The Jets have some excellent young talent on their roster. They’re not just the best such players on their own team, they have some of the best young players in the entire league. That was evidenced again recently as Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus shared his top 25 players under the age of 25.
The Jets found two players on that list and you can probably safely guess which two they are before even reading further.
Spoiler alert: It’s Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson. Shocking, isn’t it?
Gardner came in at No. 5 on the list and Wilson was No. 19.
Here’s what Sikkema had to say about Gardner:
Some might call it an overreaction for Gardner to be so high on the list after just one year in the NFL. But that one year was so impressive that it’s hard to have him much lower. He recorded an elite 90.0 coverage grade with 20 forced incompletions and less than 400 receiving yards allowed on 613 total coverage snaps. As often is the case with rookies, he was targeted constantly (74 times), but he remained a shutdown player.
And here’s what he had to say about Wilson:
Wilson led all rookie receivers last year with 26 explosive plays of 20 yards or more — and that was with sub-par quarterback play (to put it lightly). His recording more than 1,100 receiving yards is an accomplishment in and of itself, but when you take into account who was throwing him the ball, it’s even more impressive. With Aaron Rodgers under center for 2023, and potentially beyond, expect another great year from the former Buckeye.
Just another example of how the Jets have their core of players now and are ready to continue building on that core and really start to make a run here in 2023.