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Ex-Jets LB Bart Scott rips Jordan Jenkins

Ex-Jets linebacker Bart Scott went on Rich Cimini’s ESPN podcast to rip current Jets OLB Jordan Jenkins and questioned his production.

Bart Scott has never been afraid to speak his mind. Now that that the former Jets linebacker is an ESPN personality, don’t expect that to change.

Scott showed no such signs of doing so when he appeared on Rich Cimini’s Flight Deck podcast this week. During their conversation, Scott elected took some shots at Jordan Jenkins, New York’s pending free agent outside linebacker.

Scott went as far as to question Jenkins’ production and viewed some of the sacks as “layups” due to Gregg Williams’ coverage schemes. Here is what Scott had to say about Jenkins on Cimini’s podcast:

“I don’t know about Jordan Jenkins. I appreciate what he’s done but come on man those sacks were atta boy. Those weren’t meaningful sacks, they were coverage sacks. If you rush the passer 500 times a couple of those are going to be layups and he got a couple of those.

I think they definitely have to upgrade that position. The Jets can’t afford to use some of that equity on a player that we already know what his ceiling is.”

New York has just over $50 million in cap space, according to OverTheCap, which can increase to over $80 million if the team elects to make obvious cap casualties of players like Trumaine Johnson and Brian Winters. There should be room to re-sign Jenkins if the Jets want to, but Scott is clearly advising against that.

In four years with the Jets, Jenkins has complied 100 total tackles, 20.5 sacks, seven passes defended and six forced fumbles. His 2019 season was the best to date, as Jenkins compiled 21 total tackles, eight sacks, three passes defended and two forced fumbles.

Being a part of the same draft class as Darron Lee and Christian Hackenberg, the 25-year-old Jenkins has been viewed as one of Mike Maccagnan’s better draft choices.

Jenkins has produced immense value as a former third-round pick and seemed to be finally blossoming under a new defensive coordinator. Jenkins is never going to be a player that flirts with double-digit sack numbers, but he can definitely be a valuable player on defense that sets the edge if the Jets find an upgrade that can complement him this offseason.

Whether he is worth a new deal is up for Joe Douglas to decide, not Scott. However, Jenkins obviously does not have a former Jets linebacker on his side.

Boomer Esiason accuses Jerry Jones of tampering, sabotaging Jets’ relationship with Jamal Adams

Boomer Esiason went on ESPN’s Rich Cimini’s podcat and accused Jerry Jones of tampering with the Jets’ relationship with Jamal Adams.

The past 48 hours haven’t been kind to Jerry Jones.

First, the Dallas Cowboys owner saw his team embarrassed on Thursday Night Football against a shorthanded, inferior Bears team. On Friday morning, Jones was subsequently bumped from a radio spot after continuously cursing on air.

Now, Jones is being accused of tampering and attempting to sabotage the Jets’ relationship with Jamal Adams, by none other than ex-Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason.

Esiason appeared on the Flight Deck Podcast with ESPN’s Rich Cimini and flat out accused Jones of attempting to tamper with multiple safeties. Not just Adams, but Earl Thomas too.

“I don’t trust Jerry Jones,” Esiason said. “He recruits players that are under contract with other teams by leaking potential trades to the media. That’s just plain wrong. He did it with Earl Thomas when he was with the Seattle Seahawks and I believe he did it with Jamal Adams and the Jets. It put the Seahawks and the Jets in a bad spot. Then the players react because they’re emotional and they don’t get it. Suddenly social media is all over them.”

Esiason accused Jones of leaking reports that the Jets were shopping Adams to the media. The Jets have said that they were merely listening to offers, which reportedly included ones from the Cowboys. With that information in circulation, Adams became upset and took to social media to show his displeasure. The Jets were forced to do damage control and have now since amended a strained relationship.

If what Esiason is asserting is correct, the NFL may have to investigate his claims.

This is what the current NFL policy on anti-tampering is:

“The purpose of the NFL Anti-Tampering Policy, as it applies to tampering with players, is to protect member clubs’ contract and negotiating rights, and, at the same time, to allow the intra-League competitive systems devised for the acquisition and retention of player talent (e.g., college draft, waiver system, free-agent rules under an operative collective bargaining agreement) to operate efficiently.”

The last time the NFL cracked down on tampering was back in 2015. The NFL disciplined the Kanas City Chiefs for a violation of the Anti-Tampering Policy relating to improper contact during the 2015 “Negotiating Period” with prospective unrestricted free agent Jeremy Maclin, then under contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Because of those impermissible contacts, Kansas City forfeited its third-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft and its sixth-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft and paid a fine of $250,000. In addition, head coach Andy Reid was fined $75,000, while GM John Dorsey was fined $25,000.

A similar penalty could be on the horizon for Jones if the NFL is looking to make an example out of him.