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Decker didn’t look too fluent on Monday, his worst day of training camp with four drops. He had another Tuesday, but bounced back with a 40-yard touchdown, albeit against rookie corner Brandon Dixon and a defense playing at threequarters speed. Decker himself hasn’t been full-speed since late last week.
“I’m fine. I feel good,’’ Decker said. “I was out there full-go. Three or four days ago we wanted to be smart, and coach gave me the day to be smart about it.’’
After missing most of Friday’s practice and hardly playing in Saturday’s scrimmage due to a sore hamstring, coach Rex Ryan said Decker has also been fighting through foot woes but will play.
“I’m excited about [the preseason opener],’’ Ryan said. “Let’s see where this team is at. Let’s see how Decker fits in.’’
The Jets also are anxious to see how Johnson fits in, signed away from the Titans to give Gang Green a home-run hitter and a running back-by-committee.
“I definitely think it’s going to be the committee approach. When you have Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson and Bilal Powell, I’d think that’s a pretty safe bet,’’ Ryan said, adding, “Will we ride the hot hand? Sure, that’s always possibility also.’’
That’s not shocking, with Johnson returning from offseason knee surgery. But he insisted the injury he suffered in Week 3 of last season is completely behind him, where he hopes to leave defenders.
“My knee felt great, coming out here and not having to wear a brace or anything. I’m feeling good,’’ said Johnson, who has no set number of carries he will need to get up to speed. “... Once you’re in there and you get comfortable, you know your own body and you know when it’s enough.’’
Despite Johnson’s consecutive end-zone drops on Tuesday, Mornhinweg said he intends to split the game-breaking running back out wide more than the Titans did. Johnson heard the same thing in Tennessee until the games actually started.
“We practiced that stuff at Tennessee, but pretty much when the game came, we didn’t do a lot of it. It seems like we’ll be focusing on that. I like that,’’ Johnson said. “That’s just another way that Marty has to get me in space to get me in the open field, so whatever things he has planned, I’m liking it right now.’’
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