Joe McKnight to play corner (1 Viewer)

[ponchsox]

Jets RB Joe McKnight is moving to cornerback "in a near full-time role."

This is apparently the Jets' plan to offset the loss of Darrelle Revis. "He’ll have a role on offense, but we’re also teaching him how to play corner," coach Rex Ryan said. "Not quite a full-time capacity, but he’s going to be over there a ton in the meetings and everything else. ... He has the necessary skills to be able to play corner. He’s got the speed, the size, the athleticism, the ball skills." McKnight was a star corner in high school, but that was over half a decade ago. The move speaks to both the Jets' increasingly flawed roster, and McKnight's disappointing production at running back. He's officially off the fantasy radar for good. Bilal Powell is locked in as the Jets' No. 2 back, and a major threat to Shonn Greene's workload.

Source: Brian Costello on Twitter

Sep 26 - 1:08 PM

 

[Shutout]

I guess you have to take this as a bump for Powell and a knock on McKnight. I'm kinda shocked but, hey, It won't be the first time I was wrong. But I've obviously REALLY missed something on this one.

What's going to be fun is people playing him out of position in their fantasy leagues (if he is actually somewhat good in both roles, etc). Its like that whole Joe Webb as a WR thing a while back.

 

[Annyong]

Question is, how much will McKnight play this week and who will he cover vs SF?

 

[steelwind]

Bump all the SF WRs. McKnight's heart is not in it. He doesn't even like the move to CB.

 

[Bronx Bomber]

Is he still returning kicks? Could be worth a stash in CB/return yardage IDP leagues

 

[Joe Summer]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

 

[habsfan]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

Losing Revis is just a way bigger deal at this point. I think it's equal parts vote of confidence and sign of desperation.

 

[Banger]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

I don't see that at all. What has he done to deserve any confidence? He's been horrendous. The quotes coming out of the Jets are that they'll look to get Powell more touches earilier in the game, that they may cut back on Greene's touches, etc.. As I've said in a number of other threads, I try not to guess on situations, I try and listen to what the coaches are saying and doing. To me what they are saying and doing is giving Powell more and Greene less and playing a team like SF with Greene's lack of wiggle or abiility to break tackles theres a good chance that Greene's stat line would look like 15 carries for 9 yards if they fed him the ball.

 

[munygon2]

Will any of the sites list him as a CB/RB this year or does that only happen in the offseason?

 

[Joe Summer]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

I don't see that at all. What has he done to deserve any confidence?

Oh, I agree that Green doesn't deserve this much respect. But my point is that the Jets have VOLUNTARILY demoted one of Green's rivals. That's gotta be a sign that the Jets don't anticipate benching Green anytime soon.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

If you asked Rex Ryan whether he wants a RB that runs into the defense really hard or one that gains yards I really think he might take the guy creating the big impacts.

 

[zamboni]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

I don't see that at all. What has he done to deserve any confidence?

Oh, I agree that Green doesn't deserve this much respect. But my point is that the Jets have VOLUNTARILY demoted one of Green's rivals. That's gotta be a sign that the Jets don't anticipate benching Green anytime soon.

They also signed Jonathan Grimes, who stands a reasonable chance to take McKnight's pecking order at RB. I don't think the McKnight move has anything to do with Greene, but more a lack of confidence in Kyle Wilson.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

They signed Jonathan Grimes off the Texans practice squad for RB depth. Grimes had a real nice preseason.

 

[matttyl]

Is he still returning kicks? Could be worth a stash in CB/return yardage IDP leagues

Only if he gets listed as a CB, other than that you'll have to start him as a RB. I'm also waiting on the official Tebow move to either RB or TE. Fingers crossed.

 

[Banger]

To me, this is a vote of confidence for Green. Otherwise, the Jets would be saving McKnight for offense. They wouldn't deplete their depth at RB if they were about to bench the starter.

I don't see that at all. What has he done to deserve any confidence?

Oh, I agree that Green doesn't deserve this much respect. But my point is that the Jets have VOLUNTARILY demoted one of Green's rivals. That's gotta be a sign that the Jets don't anticipate benching Green anytime soon.

I don't think they'd bench him but McKnight was doing nothing RB wise and with the hole on the defense they are going to try and use him somewhere. I think this says more about McKnight and his decent down the depth chart and their concern on the defensive front than it does about Greene. Just my opinion.

 

[Crash Davis]

Bump all the SF WRs. McKnight's heart is not in it. He doesn't even like the move to CB.

Bump them more than you already would have with the news that Revis was done for the year? Do you honestly think that McKnight will be covering anyone 1 on 1 this week? They have Cromartie, Wilson, Trufant, and Lankster ahead of him on the depth chart. He won't be seeing much time except for maybe some dime packages this week if at all. More likely they won't even get him on the field on defense this week and will simply give him tons of practice reps to see if he can build up to a meaningful role.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Someone mentioned this in the start-TorreySmith thread...

Cleveland went from a terrible passing matchup to a great one, witness Smith and Boldin last night.

All of a sudden, are the Jets now a great passing matchup to start your bench WRs against?

ETA: By the way this has to be awful for McKnight from a career perspective, the equivalent of the boss taking your Swingline stapler and moving your desk into the basement behind the boxes.

 

[We Tigers]

This topic could just as easily be titled "Joe McKnight to be released before the 2013 season."