Ranking The New York Jets Most ‘Valuable’ Players

Notables

• Darron Lee, LB
• Ryan Clady, LT
• Muhammad Wilkerson, DE
• Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB
• Eric Decker, WR

Don’t believe just because Darron Lee is a rookie that it’ll minimize his importance. It won’t. Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles understand exactly how important he’ll be for the club in 2016.

When thinking about matchups against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, the one that painfully remains with fans is that of the Pats tight ends and running backs destroying the Jets inside linebackers in space. Whether it was Rob Gronkowski, Shane Vereen, or even Kevin Faulk, the likes of David Harris and Demario Davis were continuously being eaten alive.

For more than 50 percent of the snaps in 2016, Lee will fill an extremely important void in underneath pass coverage.

Thanks to the plethora of options at Bowles’s disposal, Muhammad Wilkerson – arguably their best player – doesn’t even sniff the top of the list by way of “valuable.”