With the Jets’ impending switch to a 4-3 base defense and the addition of Sheldon Rankins, one particular player has been left in limbo regarding where he will be lining up in 2021: John Franklin-Myers.
The 24-year-old product of Stephen F. Austin had a breakout season in 2020, benefiting immensely from a switch to the interior defensive line after playing the edge as a rookie with the Rams in 2018. As a defensive tackle for the Jets, Franklin-Myers created pressure on 14.4% of his pass-rush snaps in 2020, third-best among interior defensive linemen behind only Stephon Tuitt and Aaron Donald.