Tristan Wirfs likes pancakes.
Not the soft and fluffy kind that you can drown with butter and maple syrup, although he probably likes them too. But Wirfs, the Iowa offensive lineman, enjoys flattening an opponent to open up a hole for a running back. Le’Veon Bell probably would love to run behind someone like that.
“My best attribute, I think I’m pretty powerful,” Wirfs said. “I think I can move guys off the line of scrimmage.”
So, you like pancakes?
“I do like pancakes,” the 6-5, 320-pound Wirfs said.
The Jets haven’t selected an offensive lineman in the first round since 2006 when they took D’Brickashaw Ferguson and Nick Mangold.