Jets OC Tanner Engstrand seeking to hold huge performs in offense
Tanner Engstrand has excessive expectations for the Jets offense.
His purpose is eight explosive performs each sport.
By that metric, Week 1 was profitable — the Jets had 11 of them.
The group counts explosive performs as passes of 16 or extra yards and runs of 12 or extra.
“We’re all the time taking pictures for eight,” Engstrand stated Thursday. “The extra explosives you get, the upper [the] proportion of scoring drives, and so we’re all the time searching these explosives. Once more, one thing we’ve talked about since Day 1 right here. The extra explosives that you could find in a sport, the upper probability it’s a must to rating, and the extra factors you will placed on the board.”
Although the Jets dropped the opener, the offense greater than held up its finish, accounting for 32 factors and 394 yards of offense.
The Jets managed 32 factors simply twice all of final season.
It was a robust begin for the 43-year-old Engstrand, who beforehand known as performs in 2019 within the XFL and in school on the College of San Diego.
He was the passing sport coordinator with the Lions the previous two seasons.
“It was very nice to be again doing that once more and below the stress of a sport that counts, however it felt good,” he stated. “It was thrilling, it was enjoyable for me to be on the market. There have been a few calls that I’d have appreciated again and a few [times] that I might get the play name into Justin [Fields] a bit of bit faster.”
The Jets’ already skinny extensive receiver room may very well be shorthanded Sunday.
Veteran Josh Reynolds was held out of shape Thursday with a hamstring harm.
That might result in Allen Lazard making his 2025 debut.
He was a wholesome scratch within the opener.
On Monday, coach Aaron Glenn stated Lazard was behind after lacking time within the preseason with a shoulder harm.
Star cornerback Sauce Gardner popped up on the harm checklist Thursday with a groin harm.
He was restricted, as was fellow defensive again Michael Carter II (shoulder).
Operating again/kick returner Kene Nwangwu (hamstring) and defensive lineman Jay Tufele (sickness) remained out.
Tight finish Mason Taylor (ankle) was restricted.
The rookie instructed The Put up he expects to play Sunday.
Payments standout defensive sort out Ed Oliver was held out of shape Thursday and was in a strolling boot.
He’s coping with an ankle harm.
The 27-year-old Oliver tallied six tackles, a sack, a pressured fumble, two quarterback hits and three tackles for loss in a win over the Ravens in Week 1.
