Sermon on Mount Becton

[CatoTheElder]

Thought we were changing the field this summer for the fall

We already did.

From an SI article in March:

The new playing surface in both facilities is a monofilament synthetic grass, replacing the slit film surface previously in place. The current slit film surface, according to Pioneer Athletics, consists of "fibers created from a single piece of flat plastic which create a canopy over the infill.

Not sure how much of an improvement this will actually be.

[AlioTheFool]

Just plant freaking grass!

[MBGreen]

Just plant freaking grass!

this

[SixFeetDeep]

Dude is mentally soft

Or he’s 400 lbs coming off back to back serious knee injuries. Either or

[CatoTheElder]

https://twitter.com/RichCimini/status/1687457709027647488

Definitely still adjusting to his current state.

[Heismanberg]

Definitely still adjusting to his current state.

Ideally, he shakes this and can become a starter for us again but I think using him as a swing tackle early on is probably best case scenario early in the season.

Put him on the right to help out Mitchell in short yardage situations.

[Libero_2]

Ideally, he shakes this and can become a starter for us again but I think using him as a swing tackle early on is probably best case scenario early in the season.

Put him on the right to help out Mitchell in short yardage situations.

Rob Turner role. Limited snaps, but murdering people in the run game when needed. Sounds like a good way to work him in

[reuben]

Dude is mentally soft

Or he’s 400 lbs coming off back to back serious knee injuries. Either or

Not either-or: both. 

There's no part of the injury recovery process that mandates you throw the coaches and training staff under the bus for your own inability to stay healthy.  That's the weakest excrement ever.  No personal accountability whatsoever, and he plays in a position group that is nothing but accountability.

[AlioTheFool]

Not either-or: both. 

There's no part of the injury recovery process that mandates you throw the coaches and training staff under the bus for your own inability to stay healthy.  That's the weakest excrement ever.  No personal accountability whatsoever, and he plays in a position group that is nothing but accountability.

He did mention recently that he needed to mature, so while he did screw up last year with that nonsense if he learned from it, I think he should be allowed the mulligan.

[reuben]

He did mention recently that he needed to mature, so while he did screw up last year with that nonsense if he learned from it, I think he should be allowed the mulligan.

It wasn't last year, it was two months ago...

“It made no sense to put me at right tackle,” Becton said to Newsday’s Bob Glauber. I hurt my right knee. That’s going to be the knee that I put the most pressure on [in pass protection.] I explained it [to the coaches], but no one cared.”

...and Tuesday.

Zack Rosenblatt
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Mekhi Becton said his knee was never fully healed going into last year. “I didn’t get the surgery I was supposed to get.” #Jets

I think excrement's going to hit the fan with Hard Knocks.  Something's going to rub him the wrong way and he's going to flip out on twitter. 

[Johnny English]

Two months ago he hadn't met his new hard derriere position coach from Tennessee. I'm willing to believe he's had a couple of tough conversations about how he has the opportunity to be a key part of one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, or a guy who's calling 31 other teams trying to get a camp tryout next year, and it's time to excrement or get off the pot.

[CatoTheElder]

He'll either learn to stop talking like that or he'll continue to be buried. I honestly don't think it's worth the time worrying about the guy who only played 1 regular season game in the last two years.

The plan seems to be having Brown play LT once he's back and if he doesn't last then I'm assuming the contingency will be AVT at LT with Mitchell at RT and an interior mix of Tomlinson/McGovern/Schweitzer/Tippmann.

The plan for Becton shouldn't be anything more than a pleasant surprise if he stays healthy throughout the season and an "Oh, holy excrement" if he somehow reclaims a tackle spot. I want him to succeed but I'm not counting on it.

[SixFeetDeep]

I’m not too worried about it. Staying on the field is Becton’s only issue (a big issue). When he’s played, he’s performed. He hasn’t handled the last 2 years well at all… it’s a high stress situation. The guys career is on the line and he’s constantly under fire.

[Badger]

Just thinking about Jeff Otah for no particular reason lately

[MBGreen]

I’m not too worried about it. Staying on the field is Becton’s only issue (a big issue). When he’s played, he’s performed. He hasn’t handled the last 2 years well at all… it’s a high stress situation. The guys career is on the line and he’s constantly under fire.