Jarvis Landry WR, Saints vs. Buccaneers (FD $6,100/DK $5,000)
Got more targets and catches and yards than Michael Thomas last week, and looked better doing it, despite MT stealing the TDs.
Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur said.
Right tackle Max Mitchell, a rookie fourth-round pick out of Louisiana who has been forced into the lineup because of injuries to Mekhi Becton and Duane Brown, potentially will be asked to slow Garrett for the showdown in Cleveland. The
Jets are starting Mitchell and left tackle George Fant in a makeshift offensive line that did not impress in the season-opening loss to the Ravens.
“Definitely an opportu- nity,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell mostly held up in his first career NFL game. His second likely will be more difficult.
“It’s an opportunity to get my name a little bit more status there,” the 22-year-old said. “You don’t get to be the best by not playing the best.”
Making matters even more challenging for the Jets is the fact Garrett, who sacked Carolina’s Baker Mayfield twice in Week 1, cannot command every bit of their attention. On the other side of the Browns’ defensive line is Jadeveon Clowney, giving Cleveland a duo that Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker said will probably be as impressive as any two pass rushers they will face.
If Garrett primarily lines up opposite the left tackle, he would usually be Fant’s problem, while Mitchell would more often be tasked with Clowney. But the defensive ends can rotate.
“He’s a great athlete. He bends well,” Mitchell said of Garrett. “Dude encapsulates what it means to be a great end. Covering our P’s and Q’s this week and focusing on myself this week. Hopefully we go out there and get the job done.”
It is a difficult request for any offensive line, much less one that has been shifted as much as the Jets’ has been. The group has not played together enough, with injuries opening holes and bouncing Fant from left to right tackle and now back to left.
Against this jelling unit, the Browns will counter with two ends who have a combined 102 career sacks. And the quarterback the Jets’ line will be protecting, Joe Flacco, who was sacked three times in Week 1, does not have much mobility.
“They’ve been in this league for a minute now and causing havoc,” Vera-Tucker said. “It’s a great challenge for us.”
And a great compliment to God’s chisel.