NFL Fans can be a finicky bunch. Add a proven veteran who fills a need in free agency and the masses rejoice. Watch that same player have a rough start and those same fans will demand he be released. That’s how things played out for Jets center Connor McGovern, but the Jets rejected the calls for his ouster and held tight.
The Missouri product had entered the league in 2017 as a guard for the Denver Broncos. After moving to center in his third year, he hit free agency and signed with the Jets to fill what had been a black hole since the departure of future Ring-of-Honor member Nick Mangold.