Training camp is beginning for the New York Jets, and the biggest position battles are not player versus player.

They feature players competing against themselves.

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Welcome, this is the Lockdown Jets podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. It is Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025. And I'm your host, John B from gangreneation.com. Thank you so much for making the show your first listener, first watch every day. And a big shout out to you every day. This is a daily podcast covering the New York Jets with new episodes each day through the week, Monday through Friday. And today our episode is brought to you by Monarch Money. Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code locked on NFL at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. On today's show, we have our weekly mailback. Each Wednesday, we try and do a mailbag with listener questions. Thanks so much to everybody who sent in questions.

Let's begin with our first question. It's about training camp position battles. Dear John, which position battles are you watching most closely this year in training camp? And of course, Jets set to kick things off at

training camp this week. The veterans have arrived. Yesterday was the day where the veterans reported

to training camp. So we are about to start practice for the 2025 season. Now, I think the position

battle that will draw the most attention is the one at the center position for the New York Jets.

That is Joe Tipman versus Josh Myers. Tipman is the incumbent

starter. Myers was a free agent signing from the Green Bay Packers. But I think in many ways,

that might be the least consequential of the position battles. And I say that from the standpoint

that the Jets have two fairly accomplished players competing in that battle. They know that

at the center position, they're probably going to get pretty solid play. Now, my money would be

on Tipman winning the job. I think Tipman has been the better player through his career, but

it certainly seems based on what we're hearing from the Jets coaching staff and what we're hearing from

the media, that Timman is not going to get the incumbency advantage that most players get. Most of the time, once you are the entrenched starter at a position as Tipman has been at center for the New York Jets, it takes something extreme for you to lose the job. Like somebody has to really outperform you or you have to really play poorly. It sounds like that's going to be a real position battle. But the thing is, the loser of that battle might be the best interior backup offensive linemen in the NFL. You know, that's a battle where you have two guys who have both established themselves as decent starters. I think Myers is a decent

starter. I think Tipman's a good starter. So again, I expect Tipman to win that battle. So that's the

one that will generate the most attention. But I'm looking elsewhere. And I think in many ways,

these position battles are not player versus player. They're more individual battles. And I would say that's true at positions

like wide receiver, defensive tackle, and even to a lesser extent, the safety position.

And why do I say that? Well, at each of these positions, you have a veteran presence,

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