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Palladino: Maccagnan Must Hope Beachum Can Do Job At Left Tackle

By Ernie Palladino
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Unless the Jets find a good left tackle, it won’t matter who quarterbacks them next season.

They tried Ryan Clady last year, and that didn’t quite work out. Considering D’Brickashaw Ferguson, their mainstay there for a decade, has no plans to come out of retirement and ride to the rescue, the next best option is to either pick up a free agent or draft a stud.

Or do both.

General manager Mike Maccagnan offered a hint at his plans Friday when he signed former Jaguars left tackle Kelvin Beachum for three years at $24 million.