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Why it’s significant the Jets trimmed their roster to 80 players

Jets Wire analyzes the significance of New York trimming its roster down to 80 players before the Aug. 16 deadline.

As part of the NFL’s proposal for the 2020 season, training camp rosters will include a maximum of 80 players is an effort to help enforce social distancing measures around team facilities.

All NFL teams have until Aug. 16 to trim their rosters to 80 players. The Jets went ahead and officially trimmed their roster down to 80 on Monday, which means the team will not need to hold split-squad workouts. Right now, only 80 players are allowed in a team facility at a time. Adam Gase and his coaching staff preferred to have the entire team practicing together rather than seeing what some of the players they waived could do in split-squad workouts.

The Jets officially released oft-injured wide receiver Quincy Enunwa on Monday. Enunwa had already been ruled out for the 2020 season due to a lingering neck injury and was on the team’s reserve/PUP list. Enunwa wasn’t the only veteran released, as the Jets made Brian Winters a cap casualty this past Sunday, saving $7.28 million

In a string of other moves, the Jets waived RB Trenton Cannon, OL Ben Braden, OLB Wyatt Ray and DL Domeniuqe Davis and placed LB C.J. Mosley on the Reserve/Opt-Out list. In addition, OLB Ahmad Gooden, DB Shyheim Carter and CB Bryce Hall had already been placed on the team’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

With training camp underway, the Jets roster is officially set for the time being. Obviously, a lot can happen between now and the start of the season, but Joe Douglas and company seem comfortable with the team’s current roster construction.

Sam Darnold confident Jets have the guys to win in 2020

Sam Darnold believes the Jets have the players capable of winning in 2020.

Sam Darnold should know what a bad football team looks like after two seasons in the NFL. He doesn’t think the 2020 Jets are going to be one, though.

New York’s roster had a major makeover this offseason with the addition of nine free agents and nine draft picks. With just 11 wins to Gang Green’s name through Darnold’s first two campaigns, the quarterback now believes the Jets have the right personnel in place.

“We definitely have the guys to be able to win football games,” Darnold told the Jets website, “but as we see every year, it’s about putting everything together. Right now, we’ve still got a long way to go.”

Given the amount of roster turnover, it’s going to be difficult for the Jets to build chemistry right away. Losing OTAs and minicamp due to the COVID-19 pandemic certainly didn’t help their cause, and it remains to be seen what training camp and the preseason will look like.

For Darnold though, this upcoming season is his most important yet. The honeymoon period is over now that he’s entering his third season in the league. Darnold’s rookie season, in which he threw for 2,865 yards, 17 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, was mediocre at best. He followed it up with a sophomore season that showed minor improvement while battling obstacles like mononucleosis and a poor offensive line. Darnold threw for 3,024 yards, 19 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 13 starts.

Darnold and the Jets won’t get much help from their schedule in 2020. They face the fourth-toughest slate in the league based on their opponents’ win percentage from last season.

So if the Jets are going to win a good amount of games this season, Darnold’s claim about the players in place is going have to be right.