Jonathan

Marshall

Cole’s absence opens up opportunity for Elijah Moore, who is now likely to be a full time player in Week 1. With Jamison Crowder also inactive, the Jets passing offense should be highly concentrated to Corey Davis and Elijah Moore. Braxton Berrios will likely see snaps in the slot when Moore plays outside. Denzel Mims will likely play outside when Moore is in the slot. Tyler Kroft also becomes interesting as a desperation tight end play. Also inactive for the Jets are RB Josh Adams, RB La’Mical Perine, LB Quincy Wilson, CB, Jason Pinnock and DL Jonathan Marshall.

Marshall (6’3/310) is another in a long line of athletic interior linemen who excelled on the hardwood, as the three-star prospect was nimble enough to score 1,000 points in his high school basketball career. He dealt with four different defensive coordinators in his five seasons in Fayetteville and didn’t start a game until last year, so a lot of his appeal is based on projection as opposed to production. His athletic profile is astounding with a RAS of 9.99 that is, literally, the second-best profile out of 1,307 defensive tackles that were charted since 1987. Inconsistency was a common theme with Marshall, as he seemed to wear down as the game goes on. He has quick feet and was effective in run-support from the three-tech spot but got swallowed up by double teams when he lined up at nose tackle. Marshall has little pass-rush production to speak of on the stat sheet, but his high character paired with an incredible pro day workout will help him to get his foot in the door at the pro level. He comps out similar to Luis Castillo.