FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The “AA-RON ROD-GERS” chant from the crowd seemed to mock the contrast.
New York Jets fans attending their team's joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday focused primarily on the four-time MVP quarterback their team acquired this spring.
But past the fan-adjacent field featuring the Jets’ first-team offense and the Bucs’ first-team defense lay each unit’s counterparts. New York’s first-team defense lined up primarily against 2021 second-round pick Kyle Trask.
Except for when they faced 2018 first overall pick-turned-journeyman Baker Mayfield – who has alternated first-team snaps with Trask day by day.