University of Arkansas freshman Solomon Wright doesn't often act like the line-busting, quarterback-tackling defensive lineman whose play has been likened to dropping a grenade in the backfield.
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Good morning, Gang Green Nation! I hope you’re all having a great start to the day. Head coach Robert Saleh and GM Joe Douglas spoke with reporters yesterday in their pre-draft press conference. In what is becoming typical of this regime, there was a lot of ‘no news’ being said by both parties. Saleh stated that he has no pressure building around a rookie QB, and he shouldn’t. Having a rookie essentially signifies at least a three year leash, unless he has an unfathomably bad track record with the team. Hopefully that doesn’t end up being the case. In regards to Douglas, in typical fashion, not much of substance was said by the Jets GM. This is nothing really new considering his tenure so far, so it will be interesting to see the route he goes in this year’s draft. He has a lot of options at the #23 position, but after that is where folks ma
Kenyatta Wright made an impression that kept on giving.
An undrafted free agent linebacker from Oklahoma State, Wright caught the attention of Buffalo s defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, and made the Bills roster in 2000. Two seasons later, Wright was a veteran free agent and Cottrell was the defensive coordinator of the Jets. I actually was in camp with Tampa Bay and got hurt and was out, Wright said. Ted called and said, I want you to come and work out for the Jets. I d really love to get you here, but you d have to obviously go through the process. Ted always believed in me. So I went and worked out and actually signed the same day.