Jets 2023 Safeties Reset – Jordan Whitehead, Tony Adams & Ashtyn Davis Combined for 10 INTs

Finished Season on IR: Chuck Clark

No Longer with Jets: Amos

POTENTIAL FREE AGENTS IN ’24

Unrestricted: Clark, Davis, Whitehead

Lay of the Land in ’24
The Jets tied for 8th in the NFL last season with 17 interceptions. Ten of those 17 INTs (59%) were hauled in by three safeties — Jordan Whitehead (4), Tony Adams (3) and Ashytn Davis (3).

General manager Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh will also need to sort out the free-agent situation in the room. Whitehead, Davis and Chuck Clark will all have expiring contracts and could become unrestricted free agents. Clark, who was acquired in an offseason trade with Baltimore (for a seventh-round draft pick in April), sustained a torn ACL during OTAs after not having missed a snap over his previous two-plus seasons. To replace Clark, the Jets quickly signed veteran Adrian Amos, who played in 11 games before being released in early December.

At present Adams, an undrafted free agent signed after the 2022 NFL Draft, and Jarrick Bernard-Converse, who was active for eight games his rookie year, are the only safeties currently under contract with the Green & White. In 15 games, Adams was fourth on the defense in total tackles with 83 (55 solo). He was particularly ferocious against the run.

“I love it,” he said. “It’s like no other feeling, you see an alley, you see a back running through and it’s just you or him. He can’t go nowhere, and you can’t run and hide. Just that contact gives me a different type of adrenaline rush.”

Adams, speaking about the group, added: “They mean a lot to me. They are my brothers and I would take this safety group over any in the league. Whitehead went from hard hitter to ballhawk. Davis, all he does is make plays. Clark has been working his butt off to come back here.”