Jets Sign WR Jonah Trinnaman

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  1. boozer32

    boozer32 Well-Known Member

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    Stewart and Hansen might want to step up their game

    The New York Jets have signed former BYU wide receiver Jonah Trinnaman. Trinnaman is a 5’ 11”, 190 pound wide receiver. He originally starred at football powerhouse Snow College before transferring to BYU for his junior and senior campaigns. At BYU Trinnaman failed to get much traction, finishing his career with a total of 52 receptions for 626 yards and one touchdown over two seasons. Trinnaman was fourth in receiving yards for BYU each of his two years there.

    That kind of football resume might have you wondering why Trinnaman managed to get himself an NFL contract. Good question. The answer seems to be his Pro Day numbers. If football was a contest based on Pro Day results Trinnaman would already be in the Hall of Fame. At his Pro Day Jonah Trinnaman posted a 4.30 40 yard dash and a 40.5” vertical. Both numbers would have led all receivers at the 2018 NFL Combine, had Trinnaman been invited and posted his numbers there. Those are eye-popping performances, but they pale in comparison to Trinnaman’s broad jump. Jonah Trinnaman posted a 12 foot broad jump. That performance not only would have been the best broad jump at the 2018 NFL Combine by a whopping 8 inches, it is just 4 inches shy of the world record for the standing broad jump. The term “athletic freak” is tossed around a lot in describing NFL prospects, but Trinnaman actually earns the designation. Now if only he was a bit better at the whole football thing.

    With 90 man rosters this time of year Trinnaman is the kind of freakish athlete worth bringing in for a closer look. He was originally signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an UDFA immediately following the 2018 NFL draft, but he was recently cut following the Cardinals’ rookie minicamp. The Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets then brought Trinnaman in for tryouts. The Packers were rumored to be interested in trying Trinnaman at cornerback. Yesterday the Jets signed him.
     
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    That makes what...16 Wr's in camp now? I know we're short handed in that regard but having that many Wr's is.... different? unique? strange? desperate?
     
  3. James Hasty

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    Any chance one of these 190 lb receivers can help us with our paper thin offensive line?

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    Championship!


    Seriously though. We like wide receivers.
     
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    I hope he's as good as Greg Salas.
     
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    I’d say this signing has close to no effect on Hansen or Stewart. Camp body, maybe practice squad. Also reports from yesterday were that Hansen looked good.
     
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    "football powerhouse Snow College" is where I stopped reading. Fodder.
     
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    Maybe the plan is to move this guy to OLB , he is almost the same size as Darron Lee ,,,,,LOL
     
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    I can't wait to see him broad jump (standing broad jump). Maybe he can return kicks by receiving the ball, and jumping 12 ft forward. It'd be an improvement.
     
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    :D:D:D

    Seriously though, with his speed and athleticism he could potentially be a good special teams player, and I'm sure that's what they're thinking too
     
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    Enunwa
    Anderson
    Kearse
    Pryor
    Hansen
    TBD
    Maybe a 2nd TBD

    There's your 2018 NYJets WR room. May the best of the 15 WR's in camp not named those 5 claim that job.
     
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    Actual picture of wr group waiting to get reps at yesterday’s ota
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    Hey, why not? At least Mac has been aggressive mining for jewels. As mentioned above, he's got practice squad written all over him. Does anyone know if he returned kicks at Snowball College?
     
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    Or are the number of WRs due to the fact we had 4, now 3, QBs who need the reps?
     
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    Put him on the practice squad and see if you can turn him into a CB.
     
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    They should probably just pick the ones in green shirts to save some $$
     
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    I heard he was Clowneyesque. But only from July till the end of August.
     
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    We're really busy today. Is anyone free to drive Hack to the airport?? please swing by asap. ty.
     
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    I think he makes 13. We we're all the way down to 12 before his signing to go along with our 12 CBs and 16 LBs.
     
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    Well, the math certainly works... :)
     
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