It’s not every day you see one of the NFL’s best young centers suddenly forced to fight for his job, but that’s exactly where Joe Tippmann finds himself at the start of New York Jets training camp.
The 2023 second-round pick told reporters on Wednesday that he was “surprised” when the team signed veteran center Josh Myers this offseason, adding that head coach Aaron Glenn gave him a call to explain the move.
That call came before Myers inked his one-year, $3 million deal, a signing that was expected at the time to be little more than a depth addition.