The Jets have spent the last decade looking for an outside pass rusher. They have tried drafting them (Vernon Gholston), paying them (Calvin Pace) and finding one off the scrap heap (Aaron Maybin).
Nothing has worked.
Jordan Jenkins hopes he can change that run in 2017. The 2016 third-round pick had just 2.5 sacks as a rookie, so he spent this offseason working with pass-rushing guru Chuck Smith in Atlanta.
“I would hope to be a better pass rusher, after all that work and time I put in,” Jenkins said this week at teammate David Harris’ charity golf outing.