Jarvis

Brownlee

We won’t expect him to practice this week based on that. Newly acquired CB Jarvis Brownlee (ankle) joins Johnson on the ‘week to week’ line for Glenn. Johnson has not played since leaving Week 2’s game against the Bills.

Brownlee, who had started 16 games while being active for 18 games for the Titans in his rookie season and this year, was a surprise inactive in Week 3 and was spotted in a walking boot pre-game. It appears the Titans tired of how grabby he was being on the outside. The Jets will try to channel his outside coverage ability and take a cheap chance on a good tackler with mediocre PFF coverage grades (61 this year, 55.9 in 2024) on the outside.

Brownlee Jr (5 ’11/194) spent his first three collegiate campaigns at Florida State, starting 22 games with 51 tackles in his final season, before transferring to Louisville in 2022. He thrives on physical play whether it is at the line of scrimmage jamming wide receivers, or after the catch when he lays the big hits. He’s an asset in run support having lined up almost 100 times in the box and accounting for 44 run stops over the past three seasons. The 2021 All-ACC performer ran a sluggish 4.59s 40-yard dash (47th%) and a 4.32s shuttle but dominated both of his jumps for a praiseworthy 8.95 RAS. Brownlee does well with his footwork and can mirror wide receivers in man coverage. In zone coverage, he tends to struggle with stacked routes. Although his aggressive play style is an overall positive, sometimes he makes mistakes in his pass-offs leading to missed assignments. Brownlee also brings a special teams element to his game appearing in 63 punt return packages over the past two seasons. He should see time on special teams to begin his career in 2024.

Brownlee (5'11"/182) was a productive player in 2021, starting 11 games and recording 51 tackles, two picks, three PBUs and a forced fumble. Unfortunately he’s been in the news for all the wrong reasons. He gave up the touchdown that saw FSU fall to FCS Jacksonville State, and he’s been very vocal about NIL, apparently has skipped practice due to said vocalizations and has also had less than great things to say about his program before entering the portal. Brownlee was not guaranteed a starting spot this year either with the recruits/transfers FSU had coming in. There are two sides to every story of course, but a split seems like the right decision for both parties at this point.