The New York Jets added key players on both sides of the ball this off-season. Here are three of them who can either boom or bust in 2016.

New York Jets General Manager Mike Maccagnan didn’t make as big of a splash this off-season as he did last year, but the second-year GM did make some big changes.

With a limited amount of cap space and even fewer draft picks than last season, Maccagnan managed to bring in quality rookies and veterans on both sides of the ball.

What’s different about this group of new additions compared to last season’s new additions, however, is that many of them have boom or bust potential.

Last season, Maccagnan brought in Brandon Marshall, Darrelle Revis and Leonard Williams, two of which were already established pro bowlers at their positions, and the last of which was the highest rated player in the entire 2015 draft.

This season, however, thanks to a mediocre free agent class and a limited number of draft picks, Maccagnan took risks on players who will either “boom” or “bust.”

Here are three of those players and the reasons why I think they’ll either “boom” or “bust” in 2016.

1. Matt Forte, RB

It’s crazy to think that Matt Forte, a two-time pro bowl running back who has rushed for over a thousand yards five times, is now considered to be a boom or bust player just because he hit the 30-year-old mark.

But that’s the NFL of today – all running backs have lost their value, especially those who are 30 years or older.

With the NFL cracking down on hits above the torso, more and more defenders are diving at players’ knees, which could be troublesome for Forte, who has a history of knee injuries. However, if Forte can stay healthy this season he has the potential to be the second-best player on offense for New York.

Chan Gailey loves to utilize the running back position in the passing game and Forte has arguably been the best receiving running back in the NFL since LaDainian Tomlinson left the league in 2011.

My Vote: BOOM

The Jets have depth at running back, which means Forte won’t be bearing a heavy workload. He’ll be used on early running downs and on passing situations, which is exactly where he thrives.

2. Christian Hackenberg, QB

Christian Hackenberg probably should be the number one player on this list based on his up-and-down college career and the draft slot in which the team picked him (51st overall).

Hack was a standout as a freshman at Penn State, finishing his first season with just under 3,000 yards, along with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, but struggled in the years that followed after the coaching staff changed.

Nevertheless, Maccagnan liked what he saw from number 14 and decided to pick him in the second round with the hopes that he could one day use his big arm and mobility to be this franchise’s quarterback of the future.

At 6’4″ 230 pounds, Hack has the ideal size to play the position at the NFL and Gailey’s offense is simple enough that he could emerge as a starting candidate in the next year.

However, in order to do so he has to do more than just learn the offense and make the right decisions, he has to build chemistry and earn the trust of his teammates, which takes time.

My Vote: BUST

I want to make this clear–I’m not saying Hackenberg will be a bust for this career, just for the 2016 season he’s a bust. This kid has a long way to go in terms of sensing pressure in the pocket, learning an NFL playbook and playing at NFL speed.

He may surpass Bryce Petty in the future, but right now Petty has a leg up based solely on his time spent with the organization.

3. Ryan Clady, OT

The Jets promptly traded their 2015 fifth-round pick in exchange for Clady and a seventh-round pick after their blind side protector for the last decade, D’Brickashaw Ferguson, announced his retirement in early April.

Clady, a four-time pro bowler with Denver, missed the team’s entire Super Bowl season last year after tearing his ACL in off-season workouts the year prior. Two years before that, the veteran left tackle suffered a severe Lisfranc injury in Week 3 of 2013, which required him to miss the entirety of that season. In total, the 28 year old has missed 30 of his last 48 games, but when he’s healthy he’s one of the best at the position.

It was a risky move by Maccagnan, but the way I see it he had two choices – he either had to sign an established veteran tackle who can step in immediately (like Clady), or he had to spend his first-round pick on a tackle.

Maccagnan reportedly tried to move up in the draft to select the sliding Laremy Tunsil, but ultimately decided to stay put and it’s a good thing he did. The Jets ended up getting one of the biggest steals of the latter half of the draft with versatile linebacker Darron Lee from OSU.

My Vote: BOOM

With a player like Clady, who defines the term “injury prone,” my guess is as good as anybody’s. He’s either going to be very, very good, or he’s going to get injured.

My guess is he’s going to be very, very good because he’ll be playing alongside James Carpenter and Nick Mangold, both of whom enjoyed very productive seasons in 2015.