The Jets had an ugly night in the preseason against the Giants Saturday night, but some players helped their cause. Let’s talk Jets winners and losers from the game.
As a note, this is speaking specifically about players who helped or hurt their roster chances, not a definitive list of each player who was good or bad.
Winner: Kene Nwangwu
I didn’t like Nwangwu’s chances of making the roster heading into the preseason. He seemed like one contender in a crowd trying out to be the primary return guy. Well, I think I might have underestimated Nwangwu. For starters, he might be the best return guy on the team as he displayed with a 38 yard runback of a kickoff. He also ran hard out of the backfield, netting 31 yards on 6 carries. Perhaps just as important, I noticed an excellent blitz pickup