Andre Cisco brings necessary management qualities to Jets
Like many native New Yorkers, Andre Cisco doesn’t sugarcoat the reality.
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn sees management qualities within the free agent acquisition Cisco, who made information final season when he known as out his then-Jaguars teammates for quitting in a Week 6 loss to the Bears to drop to a 1-5 report.
“You watch how he operates together with his teammates, you possibly can inform that he’s a real workforce man,” Glenn mentioned Wednesday. “And I feel that’s solely going to get higher as soon as we proceed to teach him, and as soon as he understands the dynamics of all the things that we’ve acquired occurring.”
Cisco signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the workforce that he grew up rooting for whereas he was raised on Lengthy Island.
It’s a shorter deal than most given to high quality free brokers his age, however the 25-year-old security noticed an ideal alignment of things.
“Curiosity in coming again residence, being a part of one thing nice with Aaron Glenn on the helm and his historical past of protection,” Cisco mentioned. “Being that this [Jets] protection has been nice for the previous few years, it was a no brainer.”
After gathering eight interceptions and three pressured fumbles in Jacksonville, Cisco mentioned he has made a “seamless” transition again residence.
Glenn cited Cisco’s ball manufacturing again to his Syracuse days as an asset.
“For me, it’s actually not about main with phrases, to start with. Simply actions,” Cisco mentioned. “I feel one of many issues that occurs with soccer and all the things normally is simply first-day enthusiasm, after which it type of dies down after that. I attempt to emphasize being that type of man day by day. In order that’s type of what I lead with.
“When it comes to calling guys out, that’s not my type on a regular basis. I attempt to be extra one-on-one, however generally feelings run excessive. That’s type of what occurred there.”
It doesn’t sound just like the high-intensity Glenn will thoughts.
Edge rusher Will McDonald has gained 15 kilos, “which is excellent for him as a result of it permits him to have the ability to set the sting quite a bit higher,” Glenn mentioned.
The 6-foot-4 McDonald must be as much as about 250 kilos now.
His energy limitations minimized his snap depend as a first-round rookie in 2022, however he broke out with 10.5 sacks final season due to his velocity.
“We by no means need to take that away from him. That’s his superpower,” Glenn mentioned. “However I feel he understands, for him to have the ability to max all the things out of his potential, he must get stronger, he must get larger.”
The Jets had 100% attendance at their first voluntary OTA observe, Glenn mentioned. There have been no notable absences Wednesday at their second.
“These males need to win,” Glenn mentioned. “These males need to work.”
Josh Myers, who began 56 video games at middle for the Packers over the previous 4 years, has impressed new teammate John Simpson.
“He’s a type of guys you’ll be able to simply draw one thing up for him and he can determine it out,” the left guard mentioned. “Similar goes for Tip [Joe Tippman]. These guys are battling their a– off proper now, simply competing.”
