Arvel Reese is a versatile defender who can do it all, but I think his best path forward in the NFL is to pick one thing and dominate at it.

I'll talk about what that is today on Locked On Jets.

You are Locked on Jets, your daily New York Jets podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

I'm John B from gangreneation.com, and on today's show, we have our weekly mailbag.

Each Wednesday, we try and do a mailbag with listener questions.

On today's show, we'll discuss why it will not be a big challenge for the Jets if they want to trade down from pick 33 in the second round. We'll talk about why the Jets may pick a tackle in the NFL draft with the idea of moving him to guard. But we'll begin by talking about some of the elite prospects. Our first question, in scouting, how do you account for how much

is asked of a player in their scheme? I'd imagine Reese at OSU, Bain at Miami, and Bailey at Texas Tech

are defenders who only have to do their job versus other defenders. Zion Young or Falk,

who have less talent around them, get more attention from other offenses and may have more to

cover. What do you think? It's a really

interesting question. I think the most important thing you can do when you're scouting players

is to understand the context of what their defense is asked to do and the context of what the other

team's offense is trying to do. And it's absolutely correct to say that there are some players who

have a tougher job than others. There are some players who draw more double teams. And that's based

on a lot of things. That's based on the offensive scheme you're playing. It's based on the scheme

you're running. It's based on the talents around you. And this brings me to a point about

R. Val Rees, because this week I've really decided to dive into the R. Bel Rees film. Not that I haven't watched a lot of film on him before, but I really wanted to get as good of a feel for Rvel Rees as I possibly could. And it kind of caused a couple light bulbs to switch on in my head. One of them is about his defensive coordinator

in 2025, Matt Patricia. Now, Matt Patricia is a name Jets fans may remember. He was a long-time

assistant of Bill Belichick with the New England Patriots. He was also the Detroit Lions head

coach for a very unsuccessful stint. In fact, he left a mess for Dan Campbell, which Dan Campbell

cleaned up with the help of

Aaron Glenn. And through this college football season, I heard all this talk about what a job

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