While he might not be as talented as Chris Ivory, I sometimes feel that Bilal Powell is under-appreciated by Jets fans, myself included. Powell plays hard, is versatile and I absolutely love his hustle even when chasing down lost causes like the punt return in yesterday’s game. By all rights, he should probably be one of my favorite players, but he seems to be caught in between being in a reserve role where he doesn’t get many chances to contribute and a lead back role he perhaps isn’t ideally cut out for.
With Ivory not playing, you can’t help but wonder how much of a downgrade the Jets’ running game suffered with Powell in there.