Will Jets GM Joe Douglas keep alive his trading-deadline streak?

DENVER -- A look astatine what's happening astir the New York Jets:

1. Trader Joe: The commercialized deadline is successful 9 days, which means wide manager Joe Douglas is moving the phones.

In 3 years connected the job, Douglas hasn't fto a commercialized deadline walk without making a deal. The circumstances are antithetic this twelvemonth because, with a 4-2 record, the Jets are well-positioned to beryllium flexible.

Naturally, the spotlight volition absorption connected disgruntled wide receiver Elijah Moore, who has requested a trade. The Jets accidental trading him isn't an option. Even if they shopped him, it would beryllium hard to get adjacent worth due to the fact that his accumulation inactive hasn't matched his potential. The champion people of enactment is to effort to enactment done their differences with Moore, a 2021 second-round prime who is expected to beryllium 1 of their foundational players.

The Jets are consenting to perceive to offers for wide receiver Denzel Mims and cornerback Bryce Hall, some erstwhile 2020 draught picks who haven't been capable to get connected the field. Mims was a steadfast scratch successful the archetypal six games, but helium volition beryllium progressive Sunday against the Denver Broncos. He volition regenerate Moore, who was near successful New Jersey to wide his head. Hall has played successful 1 crippled but had conscionable 5 snaps connected defense. He has starting experience, truthful helium could pull immoderate interest.

Both players are signed done 2023, truthful there's nary urgency to nonstop them packing for what would beryllium a tiny instrumentality -- we're talking astir a late-round draught pick, perchance adjacent successful 2024. At the extremity of the preseason, the Jets were seeking a fourth-round prime for Mims aft helium requested a trade, according to a root with nonstop cognition of the situation. They won't get that much, not adjacent close.

On Thursday, Mims told ESPN his commercialized petition is "still connected the table," but a commercialized seems much improbable than ever due to the fact that of the uncertainty surrounding Moore. Mims could beryllium invaluable insurance.

Could the Jets commercialized for a player? There are nary glaring holes connected the roster, but Douglas -- dissimilar erstwhile years -- is much apt to beryllium assertive due to the fact that of the team's presumption successful the standings. They could usage immoderate extent astatine information and linebacker.

Douglas loves to woody astatine the deadline. In hunt of draught capital, helium traded Leonard Williams successful 2019, followed by Steve McLendon, Avery Williamson and Jordan Willis successful 2020. In 2021, helium imported Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff, who coiled up starting.

2. Moore and less: Moore has been targeted connected 13% of his routes tally this season, according to ESPN Stats & Information. That ranks 78th retired of 81 qualified wide receivers. With Zach Wilson astatine quarterback, he's been targeted adjacent little (11%). Moore's vexation is understandable, but helium needs to recognize it's a squad crippled -- and the squad is winning for a change. In different words, his timing stinks.

3. Repairing the relationship: Moore’s commercialized petition doesn’t mean helium has nary semipermanent aboriginal with the Jets. Things alteration rapidly successful the NFL. Coach Robert Saleh saw it hap with his erstwhile team, the San Francisco 49ers, who escaped a thorny concern with wide receiver Deebo Samuel.

Instead of honoring Samuel’s offseason commercialized request, the 49ers remained diligent and repaired the relationship. Saleh hopes to bash the aforesaid with Moore. One difference: The 49ers pacified Samuel with a three-year, $72 cardinal declaration extension. Moore isn’t eligible for a caller woody until 2024, truthful Saleh volition person to bash it the old-fashioned way: A small pep talk, with immoderate ego stroking.

4. Team guy: Moore and moving backmost Michael Carter find themselves successful akin situations -- second-year players who person mislaid opportunities owed to the emergence of a rookie. In Carter's case, it's Breece Hall, who started for the archetypal clip past week. For Moore, it's Garrett Wilson. Moore chose to explicit his evident vexation connected societal media -- a precursor to his commercialized request. Carter has kept quiet, refusing to marque waves.

"I deliberation it would beryllium insecure for maine to consciousness immoderate benignant of mode astir it," said Carter, the team's rushing rusher successful 2021. "The main happening is, I cognize I tin [play] -- I'm not anserine -- but I'm blessed he's getting his opportunities, conscionable due to the fact that helium deserves it and helium works hard. I emotion seeing my teammates ball."

This is wherefore Carter is 1 of the astir respected leaders connected the squad -- the "heartbeat" of the offense, arsenic violative coordinator Mike LaFleur calls him.

5. Sauce lover: Saleh was sitting connected the squad autobus extracurricular Lambeau Field past Sunday erstwhile helium received a substance from 1 of his erstwhile players, cornerback Richard Sherman. He sent a video clip of Sauce Gardner breaking up a walk to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs, who tried to shingle the rookie with a treble determination connected a comeback way -- and failed. The 6-foot-3 Gardner showed bonzer agility, changing absorption similar a country 5 inches shorter.

"I was like, 'Damn, that was a really, truly awesome play,'" Saleh said.

Sherman gave Gardner a shoutout connected Twitter, recognizing different walk breakup from the game. Gardner appreciates the emotion from the erstwhile star.

"It feels existent bully due to the fact that that's a feline a batch of radical compared maine to," Gardner said. "I ever watched him erstwhile helium was with the Legion of Boom and erstwhile helium was with the 49ers. It's large to perceive that benignant of worldly from him."

Gardner is disconnected to a sensational start. He's 1 of lone 2 players since 2000 to person a walk breakup successful each of his archetypal six vocation games. (The different is Desmond Trufant, 2013).

6. Have cheese, volition travel: In lawsuit you're wondering astir the foam cheesehead that Gardner made celebrated successful Green Bay, well, it made the travel backmost to New Jersey. It was a carry-on for him connected the squad flight, and it's sitting astatine his home. He said he's readying to show it.

7. Rookie increasing pains: Not each subordinate of the Jets' vaunted draught people is flourishing.

Tight extremity Jeremy Ruckert (third round) has been a steadfast scratch successful 2 of the six games. He was replaced past week arsenic the TE3 by Kenny Yeboah, who was elevated from the signifier squad. It was a peculiar teams-based decision, arsenic the Jets typically don't diagnostic 3 choky ends successful the violative crippled plan. Ruckert missed the offseason due to the fact that of a ft injury, but he's had plentifulness of clip to drawback up.

As it turned out, Yeboah played a team-high 26 snaps connected peculiar teams. It was his unreserved that helped acceptable up Micheal Clemons' blocked punt.

8. Go fourth: Continuing a inclination from the preseason, erstwhile they staged 3 come-from-behind wins, the Jets are crushing the 4th quarter. Their constituent differential is plus-48, the second-best differential successful the 4th fourth by immoderate squad done six games successful the past decade, trailing lone the 2016 Broncos (plus-57).

The 4th fourth says a batch astir a team, from a talent, coaching and an intangible standpoint. It's a acold outcry from past season, erstwhile they were minus-44 successful the 4th (28th).

"We conscionable person much firepower, much than anything," Carter said.

9. Carbo loading: To hole for Denver's altitude, the Jets' sports show section created a nutrition program truthful the players could prep for the change. It emphasized dense hydration and tons of carbs. Defensive extremity John Franklin-Myers, who said the Broncos person "the lone existent homefield vantage successful the NFL," said helium ate a batch of pretzels and drank a batch of electrolytes.

10. The past word: "It's brainsick however that happens, man. Everybody was talking brainsick astir us, saying, 'Same aged Jets' oregon immoderate it is. Now they're saying we person to enactment humble, which we will." -- wide receiver Corey Davis connected however the cognition of the squad has changed with winning