New York Jets: 3 Players with rising stock after Week 5
2. Austin Seferian-Jenkins
The talented tight end is becoming a focal point in New York’s passing attack. I wrote a couple of weeks ago that his targets should increase moving forward and that’s exactly what happened last Sunday against Cleveland. The 6-6, 262-pounder had a season-high eight targets and finished the afternoon with six receptions for 29 yards and his first touchdown as a Jet.
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The amount of receiving yards is nothing to get excited about but Seferian-Jenkins is quickly becoming an important facet of offensive coordinator John Morton’s game plan. He already has 15 receptions this season — Jet tight ends had all of 18 in 2016. He lost 30 pounds in the offseason and looks quick and is an excellent red zone target. Morton loves to feature the tight end and ASJ looks more than up to handling that important role.
A bust with the Tampa Bay Bucs, Seferian-Jenkins rededicated himself to football during the off-season and is in much better shape this season. Expect his targets, receptions, yards and general productivity to continue to increase moving forward.
When you combine him with wide receiver Jermaine Kearse, the Jets have two excellent red zone targets for quarterback Josh McCown to throw to. Seferian-Jenkins has also demonstrated that he is a fine blocker and is effective catching passes down the middle of the field. His stock continues to go up, up, up.