The Jets wished a second likelihood to see what Chuck Clark has left within the tank.
Clark, a veteran of 96 profession video games, re-signed to a one-year contract Sunday on the eve of NFL free company, The Publish confirmed.
He missed all of final season after struggling a torn ACL in spring OTAs, so it’s unlikely that there would have been an enormous marketplace for his providers even as soon as different groups may have bid.
It turned out to be the primary of two strikes made Sunday to bolster the secondary, because the Jets later signed cornerback Isaiah Oliver to a one-year contract.
Re-signing the 28-year-old Clark gives a measure of safety in opposition to the potential for dropping Jordan Whitehead in free company.
Whitehead began all 34 video games over the 2 seasons on his $14.5 million contract with the Jets and had three of his six interceptions throughout final season’s memorable Week 1 victory in opposition to the Payments, which included Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending torn Achilles and Xavier Gipson’s walk-off punt return landing.
The Jets initially traded a seventh-round choose to the Ravens final offseason to amass Clark and play him alongside Whitehead.
He was a starter within the closing 4 of his six seasons with the Ravens, the place he totaled 5 interceptions and 5 compelled fumbles, and wore the headset to speak alerts after getting play calls from coordinator Wink Martindale.
Tony Adams, one of many Jets’ few vivid spots final season, is penciled in as a returning starter at one of many security spots. The previous undrafted free-agent signing had 82 tackles and three interceptions in 15 begins.
The estimated timeline for many ACL recoveries places Clark again on the sector in loads of time for coaching camp.
The Jets nonetheless may re-sign Whitehead or fellow in-house free agent Ashytn Davis, or look elsewhere for a security in free company, although their major wants are on the offensive facet of the ball.
Davis’ major worth is on particular groups however he logged 217 defensive snaps final season.
Oliver signed a two-year, $6.8 million contract with the 49ers final offseason however was minimize final month after struggling as a slot again underneath since-fired coordinator Steve Wilks.
As in-season addition Logan Ryan seized a much bigger function, Oliver performed 4 defensive snaps or fewer in six of the final 9 regular-season video games and totaled zero defensive snaps (however 35 particular groups snaps) throughout the playoffs.
Oliver, 27, spent the primary 5 seasons of his profession with the Falcons. He made 28 of his profession 44 begins throughout the 2019-20 seasons, when Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich was in Atlanta as linebackers coach after which as defensive coordinator.
The Jets arguably boast the NFL’s finest trio of cornerbacks with Sauce Gardner, D.J. Reed and slot specialist Michael Carter II.
Maybe Oliver can problem Brandin Echols for the first backup function.
