What Jeff Otah's Failed Physical Means for New York Jets, Wayne Hunter

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Looks same the "Turnstile" is full effective in New royalty erst again; Panthers giveth, Jeff Otah's unsuccessful physicals taketh away.

Per binary reports, including an declaration by Panthers GM Marty Hurney (per the team's authorised Twitter account), Otah module convey to Carolina after imperfectness digit physicals with the New royalty Jets.

Maybe Hurney should impact said, "Blackjack, no change back." Either way, the Jets would be in a wrinkled blot correct now.

The correct face blot was a troublesome digit for the Jets terminal season. 

The starter, histrion Hunter, who was so direful he attained the soubriquet "Turnstile" terminal season, lived up to that estimation by allowing 11 sacks on backwards Mark Sanchez and rating discover as digit of Pro Football Focus' poorest opprobrious tackles in football.

They had hoped that Otah could contend with histrion Hunter, if not succeed him at that position.

But when the change was prototypal announced, the prefix to anything regarding Otah was, "if he crapper meet healthy." Perhaps that was a taste likewise farsighted; perhaps the prefix should impact read, "if he is healthy."

But every that's in the rearview now. With Otah officially completing his round-trip meet to New York, what's incoming for the Jets?

Now, they're backwards to hoping that either:

• Hunter turns it around, or
• someone proves sufficiency to verify his play spot.

Many had acknowledged that the Jets would listing into the 2012 flavour with Hunter as their correct tackle, after both nous railcar Rex Ryan and generalized trainer Mike Tannenbaum reiterated instance and instance again that Hunter was the starter, modify if they had locate the "right now" ending onto that evidence binary times.

Only opprobrious coordinator Tony Sparano has been non-committal most that, but the fact that they went after Otah in the prototypal locate shows that they are uneasy with the intellection of Hunter at correct face again.

Hunter is unpaid a beatific care of money in 2012—a $2.5 meg container hit, according to Spotrac—but the Jets haw ease be ownership their fingers decussate to intend something, anything, discover of their depth and undrafted liberated businessperson opprobrious tackles Evangelist Cullen and suffragist Parker.

Cullen was a play correct face at Utah, and he played binary symptom along the line. Even as an undrafted liberated agent, he module earnestly contend for a listing blot and could modify contend for activity instance at some sort of spots. If he shows sufficiency in camp, digit of those symptom could be correct tackle.

One goal of fondness for Rex Ryan this offseason has been opprobrious linemen Vlad Ducasse. He's been effort first-team reps at mitt guard, according to Brian Costello of the New royalty Post, but if Matt Slauson wins the mitt protect blot in camp, Ducasse could be a politician to backwards up Hunter. At that point, if Hunter underachieves during the season, they could perhaps motion Ducasse over to correct tackle.

The intellection should rightfully be sufficiency to attain Jets fans cringe. Ducasse hasn't shown such more prospect over the chronicle of his two-year occupation than Hunter showed terminal year. 

Where questions erst had answers, answers came into discourse with Otah's prototypal unsuccessful physical. The ordinal unsuccessful fleshly gave the Jets their answer, meet not the respond they haw impact been hunting for.

Just remember: When you double-dip, you're not allowed to achievement away—or are you?

 

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.

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