Last Season in Review
Nine days before the start of the 2017 regular season, GM Mike Maccagnan sent defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson to Seattle in exchange for wide receiver Jermaine Kearse and a second-round selection in the 2018 Draft while clubs agreed to swap seventh-round picks. Richardson’s departure came a little bit more than a year after nose tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison signed a lucrative free-agent deal with the crosstown Giants. With those two out of the picture in addition to DL Muhammad Wilkerson battling injuries and then being a healthy scratch the final three games in 2017, the Jets’ defensive line looked vastly different last season.
Times Have Changed Along the Defensive Line
