Left guard Kelechi Osemele promised to “dominate” as Sam Darnold’s “new bodyguard,” and also threw huge praise at linebacker C.J. Mosley and, by extension, general manager Mike Maccagnan.
Osemele, whom the Jets acquired from the Raiders, played with Mosley in Baltimore. Osemele said “the best acquisition” by the Jets this offseason was Mosley.
“He’s just a ballplayer,” Osemele said Tuesday. “Sideline-to-sideline explosive. He really puts himself in the best possible position. He watches film. Ball skills -- he catches the ball like a receiver. He’s got so much natural instinct on the field. When you think of a football player, I think of C.