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The Idzik 12: With Quincy Enunwa hurt, only 1 of Jets’ 2014 picks remains active

Here’s an updated look at the infamous ‘Idzik 12,’ now that Quincy Enunwa’s Jets career is in jeopardy.

John Idzik’s infamous 2014 draft class is no longer represented on the Jets roster.

New York had 12 picks in the 2014 NFL Draft, the most of any team. The draft was a disaster though, as Idzik and the Jets wound up with one of the worst classes in franchise history. It’s a big reason why the Jets have the least amount of homegrown players in the NFL.

The one diamond in the rough? A sixth-round pick out of the University of Nebraska by the name of Quincy Enunwa. However, Enunwa is set to miss yet another season with yet another neck injury, which means there won’t be a single member of the Idzik 12 on New York’s active roster in 2020. Even worse, only one member of that draft class remains on any team’s active roster.

With Enunwa on the PUP list, we thought it was time to revisit Idzik’s horrid dozen picks.

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Ex-Giants Janoris Jenkins, Brandon Dixon named to D2 Football All-Decade Team

Former New York Giants defensive backs Janoris Jenkins and Brandon Dixon have been named to the D2 Football All-Decade Team.

The New York Giants did not have any players named to the 2010s All-Decade Team, but two of their former players will be named to the D2 Football All-Decade Team.

D2Football.com has announced the 50 players that have been selected to the 2010-2019 All-Decade Team earlier this week, which was broken down into a First Team and Second Team. And while the Giants were again blanked on the first team, former defensive backs Janoris Jenkins and Brandon Dixon were named to the second team.

Jenkins, a second-round pick of the then-St. Louis Rams in the 2012 NFL Draft out of North Alabama, joined the Giants in 2016 and spent nearly four years with the team.

Following some disciplinary issues in 2018 and the use of disparaging word on Twitter in 2019, the Giants traded Jenkins to the New Orleans Saints last season.

After renegotiating his contract this offseason, Jenkins will remain in New Orleans over the next few season.

Dixon went undrafted out of Northwest Missouri State in 2014 before signing with the New York Jets and then moving onto the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers before landing with the Giants in 2017, where he played alongside Jenkins.

After sitting out the 2018 season, Dixon got back into football with the Orlando Apollos in 2019 as part of the now defunct AAF.

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