The New York Jets held their first open public practice
of training camp, Saturday morning as fans finally got a chance to see their
boys in their new green helmets for the first time in person.
While
most eyes were on the progression of second year quarterback Sam Darnold, it
was the running game that dazzled under the hot summer sun. Le'Veon Bell, Ty Montgomery and Trenton
Cannon all had
strong showings Saturday with Bell and Montgomery breaking for a couple of big
gainers in a 11-on-11 scrimmage.
As
for Darnold he had his good moments and bad moments. For starters, Darnold had
a lot of zip on the football, his arm looking stronger than it did a year ago
at this time. He completed a nifty pass down the sideline to Robby Anderson on second down to move the chains, and
also dumped off a pass to Bell in the flat. Later the scrimmage the Jets
quarterback hit a wide open Montgomery streaking across the middle for a nice
gain.
The Jets even tried their luck at their version of the Philly Special, as
Darnold slipped out of bounds after catching a pass.
Still
there was some bad. Darold threw a couple of bad interceptions. One that went
right into the hands of Trumaine
Johnson who was
covering Anderson. The other was picked off by Arthur Maulet in a
seven-on-seven drill.
Defensively,
the Jets look stout up the middle, and the secondary did a fairly decent job
against the starters on what was the third overall day of practice.
Special
teams? Yeah, let's just say they could use some work. Two costly fumbles. One
by Tim White and the other by Quadree Henderson on punt returns. Even kicker
Chandler Catanzaro missed a couple of long field goals.
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