Got news for Jets fans, as we finally have a positive update to pass along on young receiver Denzel Mims. First we heard that he was falling behind on the depth chart in training camp, and then there were rumblings late last week that he might not be long for the team.
Apparently, the concerns have been overblown. The Jets “are not looking to trade or cut” Mims, sources tell Tony Pauline of ProFootballNetwork.com. New York drafted Mims in the second-round just last year, so it always would’ve been surprising if he had actually been on his way out. His stock apparently hasn’t taken much of a tumble league-wide, as a source told Pauline that “if the Jets want to trade or cut Mims, 31 teams in the league would line up for him.”
Additionally, Pauline has some more details on why Mims fell behind this offseason. Apparently he lost a ton of weight after having a bad reaction to antibiotics he was put on for food poisoning. That unfortunately left him “unable to participate in the offseason program properly.” Sources told Pauline that led him to fall behind on the installation of the new coaching staff’s offense.
Pauline says Mims is still a favorite of GM Joe Douglas, which will go a long way toward keeping him around. The Baylor product was limited to nine games as a rookie by a hamstring injury, but he was reasonably productive in those nine contests, finishing with 23 catches for 357 yards.
It sounds like Mims isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, but he’ll still have his work cut out for him to get on the field. The Jets currently have at least free agent signees Corey Davis and Keelan Cole, veteran Jamison Crowder, and rookie Elijah Moore ahead of him in the pecking order.
i’ve only got ray crockett and mike singultary as players from baylor that went on to have productive pro careers. xavien howard should be next. whom i missing?
RG3
sorry, but i just don’t consider rg3 as having a productive pro career.
Terrence Williams former Dallas WR had a pretty good career as a #3 receiver
Josh Gordon could have been a HOF.
Faith in the Padres came through with an underlooked player. Williams was a great number two in Dallas during the final years of the Romo/Bryant days. Matt Bryant is one of the best 15 kickers to ever play in my mind. He was, interestingly to me, a member of the “Matt Squad” in Atlanta, where for a few years every person who handled the ball had to be named Matt. Matt Ryan (QB), Matt Bryant (K), Matt Bosher (P), and Matt Schaub (backup QB).
Matt Bryant?
former iowa barnstormer! totally overlooked. i just got schooled.
Kendall Wright maybe, Corey Coleman was ok, other than that and those mentioned by others that’s all I can think of
Santana Dotson and Del Shofner.
How far do you want to go back? From the late 50’s, you’ve got 5x All-Pro Del Shofner and Paul Dickson. Bobby Maples started 134 games over a 14-year career that began in ’65.
Hank Gremminger and Cedric Mack each played 11 years as defensive backs, the former starting in the 50’s, the latter in the 80’s.
Crockett was drafted in ’89, while Keith Bishop and Vann McElroy had good runs starting in the early 80’s. The Steelers overdrafted Walter Abercrombie in the 1st round of the ’82 draft, but 1980 11th rounder Frank Pollard made up for it and gave them a pretty good 1-2 Baylor punch for a couple of years.
James Francis and Robert Blackmon started 249 games between them over the course of the 90’s.
Matt Bryant kicked for most of the first two decades of the 21st Century.
Glad the guy is getting healthy. Sounded like a nasty bit of food poisoning!
It was probably an angry Jets fan … just saying
One 10 yr old in that locker room adding stuff to his lunch getting some 1 with mono to sneeze and he also works in Yankees locker room.
That overreaction came from Rich Cimini, the “Debbie Downer” of beat writers.
“Mims is still a favorite of GM Joe Douglas”.
Joe has an interesting way of showing players he likes them. He asks them to take a 50% pay cut or accept lowball extension offers.
Crowder and Maye aren’t Douglas guys, so maybe he doesn’t like them. I personally would’ve traded Crowder.