While the Jets already had one of the league’s more underrated receiver tandems in Robby Anderson and Quincy Enunwa, finding a blue-chip slot target was clearly a priority heading into this offseason.
They found exactly that in Crowder, a free agent who spent his first few seasons making big plays for the Washington Redskins.
Now that Crowder has a new team and a new offensive scheme to digest, he’s focused on building an important connection with Darnold (via team reporter Olivia Landis):
At the end of the day, a lot of times it’s just going out there — even though for me it’s a new system and for him [Sam Darnold] it’s a new system — and playing football.