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Jamal Adams one of three Jets heading to Pro Bowl

Jamal Adams has finally got one of his wishes. The Jets safety is heading to the Pro Bowl.

Adams was one of three Jets that were nominated to the AFC-NFC contest, along with kick returner Andre Roberts and kicker Jason Myers. 

It’s the first time the Jets have had multiple Pro Bowlers since 2015 when Darrelle Revis, Brandon Marshall and Muhammad Wilkerson got the nod. Leonard Williams was a Pro Bowl replacement in 2016.  The Jets sent no players to the Pro Bowl last season.


Adams made no bones he was upset he got “snubbed” last year when he vowed on social media that he will “never again” miss the Pro Bowl.

“I won’t miss another Pro Bowl. Believe that,” he Tweeted a year ago.

Let’s hope for the Jets sake, Adams one day can make an exception for "missing" a Pro Bowl if the Jets EVER become a really good team, since teams that go to the Big Game never send their Pro Bowlers, which is held the week between the Conference title games and the Super Bowl.  

This year Adams turned down the rhetoric somewhat about the Pro Bowl saying, “Obviously I’m not going to sit here and say it doesn’t [mean anything],” Adams said. “That’s definitely been a dream of mine to make the Pro Bowl. But am I focused on it? No. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

Well it’s happened. And it was deserved. Adams is tied for first among safeties in sacks (3.5), forced fumbles (3), tackles for a loss (9) and quarterback hits (8), while also ranking in the top five in tackles (94) and passes defensed (12).

As for Andre Roberts, he has been a pleasant surprise this season. A nine-year veteran who has bouced around the league with teams like the Redskins, Cardinals and Falcons, Roberts led the NFL in punt return average at 14.9 yards, and has eight returns of 40-yards or more.

His 78-yard punt return for a touchdown helped ignite the Jets 48-17 win at Detroit in Week 1. He also had his first touchdown catch at wide receiver in two years just this past weekend against Houston.

Roberts leads the jets with 912 yards on kick-offs and 312 yards on punt returns.

Finally, the other Special Teams standout, kicker Jason Myers earned his first Pro Bowl nomination with a solid first campaign with the Jets. Inspite of the yips last week where he missed two critical extra points, Myers has connected on 94 percent of his field goals and 89 percent of his extra points this year.


The Jets came into the season unsure of who their kicker would be, and Myers won the job after the team signed him late in training camp. Certainly with such a solid season in 2018, Myers may have found a home with the Jets.

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