CORTLAND – The Jets had their first sloppy practice of training camp. It is not surprising. They have gone four days without a break and have one coming Monday. The focus was not sharp Sunday and it was evident with a lot of penalties and dropped passes.
Jets coach Rex Ryan was annoyed with some of the players getting a little overzealous hitting teammates. The worst hit came at the end of practice when rookie linebacker Jeremiah George did not hold up and hit quarterback Tajh Boyd along the sideline, knocking him down to the ground – major no-no. Breno Giacomini and several other offensive players screamed at George.
A few minutes later Ryan lit into the team, unhappy with them failing to protect one another.
Guard Willie Colon was activated from the PUP list and practiced for the first time this camp. He did not participate in any team drills, but did go through the positional drills.
In team drills, Brian Winters lined up at right guard Sunday and Oday Aboushi was at left. The two have alternated sides each day.
There were several minor fights in practice, an annual sign that camp is starting to wear on guys. WR Clyde Gates and CB Ras-I Dowling had a scrap during a blocking drill. Then WR David Nelson and CB Dimitri Patterson got into it during a team period. There have been no major brawls yet. Nothing like the 2012 brawl between Joe McKnight and D’Anton Lynn that spilled into the media area.
Rookie WR Shaq Evans had a mixed practice. He had another brutal drop, this one on a pass across the middle form Geno Smith. He did throw a major block during an open-field blocking drill that drew praise from WRs coach Sanjay Lal.
RB Chris Johnson was a full participant Sunday after being limited on Saturday. The plan for Johnson in training camp could be two days, one day off.
Rookie G Dakota Dozier got an earful from line coach Mike Devlin after he screwed up a blocking assignment. … G Will Campbell threw a great trap block on OLB Trevor Reilly in 9-on-7 drills. … There were drops from Evans, Stephen Hill, Jeremy Kerley and Nelson. … LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson threw a huge block on OLB Quinton Coples, throwing him to the ground during team drills. …
… OLB Jason Babin jumped offsides and coach Rex Ryan ran next to him to do the penalty pushups. When they stood up, Ryan began coaching Babin emphatically … DT Sheldon Richardson had a sack. He also dropped into coverage on a play. … TE Zach Sudfeld had the best practice of anyone. He received more reps with rookie Jace Amaro sidelined by a knee injury, and took advantage of them. He caught a ton of passes in the practice and threw some big blocks … Keep an eye on LB A.J. Edds as a sleeper pick to make the roster. …
… WR Saalim Hakim can fly. He returned a kickoff in practice that was a thing of beauty. … Hill had a sideline grab over Patterson, who fell down. …. LB David Harris had a nice pass breakup. … S Josh Bush stood out in practice. He had an interception in 7-on-7 drills and nearly had another in team drills when he collided with WR Jacoby Ford and dropped the ball. …
… Rookie LB IK Enemkpali showed a little something in a situational drill, when he exploded into the backfield and hit RB Daryl Richardson … RB Alex Green (chest), S Calvin Pryor (concussion), DL Zach Thompson (shoulder) and WR Quincy Enunwa (hip) did not practice.