Jets Predicted to Sign Ex-Pro Bowler, Push Youngster Down Depth Chart
he New York Jets are going to need another proven running back in the backfield in 2024.
Analyst Joe Caporoso predicted that the player the green and white will sign is New England Patriots veteran Ezekiel Elliott.
“At some point over the summer,” the Jets will add Elliott which will keep Israel Abanikanda “as their third running back,” Caporoso said.
Elliott, 28, is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He played for the Patriots last season on a one-year deal for $3 million.
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“The Jets quietly need a No. 2 running back if they think Izzy isn’t ready for that and with this staff… God knows,” Connor Rogers of NBC Sports said on “Badlands.”
“Yeah I mean they need another veteran running back behind Breece Hall because he still had a pretty serious injury not that long ago,” Caporoso added. “I like Izzy but he didn’t show any signs of being ready.”
Abanikanda only ended up appearing in six games during his rookie campaign. During that period, he toted the rock 22 times for 70 rushing yards.
Caporoso also predicted that the Jets “will not” end up using a draft pick on a running back in 2024. Rogers jumped in and explained why they shouldn’t, “develop Izzy. This running back class isn’t great anyway.”
That would set the Jets up to have Hall as RB1, Elliott as RB2, and Izzy as a change-of-pace third back on the roster.
