3. Tight End

Chan Gailey did a masterful job with the development of Quincy Enunwa as the team’s makeshift tight end this season. The former Nebraska wide receiver gave the offense a different dimension as he possessed the speed to beat linebackers down the field, and the strength to block them in the running game. I expect Enunwa’s involvement to increase in 2016, but I also expect the team to add a more traditional tight end in place of veterans Jeff Cumberland and Kellen Davis for several reasons.

Gailey used Enunwa the way he did because he had to work with what he had, and what he had was zero receiving tight ends. Jace Amaro, the team’s top receiving tight end from 2014 was lost for the year with a shoulder injury, leaving Cumberland as the only other option. At the time, New York had a ton of roster holes to fill and Mike Maccagnan elected to use the team’s draft picks and cap space on top flight players at those positions. He added the veteran Davis for depth, but in the end neither Davis nor Cumberland proved to be worth a roster spot.

The trio of Marshall, Decker and Enunwa proved to be successful in 2015 and it will continue to bode well for New York as long as Gailey’s the playcaller and Ryan Fitzpatrick is the quarterback in 2016. But if you were to add a 6’6″ speedy tight end with good hands to that mix and you’d have one of the most lethal passing offenses in the NFL. Jace Amaro may or may not be able to take on this role, but it wouldn’t hurt to add one more guy in the draft to compete with him.