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USAT: Jets Wire

Mar 18, 2022

If you squint really hard, you can still see the remains of Mike Maccagnan’s Jets tenure. But only barely. Joe Douglas has made sure of that over his two full offseasons with the team. - After Douglas traded 2019 fifth-round pick Blake Cashman to the Texans on Wednesday, only four of Maccagnan’s 34 draft picks from 2015-2019 remain with the team. The Jets re-signed DT Nathan Shepherd to a one-year deal this offseason and still have DT Quinnen Williams, OT Chuma Edoga and FB/TE Trevon Wesco under contract. - That’s it. - The rest of Maccagnan’s picks are gone. Some were traded, like Cashman, QB Sam Darnold and S Jamal Adams. Others left in free agency, like DT Foley Fatukasi and S Marcus Maye just did. Others were cut and never found permanent homes in the NFL. - Maccagnan’s tenure in New York was riddled with poor draft decisions and even worse offseason signings. Shepherd was only the second Maccagnan selection to earn a second contract with the Jets. The first was 2016 pick Jordan Jenkins, who signed a one-year deal in 2020 but left in 2021. - Williams remains the likeliest candidate to be the first Maccagnan pick to earn a long-term extension after the Jets picked up his fifth-year option earlier this spring. But even he isn’t a lock to stick around if Douglas doesn’t want to pay up in 2024. - The rest of the remaining picks – Shepherd, Edoga and Wesco – don’t look like long-term options for the Jets. Shepherd is a reserve defensive lineman who flashed at the end of the 2021 season, while Wesco failed as a converted fullback and Edoga is a backup tackle who hasn’t played at a high level. - It’s easy to imagine Wesco and Edoga being cut before the 2022 season. - Douglas has remade the Jets in his own image, and this offseason only continued that trend. By this time next year, the Jets might only have one Maccagnan pick left on the roster. - - List - - 5 takeaways from Jets' Jordan Whitehead deal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Jets Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Jets Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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