Despite making four Pro Bowls in five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Mosley was allowed to walk in free agency this offseason, and the Jets gladly paid a premium to drop him into the middle of an already promising unit.
A versatile playmaker and by-example leader, Mosley racked up nearly 600 tackles during his tenure in Baltimore, building a reputation as both a physically dominant player and an intelligent strategist.
That combination of brains and brawn is why Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has no problem handing Mosley the keys to the defense in his first season with the team (via team senior reporter Eric Allen):
He told me the first day I’ll be able to control a lot of stuff on the field — not just making the play calls, but the things we can do in certain types of defenses and different stunts we can do and things we can show.