every chance to win the backup job.He has been up and down in camp practices, so preseason games will be huge for him.
Zappe has had some good days, but it feels like this is Klubnik’s job to lose.General manager Darren Mougey could try to trade for a veteran if the team has reservations about Klubnik and Zappe. It feels like everyone who follows the Jets has anointed the offensive line as a strength of the team, but I still want to see more from this group.
I think Armand Membou is primed to have a big season and Olu Fashanu has shown promise in his first two years.But I have questions about the interior of center Josh Myers and guards Joe Tippmann and Dylan Parham.
Then, there is the question of depth.The Jets had the same five starters for every game last season.
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