The personnel options on the New York Jets depth chart suggests that offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett needs to be more creative.
Here’s a list of Jets’ players on offense that can make huge contributions to the team’s expected turnaround if Hackett puts his thinking cap on.
WR Malachi Corley
(Imagn)
Jets’ fans saw rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley in preseason but he hasn’t appeared much in the regular season. Corley’s speed can definitely create a threat versus slot defensive backs, whether he’s used on bubble screens or alternatively in the quick passing game. Sequencing in four WR’s sets with Corley and teammate Xavier Gipson may create a dynamic of speed that not many NFL teams can defend.
Rookie WR Malachi Corley in the gauntlet. #Jets pic.twitter.com/Jr2Vml0auL
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) June 11, 2024
Getting Corley three to four touches a game can definitely help the Jets stay ahead of the chains, take attention off of Garrett Wilson, and allow more short yardage situations for Hackett to open up the playbook.
HB Braelon Allen
(USAT)
Allen’s seldom deployment is affecting his morale, and a player with his talent and youth needs positive reinforcement to feel solidified. With the ball in Allen’s hands more frequently, the Jets ground game can improve dramatically.
WR Xavier Gipson
(USAT)
Xavier Gipson is primarily a punt returner but that doesn’t mean he can’t work underneath as a slot wide receiver in Hackett’s scheme. Gipson has speed, and like Corley, could be useful on wide receiver sweep plays and screens.
Gipson, Hall, and Corley have big play potential that hasn’t even been trialed yet. Finally it’ll be up to Hackett to tap into these secret weapons. That is, if he would just stop being so rigid.
