"The New York Jets' schedule is, very likely, the toughest in the conference.
'They're trying to keep us from being champions,' said Jets' coach and general manager Weeb Ewbank. 'They really stuck us the first year.'
Indeed they did. The Jets drew four 1969 divisional champions - the Minnesota Vikings, the Los Angeles Rams, the Cleveland Browns and the Oakland Raiders. Moreover, they'll play two games against the Baltimore Colts, their number one rival in the Eastern Division of the AFC, and the Colts are aching to avenge that Super Bowl loss to the Jets.
All told, the Jets will play four teams that won at least ten games last season. By comparison, the Colts will play only one ten-game winner, the world champion Kansas City Chiefs. The Jets' other rivals in the East will be Miami, Boston and Buffalo, who don't figure as contenders. It's possible, even likely, that the Eastern title may be decided in the Jets' final game of the season when they clash on December 19 with the Colts.
Ewbank says he knows what must be done to improve the Jets' 1969 record of 10-4. The Jets won in the old Eastern Division of the old AFL but were beaten by Kansas City in the AFL playoffs. All in all, it was an honorable way of losing their world championship, for they were knocked out of the running by the team that went on to win the title.
'We were hurt badly in our defensive backfield last year,' Weeb says. 'We need to improve our defensive secondary. Defense is what wins for you and that is where we directed our attention in the draft.' There was a jagged hole in the defensive backfield after the loss of strong safety Jim Hudson, a hard-nosed Texan and a holler guy who gave the secondary its verve and poise. He hurt his knee, came back and hurt his other knee, playing only two full games before he was out for the season. The linebacking contingent was similarly shattered by injuries: the three linebackers, Larry Grantham, Ralph Baker and Al Atkinson, played together for only three of the 14 regular-season games.
Those losses showed up in the statistics. In their Super Bowl season the Jets led the AFL in overall defense and rushing defense, finishing second in pass defense. Last season the Jets were fourth in overall defense and way down to eighth in pass defense. It was no surprise, therefore, when the Jets' number one draft pick was a defensive back, Florida's Steve Tannen, a Sporting News All-America.
'He will be a starter for us,' Weeb says. 'He can play at corner or at either safety.' The Jets' number three choice was Dennis Onkotz, a linebacker and safety out of Penn State, a UPI and Football Writers' All-America. He and John Ebersole, a defensive end and linebacker and the Jets' fourth choice, anchored a Penn State defense that was second best in the nation last season. Ebersole made four All-Americas.
Onkotz and Ebersole will challenge Baker, Atkinson and the aging Grantham for linebacking jobs. If Jim Hudson returns with two good knees, he'll be the strong safety; otherwise Jim Richards, a three-year man, will fight Tannen for the job. Little Bill Baird is the other safety. At one corner is the improving John Dockery, but there is room for a strong, experienced cornerback on the other side.
Up front on defense, the Jets are strong. Gerry Philbin, Steve Thompson, John Elliott and Verlon Biggs rank with the fiercest of all foursomes. Philbin and Elliott were All-AFL.
On offense, of course, there is the perennial question: the state of Joe Namath's knees. The knees hurt last year and Joe talked of quitting. In 1969 he attempted the fewest passes in the club's history (394), calling more for a running attack that was third best in the league. The Jets saw a lot of double coverage of their two fine receivers, George Sauer and Don Maynard, and resorted to the run. Their two bull-like backs, Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell, were among the AFL's top ten rushers. Winston Hill and Roger Finnie at the tackles, Randy Rasmussen and Dave Herman at the guards, and John Schmitt at center opened up holes and also protected Joe's knees on the pass rush. Dave Foley, injured in the opening game, will be back to test Finnie for the right tackle post.
So far, all well and good. But history tells us that passing teams go to Super Bowls (as Bart Starr, Joe Namath and Len Dawson have shown in recent years) while running teams stay home (Remember how seldom Cleveland with Jim Brown won in the NFL?). If Joe comes back and is sound of knee, the Jets will challenge the Colts in the East. But, one suspects, to win, Joe must reassert the Jets' passing attack, once the most feared in the old AFL. And the defensive secondary must stop making those 'uh-oh-there-goes-six' mistakes. Especially against the schedule the Jets face."
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
IN BRIEF
Probable 1970 Finish: 2nd (AFC Eastern)
Strengths: Namath's arm, slick receivers, tough defensive line, and Jim Turner's kicking.
Biggest Needs: good health all around, especially with Namath and the linebackers; better team speed, depth at running back, and help in the secondary.
1969 finish: 1st (Eastern, 10-4-0)
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
" 'We're Number One' said the sign on the bulletin board in the Jets dressing room. And on the fingers of most of the players who suited up for the opening game of 1969 were the diamond rings commemorating the world championship they'd won in January. Each and every one of them thought they had a very good shot at another ring last season. After all, they seemed to have a better team than the one which won the Super Bowl, even though two starters in that game were gone. Guard Bob Talamini had retired and cornerback Johnny Sample had been retired by Jet management, which felt that play at his position had to be upgraded. Veteran Cornell Gordon would replace Sample. Even without Talamini, the Jets still had two excellent guards in Dave Herman and Randy Rasmussen. Both of them were Super Bowl starters, too, even if Herman played tackle in place of then-rookie Sam Walton. If Walton's performance did not improve, there were a pair of promising rookies who appeared capable of stepping in: number one draft choice Dave Foley of Ohio State and Roger Finnie from Florida A&M. Finnie particularly showed a lot of ability during the exhibition season. The Jets, taking a good look at newcomers in the preseason games, split their six. But they won the 'big' ones from the College All-Stars and the Giants.
They opened the season without middle linebacker Al Atkinson and left linebacker Ralph Baker, both of whom were temporarily disabled. Their substitutes held up well. John Neidert in the middle made an important fumble recovery against Buffalo and Paul Crane on the outside intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble. The second interception Crane returned 23 yards for a touchdown to sew up the Jet victory, 33-19. The Jets had to settle for three Jim Turner field goals early in this game, then quarterback Joe Namath hit flanker Don Maynard for a 60-yard touchdown and handed off to fullback Matt Snell on an 11-yard scoring run. Unfortunately, in a preview of injuries to come, Dave Foley had to have a knee operation after the game and was lost for the season.
For the first time since 1966, the Jets then lost two games in a row, to Denver, 21-19, and San Diego, 34-27. In the Bronco game tackle Sam Walton was again overmatched against Rich Jackson, who continually harassed Namath. In the Charger game Matt Snell, weakened by a virus, carried the ball only five times and two regular defensive backs were sidelined by injuries. Strongside safety Jim Hudson was capably replaced by Jim Richards and rookie Cecil Leonard went in for Randy Beverly on the right corner and matched his inconsistency.
The following week the Jet secondary lost its third regular when cornerback Cornell Gordon pulled a groin muscle. John Dockery filled in well as the defense limited Boston to 203 yards on offense. Namath hit on 15 of 21 passes, including a touchdown to tight end Pete Lammons, and ran four yards for one himself. Jim Turner added three field goals in the 23-14 victory. The following week halfback Emerson Boozer had his best rushing day ever- 129 yards- as New York beat Cincinnati, 21-7. Free safety Billy Baird was again the lone regular in the secondary, but it held up well. Namath passed to wide receiver George Sauer for a touchdown and ran for one himself, and linebacker Crane scored his second touchdown of the season when he ran in a blocked punt 12 yards. Roger Finnie replaced Sam Walton in this game and, as it turned out, for good. 'Our record (3-2) is the same as it was after five games a year ago,' said coach Weeb Ewbank. 'I think we're ready to go now.'
The Jets went against Houston next. Although Namath was intercepted three times, he passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns (to Don Maynard). And Turner kicked four field goals, including 45- and 48-yarders as New York won, 26-17. Turner kicked three more field goals in a 23-17 win over Boston the next week, then kicked a 36-yarder in the closing minutes to beat Miami, 34-31. Defensive tackle John Elliott blocked a Dolphin punt to set up the winning kick.
The defense was sensational against the Bills a week later, stopping Buffalo eight of ten times in third-down situations. The Jet offense was lethargic, but Turner was right on target with three more field goals as New York won, 16-6. The Jets and Chiefs were both going for the seventh consecutive win the following Sunday, but the Jets quickly fell behind 10-0 and were never really in the game after tying it 10-10. K.C. ran off 24 points and won, 34-16. Though Namath hit on 25 of 41 passes for 333 yards, he was under great pressure from the Chief rush line all afternoon and gave up three interceptions.
Defensive coach Walt Michaels used four linebackers (no strong side safety) almost 60 per cent of the time to choke off the Bengals' end runs and quick flat passes in the next game. And the Jet offense exploded for 40 points. Turner's four field goals (including a 50-yarder) alone topped Cincinnati's seven points. The Jets played in one of the roughest games of the season next, against Oakland, when 241 yards in penalties were called. The porosity of New York's secondary was again revealed by a good quarterback on a good team. Daryle Lamonica passed for 333 yards and two touchdowns as Oakland won, 27-14. Namath hit on 10 of 30 passes.
The Jets won their last two regular-season games, 34-26 over Houston and 27-9 over Miami. In the latter game John Dockery, who had emerged as the team's best all-around cornerback, dislocated his shoulder. It was the 16th serious injury Jet players had suffered, and they went into the playoffs against the Chiefs without Dockery; with their best defensive end, Gerry Philbin, playing with a dislocated shoulder; with guard Randy Rasmussen trying to move bodies on an injured ankle, and with Don Maynard reduced to substituting because of a broken bone in his foot. Still, the Chiefs were happy to settle for a 13-6 win. Namath, who admitted he just couldn't throw the ball in the whipping winds at Shea Stadium, slumped in front of his locker afterward as linebacker Larry Grantham said, 'We still we have a championship club.'
In the hopes of producing another one, Ewbank has strengthened the team's biggest weakness by picking cornerback Steve Tannen of Florida ('perhaps the outstanding defensive back in the country,' said Weeb) in the first round of the draft, and he traded a fifth-round choice to Houston for W.K. Hicks. An all-star cornerback a few years ago, Hicks also played free safety. Dennis Onkontz, a 6-2, 220-pound Penn State linebacker, could become the strong safety this season. Of course, two or three new men in a secondary could result in some indecision, too. Which is not at all a good thing when you have a team that passes as well as the Baltimore Colts in your division this season."
-Berry Stainback, Pro Football Forecast for 1970
BROADWAY JOE MAKES 'EM GO ... JUST BRING BACK THE ADRENALINE
"After the euphoria of their 1969 Super Bowl victory, which underlined the old American Football League's coming of age, it was a distinct letdown to the New York Jets to be relatively shunted into the background last season.
But, in retrospect, things really weren't as bad as they seemed at the time for Coach Weeb Ewbank's darlings of Big Shea and Long Island's North Shore. Considering their various misfortunes, in the form of various and nagging injuries to key personnel, defensive backfield problems and increased pressure from aroused opposition, they didn't do badly in winning the AFL Eastern title hands down with a 10-4 record and giving Kansas City's Chiefs, their ultimate successor as pro football's supreme champion, a stern 13-6 go in the AFL's semifinal showdown for the Super Bowl assignment.
Aside from their injury problems and hampering personnel deficiencies on secondary defense, the Jets had one serious shortcoming in 1969. Emotion played a big part in their win-it-all season of 1968. The adrenalin didn't flow anywhere near as seriously in 1969. Perhaps because they knew, just as all licensed experts did, that they were a lead pipe cinch to take the Eastern title again, they gave a lot of their games what impressed many critical observers as the ho-hum treatment. Result: They were not able to get themselves as high as the year before for the tests that really counted.
Be that as it may, the Big Green still has the basically solid virtues that raised it to the top of pro football's heap in 1968- and, hopefully, it has been augmented by draft and trade additions, reactivated injured players, etc. Beyond dispute, the Jets must be rated one of pro football's sound and solid teams.
Their prospects of regaining the summit revolve, as they have for the past five seasons, around Joe Namath, their colorful, imaginative and talented but fragile-kneed quarterback.
Dire predictions that Namath had had it, because of his weak knees and off-the-field financial success in a wide assortment of ancillary enterprises, seem pretty well to have gone up the flue.
Namath, a truly great athlete who seems to thrive on physical misery, as his business partner, Mickey Mantle, did, and who also has the rare ability to rise above it, no longer talks seriously- if he ever did- of calling it quits. And, it might be added, on the field, he's one of the most rugged invalids in sports. He picks himself off the turf deck in pain but with surprising spryness after taking the dead-aiming best shots of opposing rush-liners supercharged with hostile intent and, when the situation dictates, he can't be written off as a ball-carrying threat.
But Broadway Joe's biggest value to the Jets is as an inspirational force and as a tactician. He's not a figure man and seldom leads the passers in any statistical department- about which he couldn't care less. But he has a fine instinctive grasp of football, which increases as he gains experience, and a flair for making the big play and throwing the bomb. For backup, Namath has aged Babe Parilli and rising Al Woodall but heaven help the Jets if anything serious happens to Joe.
Additionally, Namath has able abettors in his wide receivers, Don Maynard and George Sauer, as gifted a pair as pro football has to offer. Both these fellows have the breakaway knack- particularly Maynard- and can catch the ball in a crowd and Namath, after a fast look at the defense, uncannily throws just when and how to spring them. Bake Turner is a seasoned, talented relief man for Maynard and Sauer, and up for inspection is a touted No. 2 draft choice, 6-foot 5-inch, 222-pound Richard Caster of Jackson State.
The other Jet receivers, tight end Pete Lammons and his relief, 6-foot 7-inch Wayne Stewart, and Matt Snell, Emerson Boozer and Bill Mathis of the backfield, are not as showy but they are better than fair, too.
New York's offensive line, so-so a few years ago, has solidified and now rates as one of the best. With Dave Foley, the No. 1 draft choice of 1969, reactivated for tackle after knee surgery; Roger Finnie, presumably improved after rookie service at tackle, and a hot new tight end-tackle prospect in Gary Arthur it presumably will be even better.
Barring unforeseen developments, the Jet line again will present underrated John Schmitt at center, Randy Rasmussen and Dave Herman at the guards and Winston Hill and Finnie or Foley at the tackles, with Pete Perreault and Paul Seiler as the principal spares. This group protects Namath with fierce dedication.
It also blocks with impact on running plays for Snell, Boozer, Mathis and Lee White, big, strong running backs who, except for Boozer, don't have much breakaway flair, but run earnestly and make the hard yards. They also block well for Namath and each other.
Any enumeration of the Jets' offensive virtues must include Jim Turner, pro football's Mister Place Kicker of the current era, and Steve O'Neal, the young punter who signed on last year. Turner led the AFL in scoring for the last two years and is a deadly place-kicker within 40 yards and a threat up to 50. O'Neal, the first time around, finished fourth among the AFL punters and got off a 98-yard record-breaker. He gets the ball off fast and almost unreturnably high.
On defense, the Jets are almost equally sound, with reservations about the deep secondary, which let them down last year, partly because of injuries. At this stage, though, the outlook seems improved. To the returnees from last year they have added Steve Tannen, a highly rated No. 1 draft choice from Florida, and W.K. Hicks, a seasoned pro obtained from the Houston Oilers. Also, Jim Hudson, their all-league strong safety and the holler guy of the rear echelon, will be back in action after being felled by a knee operation.
The starters will be picked from among these three, rising John Dockery and Jim Richards, Cornell Gordon and steady, if not brilliant Bill Baird. Could be, though, that Ewbank will feel impelled to make even more moves in this department.
The Jets have no worries about their defensive line. It's agile, mobile, hostile and still young. The basic Front Four presents Gerry Philbin, Steve Thompson, John Elliott and Verlon Biggs, from left to right, with Carl McAdams as the No. 1 inside and outside reserve, and other effectives on call.
When healthy, the Big Green's linebackers are a superior unit, too. The top hands are Ralph Baker, Al Atkinson and aging but still vigorous Larry Grantham. In support are light but tigerish Paul Crane, seasoned Jim Carroll and a well-recommended rookie, Dennis Onkotz of Penn State.
Under the reshuffled deck of the now fully-implemented AFL-NFL merger, the Jets face a formidable new divisional foe in the Baltimore Colts. But, in fairness to all, you have to rate the Broadway Joes as the team to beat in their group, at least."
-Joe Sheehan, Illustrated Digest of Pro Football, 1970 Edition
1970 New York Jets Preseason Roster
Bob Anderson (K) Iowa
* Gary Arthur (TE-T) Miami (Ohio)
62 Al Atkinson (LB) Villanova
51 Ralph Baker (LB) Penn State
40 Mike Battle (S) USC
* Tom Bayless (DT-G) Purdue
* Dick Beard (RB) Kentucky
* Ed Bell (WR) Idaho State
86 Verlon Biggs (DE) Jackson State
32 Emerson Boozer (RB) Maryland State
* Richard Caster (WR) Jackson State
56 Paul Crane (LB-C) Alabama
* Cleve Dickerson (RB) Miami (Ohio)
43 John Dockery (CB) Harvard
* John Ebersole (DE-LB) Penn State
80 John Elliott (DT) Texas
61 Roger Finnie (T) Florida A & M
Dave Foley (T) Ohio State
48 Cornell Gordon (CB) North Carolina A & T
60 Larry Grantham (LB) Mississippi
* Walter Groth (DT-OT) Baylor
73 Ray Hayes (DT) Toledo
* Claude Herard (DT) Mississippi
67 Dave Herman (G) Michigan State
33 W.K. Hicks (CB-S) Texas Southern
75 Winston Hill (T) Texas Southern
22 Jim Hudson (S) Texas
* Dick Janes (S)
65 Jimmie Jones (DE) Wichita State
87 Pete Lammons (TE) Texas
28 Cecil Leonard (CB) Tuskegee
* John Little (LB-DE) Oklahoma State
* Mark Lomas (DE) Northern Arizona
31 Bill Mathis (RB) Clemson
13 Don Maynard (WR) Texas Western
50 Carl McAdams (DT) Oklahoma
* Clifford McClain (RB) South Carolina State
12 Joe Namath (QB) Alabama
37 George Nock (RB) Morgan State
20 Steve O'Neal (P-WR) Texas A & M
* Dennis Onkotz (LB-S) Penn State
Harvey Palmore (G) Morgan State
15 Babe Parilli (QB) Kentucky
64 Pete Perreault (G) Boston University
81 Gerry Philbin (DE) Buffalo
* Bill Pierson (C-G-T) San Diego State
Jack Porter (G-T) Oklahoma
66 Randy Rasmussen (OG) Kearney State
26 Jim Richards (S) Virginia Tech
83 George Sauer (WR) Texas
52 John Schmitt (C) Hofstra
79 Paul Seiler (T-C) Notre Dame
41 Matt Snell (RB) Ohio State
* Terry Stewart (DB) Arkansas
89 Wayne Stewart (TE) California
* Steve Tannen (DB) Florida
17 Harry Theofiledes (QB) Waynesburg
* Earlie Thomas (DB) Colorado State
85 Steve Thompson (DT) Washington
Richard Trapp (WR) Florida
29 Bake Turner (WR) Texas Tech
11 Jim Turner (K-QB) Utah State
34 Lee White (RB) Weber State
* James Williams (DB) Virginia State
18 Al Woodall (QB) Duke
68 Gordon Wright (G) Delaware State
* rookie
-Pro Football 1970
1970 New York Jets Basic Roster
OFFENSE
WR Dick Caster (Jackson State)*
WR Don Maynard (Texas Western)
WR George Sauer (Texas)
WR Richard Trapp (Florida)
WR Bake Turner (Texas Tech)
TE Pete Lammons (Texas)
TE Wayne Stewart (California)
T-G Roger Finnie (Florida A & M)
T Dave Foley (Ohio State)*
T Winston Hill (Texas Southern)
T-C Paul Seiler (Notre Dame)
G Dave Herman (Michigan State)
G Pete Perreault (Boston University)
G Randy Rasmussen (Kearney State)
C John Schmitt (Hofstra)
QB Joe Namath (Alabama)
QB Al Woodall (Duke)
RB Emerson Boozer (Maryland State)
RB Bill Mathis (Clemson)
RB Matt Snell (Ohio State)
RB Lee White (Weber State)
K Jim Turner (Utah State)
P Steve O'Neal (Texas A & M)
DEFENSE
E Verlon Biggs (Jackson State)
E Jimmie Jones (Wichita State)
E-T Carl McAdams (Oklahoma)
E Gerry Philbin (Buffalo)
DT John Elliott (Texas)
DT Steve Thompson (Washington)
LB Al Atkinson (Villanova)
LB Ralph Baker (Penn State)
LB Jim Carroll (Notre Dame)
LB Paul Crane (Alabama)
LB Larry Grantham (Mississippi)
HB John Dockery (Harvard)
HB Cornell Gordon (North Carolina A & T)
HB Steve Tannen (Florida)*
S Bill Baird (San Francisco State)
S Jim Hudson (Texas)
S Jim Richards (Virginia Tech)
* rookie
-Pro Football 1970, Dell Publishing Co.
1970 New York Jets Preseason Depth Charts
OFFENSE
QB - Joe Namath (Alabama) 12, Al Woodall (Duke) 18, Jim Turner (Utah State) 11, Harry Theofiledes (Waynesburg) 17
HB - Emerson Boozer (Maryland State) 32, Bill Mathis (Clemson) 31, George Nock (Morgan State) 37, Clifford McClain (South Carolina State)*
FB - Matt Snell (Ohio State) 41, Lee White (Weber State) 34, Dick Beard (Kentucky)*, Cleve Dickerson (Miami-Ohio)*
E - George Sauer (Texas) 83, Bake Turner (Texas Tech) 29, Ed Bell (Idaho State)*, Steve O'Neal (Texas A & M) 20
T - Winston Hill (Texas Southern) 75, Jack Porter (Oklahoma), Bill Pierson (San Diego State)*
G - Randy Rasmussen (Kearney State) 66, Pete Perreault (Boston University) 64, Harvey Palmore (Morgan State), Bill Pierson (San Diego State)*
C - John Schmitt (Hofstra) 52, Paul Seiler (Notre Dame) 79, Bill Pierson (San Diego State)*
G - Dave Herman (Michigan State) 67, Roger Finnie (Florida A & M) 61, Gordon Wright (Delaware State) 68, Tom Bayless (Purdue)*
T - Roger Finnie (Florida A & M) 61, Dave Foley (Ohio State), Walter Groth (Baylor)*, Gary Arthur (Miami-Ohio)*
E - Pete Lammons (Texas) 87, Wayne Stewart (California) 89, Gary Arthur (Miami-Ohio)*
FL - Don Maynard (Texas Western) 13, Richard Trapp (Florida), Richard Caster (Jackson State)*
DEFENSE
E - Gerry Philbin (Buffalo) 81, Carl McAdams (Oklahoma) 50, John Little (Oklahoma State)*
T - Steve Thompson (Washington) 85, Carl McAdams (Oklahoma) 50, Claude Herard (Mississippi)*
T - John Elliott (Texas) 80, Ray Hayes (Toledo) 73, Tom Bayless (Purdue)*
E - Verlon Biggs (Jackson State) 86, Jimmy Jones (Wichita State) 65, Mark Lomas (Northern Arizona)*
LB - Ralph Baker (Penn State) 51, Paul Crane (Alabama) 56, John Ebersole (Penn State)*
LB - Al Atkinson (Villanova) 62, John Ebersole (Penn State)*
LB - Larry Grantham (Mississippi) 60, Dennis Onkotz (Penn State)*
CB - John Dockery (Harvard) 43, Cecil Leonard (Tuskegee) 28
S - Jim Hudson (Texas) 22, Jim Richards (Virginia Tech) 26, Mike Battle (USC) 40, Steve Tannen (Florida)*
S - W.K. Hicks (Texas Southern) 33, Dick Janes*, Terry Stewart (Arkansas)*
CB - Cornell Gordon (North Carolina A & T) 48, Steve Tannen (Florida)*, James Williams (Virginia State)*
* rookie
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
OFFENSE
QB - Joe Namath (Alabama) 12, Al Woodall (Duke) 18, Jim Turner (Utah State) 11
HB - Emerson Boozer (Maryland State) 32, George Nock (Morgan State) 37, Cliff McClain (South Carolina State)*
FB - Matt Snell (Ohio State) 41, Lee White (Weber State) 34
WR - George Sauer (Texas) 83, Richard Caster (Jackson State)*, Richard Trapp (Florida) 27, Steve O'Neal (Texas A & M) 20
T - Winston Hill (Texas Southern) 75, Paul Seiler (Notre Dame) 79
G - Randy Rasmussen (Nebraska-Kearney) 66, Pete Perreault (Boston University) 64
C - John Schmitt (Hofstra) 52, Paul Crane (Alabama) 56
G - Dave Herman (Michigan State) 67, Gordon Wright (Delaware State) 68
T - Roger Finnie (Florida A & M) 61, Dave Foley (Ohio State) 70
TE - Pete Lammons (Texas) 87, Wayne Stewart (California) 89, Gary Arthur (Miami-Ohio)*
WR - Don Maynard (Texas Western) 13, Eddie Bell (Idaho State)*
DEFENSE
DE - Gerry Philbin (Buffalo) 81, Jimmy Jones (Wichita State) 65
DT - Steve Thompson (Washington) 85, John Little (Oklahoma State)*
DT - John Elliott (Texas) 80, Carl McAdams (Oklahoma) 50
DE - Verlon Biggs (Jackson State) 86, Mark Lomas (Northern Arizona)*
LB - Ralph Baker (Penn State) 51, Paul Crane (Alabama) 56
MLB - Al Atkinson (Villanova) 62, John Ebersole (Penn State)*
LB - Larry Grantham (Mississippi) 60, Dennis Onkotz (Penn State)*
CB - John Dockery (Harvard) 43, Earlie Thomas (Colorado State)*
SS - Jim Hudson (Texas) 22, Jim Richards (VPI) 26, Gus Hollomon (Houston) 48
FS - W.K. Hicks (Texas Southern) 33, Mike Battle (USC) 40
CB - Steve Tannen (Florida)*, Cecil Leonard (Tuskegee) 28
SPECIALISTS
K - Jim Turner (Utah State) 11
P - Steve O'Neal (Texas A & M) 20
KR - Mike Battle (USC) 40
PR - Mike Battle (USC) 40
* rookie
1970 New York Jets Profile Summary
Head Coach - Weeb Ewbank
QB - Joe Namath (Alabama) 12
QB - Jim Turner (Utah State) 11
HB - Emerson Boozer (Maryland State) 32
FB - Matt Snell (Ohio State) 41
WR - Don Maynard (Texas Western) 13
WR - George Sauer (Texas) 83
TE - Pete Lammons (Texas) 87
C - John Schmitt (Hofstra) 52
G - Dave Herman (Michigan State) 67
G - Randy Rasmussen (Nebraska-Kearney) 66
T - Winston Hill (Texas Southern) 75
T - Roger Finnie (Florida A & M) 61
DT - John Elliott (Texas) 80
DT - Steve Thompson (Washington) 85
DE - Gerry Philbin (Buffalo) 81
DE - Verlon Biggs (Jackson State) 86
MLB - Al Atkinson (Villanova) 62
LB - Ralph Baker (Penn State) 51
LB - Larry Grantham (Mississippi) 60
CB - John Dockery (Harvard) 43
CB - Steve Tannen (Florida) 21
SS - Jim Hudson (Texas) 22
FS - W.K. Hicks (Texas Southern) 33
S - Mike Battle (USC) 40
K - Jim Turner (Utah State) 11
P - Steve O'Neal (Texas A & M) 20
KR - Mike Battle (USC) 40
PR - Mike Battle (USC) 40
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