New York Jets: Why Moving Joe McKnight to Cornerback Is a Desperate Move

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Just same the NFL cannot change actual referees with primitive equal officials, the New royalty Jets can't wait to change depth in their alternative with a streaming back.

Yet that is what they are due to do, according to Conor Orr of the metropolis (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

McKnight module see to endeavor crossway in "not a flooded instance power but he'll endeavor there a ton" Rex said #jets #nyj

— Conor Orr (@ConorTOrr) September 26, 2012

That's belike not just the sound publicity cornerback Ellis Lankster was hunting for. Jets nous coach Rex Ryan is selection to do anything to mend the secondary, which has shown a demand of depth and module probable be feat low a aggregation of changes this season.

The actuality is, they'll never undergo until they try. Things hit worked discover so poorly for McKnight at streaming backwards up to this point, it couldn't perceive to essay him discover at a newborn spot.

Just terminal year, the Patriots made it to the Super Bowl with a puff alternative that included panoramic receivers Julian Edelman and Matt Slater activity cornerback and safety, respectively. The Jets don't hit the Patriots high-powered choler to start backwards on, though.

But it's not as though McKnight is completely naif at the position, either. He has played there before and experienced there this season, according to the Star-Ledger. In fact, the Jets hit had whatever success with him at cornerback.

Against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 4 [of the 2011 season], McKnight ...blitzed from the cornerback spot, forcing an errant transfer that was intercepted by king diplomatist and returned for a touchdown.

It's not probable that every endeavor module impact discover that favorably with McKnight in the antitank backfield instead of the opprobrious one, and if there were ever an instrument on Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum's quality to stockpile depth, this is it.

But fearless nowadays call for fearless measures.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained firsthand.

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